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some of the neat little bedrooms. Each student has his 
own, and every two share a sitting-room. I then went 
to the large dining-room and laboratories, and into the 
different lecture and class rooms, where I studied bones 
and the anatomy of horses and cows, depicted in forcible 
pictures on the wall, and examined the cereal room, 
with its bundles of grasses, etc. I examined specimens 
of the bot-fly and its chrysalis, and learnt how it 
deposited its eggs on the horse, how they were after- 
wards licked off by the poor animal, and became 
attached in the chrysalis state to the lining of its 
stomach. 
The students here get a thorough knowledge of 
the practice and science of agriculture ; they are well 
instructed in chemistry, physics, and veterinary science, 
mathematics, land-surveying, and book-keeping. The 
fees, including board, washing, etc., are £40 a year. 
The students are allowed to earn wages at ploughing 
and at harvest times. The institution is supported 
by endowments, students’ fees, and the net profits 
of the farm after working expenses are paid. 
