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The boae room is interesting, containing specimens of all the 

 different breeds of animals mounted from those which die. 

 Unfortunately, the Buffalo bull died recently, his skeleton was 

 however being prepared for mounting. 



The men who attend this college are mostly young men 

 from the farms in Saxony. They take the course at the college 

 in scientific agriculture and may go on to the degree of Ph. D. 

 They also take the practical course at the farm. Ninety per 

 cent of them return to work on the farms and by practical 

 application of the scientific knowledge thus obtained they are 

 enabled to make farming much more profitable, and they 

 take a high social position in their districts. The other ten 

 per cent become teachers in agricultural schools, and managers 

 of large estates. The course is also taken by high school 

 teachers who must teach elementary agriculture in the public 

 schools. The result of this education is to make the farmer 

 feel that he is following a scientific calling which enables him 

 to make the soil more productive and thus in no small degree 

 adds to the general prosperity of the country such men 

 become prominent members of agricultural societies, con- 

 tribute to the agricultural press, and many distinguish them- 

 selves as scientific agriculturists. 



There is so much to see and hear at this college that is 

 useful as furnishing information to show what can be done to 

 elevate the work of practical agriculture to the rank of a 

 science and thus do much to keep the farmers' sons on the 

 farms, that I am induced to append a few extracts from the 

 calendar of the college, for the translation of which I am in- 

 debted to Dr. Martin, of McGill University. 



Should the Government or any large-hearted benefactor of 

 our universities desire to accomplish the greatest good to 

 Canada, which is par excellence an agricultural country, it 

 could not be better effected than by establishing and endowing 

 an agricultural-biological and veterinary college, all combined 

 in one. 



