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The collection of horse and stable furniture, bits, saddles, 

 harness, shoes, controlling devices, etc., in fact everything 

 required in connection with horses, is most extensive, as are 

 the models of the different races of horses and cattle, all of 

 which proved most instructive. 



We were conducted to the Agricultural department adjoin- 

 ing the veterinary, and were shown specimens of the different 

 breeds of cattle, housed in a model byre, kept clean and neat. 

 Here experiments are conducted for the benefit of the 

 students to demonstrate the advantages of certain methods of 

 feeding and treating dairy cattle. They keep a record of the 

 weight and varieties of feed given to each anijnal. The milk 

 is weighed and recorded. The milk is tested for butter fat 

 every day, and the results of the experiments are published 

 for the benefit of the students and farmers. We were shown a 

 large collection of dairy utensils, centrifugal separators, etc. 

 The Agricultural department is extensive and proves of great 

 value to the agriculturists of the state, but as we were going to 

 visit a still more extensive agricultural college the following 

 day, we spent but a short time here. 



We paid a visit to the University and to the College of 

 Anatomy where we met Professor His and his assistant Held, 

 and spent some time with Professor Mills in the laboratory 

 examining microscopic slides of his work on the nervous 

 system. 



THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT HALLE. 



Our visit to this college proved to be most interesting and 

 instructive. 



Accompanied by Professor Mills, we called on Professor 

 Kuhn, the founder and director. As it was his lecture hour 

 he was obliged to hand us over to his assistant, Professor Paul 

 Holdefleiss, Ph. D., who conducted us through the chemical 

 and bacteriological laboratories and the experimental gardens, 

 where they are engaged in investigating different soils ; the 

 diseases of plants ; the animal and vegetable enemies of plants 

 and how to overcome them. One experiment interested us 



