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In each of these four departments not only are the theo- 

 retical lectures thoroughly carried out, but in every respect 

 practical exercises with experiments and demonstrations form 

 a very essential portion of the course. Facilities are given in 

 each department for this work, and each has special labor- 

 atories. 



An interesting feature of the teaching is, too, the frequent 

 excursions which are made to outlying districts in connection 

 with the study of agriculture in its various manifestations. 



Considering the manifold features of a study such as this it 

 will be readily seen how great is the advantage to students of 

 having their studies carried on directly in the university 

 buildings. 



The agricultural collection is probably one of the most in- 

 teresting features in the whole university. On account of the 

 intimate association of agricultural studies with the other 

 departments of the university, special stress is laid on the 

 value of this collection for students in every department such 

 as medicine, botany, zoology, etc., and not only is this col- 

 lection invaluable to the students of general subjects in the 

 university, but on the other hand small analogous collections 

 in the university are opened up to students of agriculture, 

 an advantage to each which is quite obvious. The students 

 in this way obtain a broader grasp of their subjects and are 

 e'nabled to study more completely any special department of 

 the work in which they may be interested. 



Among other interesting features of this collection may be 

 mentioned incidentally the agricultural apparatus and machin- 

 ery in its most complete developments with numerous models, 

 and in many cases the apparatus is in such a condition as to 

 be made practical use of by the students, who can thus better 

 understand their proper work. 



Further, there is a most important collection of seeds of all 

 varieties of plants in normal conditions, with demonstrations 

 of the tests for distinguishing the various means of detecting 

 impurities and adulterations. The herbarium includes a large 

 collection of most important plants, to which has been added 



