202 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



mostly of the Allgiiuer and Miirzthaler breeds, which are con- 

 sidered best for milk after the Dutch. The cross with the 

 Allgaucr and Swiss, they say, makes fine working oxen. 



The buildings form a series of parallelograms, enclosing a 

 great grassy court, around which are arranged the various 

 departments, as the chemical laboratory, the rooms for study, 

 &c. Around a second court are the cattle barns, the dairy and 

 stables, the granary, the brewery, the plough manufactory, <fec. 

 There are, also, various other establishments, a distillery, a 

 flour mill, &c. 



The number of students is about seventy. The course of 

 instruction does not materially differ from that at Hohenheim. 



During the summer term, for instance, there were lectures 

 by the Director, on soils, their origin, the different kinds of soil, 

 weathering, irrigation, drainage, division and natural classifi- 

 cation ; The comparative value of soils for the production of 

 plants ; Circumstances which modify this value ; The soil dif- 

 fers according to the coarseness of its particles and its tenac- 

 ity ; Sand, loam, clay, marl and humus ; Subdivisions of soils ; 

 Taxation of mowing lands, pastures, gardens, vineyards, swale 

 lands, fisheries, &c. ; Double-entry book-keeping as a check 

 upon farming operations. 



Dr. Riederer lectured upon the following topics : — 



1. Introduction to agricultural practice, idea and object in 

 general and the systems of Thaer, Thiinen and Liebig. 



2. The positive and negative means of a good farm manage- 

 ment, as the judicious division of land, proper number of labor- 

 ers, education of the farmer, necessary capital, &g. 



3. Advantages and disadvantages of large and small estates. 

 Influence of a judicious regulation of the corn trade, at home 

 and abroad, on the profits of farming, &c. 



4. The most important directions in regard to keeping ani- 

 mals and the proper estimation of their products. 



Text-books are used in connection with the lectures. 

 Professor Knobloch lectured three hours a week upon — 

 1. Agricultural Chemistry. — Chemistry of fermentation, de- 

 composition, formation of humus. The chemical contents of 

 manure, excrements of birds, solid and liquid excrements of man 

 and animals, strawy materials, disinfection. The chemical princi- 

 ples of the preparation of composts. Bone manuring, phospho- 



