204 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



rials, and their nutritive value. Preservation, economy and 

 production of fodder. 



Summer Term, four hours a week. 



1. Swine-breeding. Choice of animals. Pregnancy and care 

 of the litter. Parturition. Treatment of the dam and pigs. 

 Close confinement. Keeping at pasture. Fattening. 



2. Horse-breeding. Study of the subject from an agricul- 

 tural and a national economical point of view. Choice of 

 draught horses. Pairing. Treatment of the mare in foal. 

 Handling of colts during the first, second, third and fourth 

 years. Checks in the development. 



3. Knowledge of wool. Its normal and abnormal conditions. 



4. Importance of a knowledge of veterinary science in the 

 treatment of domestic animals. 



Second Course. Winter Term, four hours a week. 



1. On wool, (continuation.) Wool staple. The wool fleece. 

 Evenness of wool. Cloth and comb-wools. Working of Wool. 



2. Sheep-breeding. Choice of animals. Numbering and 

 classification of sheep. Treatment of ewes in lamb. Time of 

 lambing. Management of the young. Pasturing sheep. Wash- 

 ing and shearing. Sorting of wool. Treatment and sale of 

 wool. Fattening. Valuation of the fodder used in sheep 

 husbandry. 



3. Cattle-breeding. Choice and selection of animals for 

 breeding. Deviations from the normal presentation. Suckling 

 and artificial raising of calves. General management in all cases. 



4. External diseases of the larger useful farm animals. 



5. Shoeing. Treatment of the ordinary breaks and diseases 

 of the hoof. » 



Summer Term — Five Hours a Week. 



1. Cattle breeding (continued.) Stall and pasture treatment. 

 Use of cattle — milk, fattening and draught. Valuation of 

 fodder to be used. 



2. Knowledge of the exterior of the horse. 



3. Knowledge of the exterior of cattle. 



4. Internal diseases of domestic animals. Contagious diseases 

 and their origin. 



