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of practical forestry and the management of large estates have 
been superior; while great pains have been taken to furnish 
other auxiliaries in the form of extensive collections of a^ri- 
cultural implements and machines, as well as of the cultivated 
plants of the country, and of fruits, noxious insects, etc. The 
instruction is gratuitous and is usually well attended. 
At Prague, in 1803, was founded another institution. Nor 
did the government of Austria rest content with the erection 
of these two schools, but in 1809 founded those of Grat2, Lem¬ 
berg, Trieste and Trutsch, and has from that time to this con¬ 
tinued to multiply them in various forms, adapted to the 
special needs of different sections of the empire, until now 
they are founded in nearly or quite all the provinces. 
Among the separate and distinct schools of agriculture in 
Austria, the Imperial and Royal Agricultural School of Hun¬ 
gary, at Altenburg, is of high rank, and was, moreover, the 
representative of its class at the exposition. It is a superior or 
academic school, and to the general course in agriculture adds 
a course in forestry. The attendance of pupils in 1867 was 
147; the instruction being given by nine professors, with the 
aid of superior facilities in the way of a chemical laboratory, a 
large and valuable library of scientific and practical works, 
numerous mechanical and technological collections, and a 
botanical garden. 
Among other objects of interest sent to the exposition by 
this school, a complete collection of specimens and models, 
illustrative of the production of Indian corn, (the leading 
staple of that portion of Hungary,) its chemical constituents 
and the various transformations it undergoes from the moment 
of planting until the product, in its many forms, is ready for 
consumption, together with interesting botanical collections, 
samples of soils, with the results of their chemical analysis, 
and with numerous designs, charts, etc., all prepared by the 
pupils, afforded good evidence of the zeal and proficiency of 
the pupils there taught. 
The term of study includes four half-year semesters, during 
which, in systematic order of succession, the following 
