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or may, at his option in many cases, prolong it far beyond th< 
point named, exceeding in the time allotted to it the time re 
quired for graduation in most of our veterinary colleges. 
Thus, the writer devoted to the study of veterinary science 
not including collateral studies, one-third time for three year; 
of nine months, or the equivalent of full time of one year o 
nine months; equalling the time devoted in some of our vet 
erinary colleges, including collateral branches. 
The equipment in these colleges varies greatly. In somt 
it is practically wanting, while in others it surpasses in somt 
respects that of many of the veterinary colleges. As a studen I 
I found a better equipment in library, instruments, and ap 
paratus at the agricultural than at the veterinary schools, anc 
to-day several agricultural schools place at the disposal o 
their students better libraries than do the veterinary colleges 
while their collection of instruments and apparatus quite 
suffices for purposes of instruction. 
In point of buildings the equipment shows extreme varia 
tion. The class-rooms are usually located in some of the 
main buildings, and generally some detached buildings more 
or less commodious and convenient are provided for specia 
phases of work. Practically all the colleges having main 
tained a chair of veterinary science for any length of time are 
provided with ample dissecting-rooms, where the anatomy ol 
the domestic animals may be studied under very favorable! 
conditions. 
In most colleges ample accommodations are afforded for 1 
the conducting of free clinics, while in others they are limited :H 
and still more frequently illy arranged and not adapted tel 
their needs. 
As an illustration I might cite Purdue University, which 
in one building, 28x35 feet, expects dissections, experiments 
with contagious diseases, and free clinics to be simultaneously 
and successfully^ conducted; three classes of work under one 
roof, and practically in the same room which are universally 
recognized as incompatible. 
The operating-room in this case adjoins directly the dis 
secting-room, with a door opening between the two, render 
