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verted into one of the regional schools of the empire, of which 
besides the seventy or more elementary agricultural schools, 
there are three—the other two beiog at Grignon, near Ver¬ 
sailles, and at Saulsaie, in the department of Ain. 
Many of these schools I have visited, and, did space allow, 
would be glad to describe ; but as I deem them, all in all? 
inferior to some of the other states, I shall omit such descrip* 
tions in accordance with the general plan of my report, which 
is to select for detailed account such schools as will best illus¬ 
trate the most advanced conditions. 
WURTEMBERG. 
The Eoyal Land and Forest Academy of Wurtemberg has 
long held the first rank among the agricultural schools of 
Europe. It is located at Hohenheim, some seven miles from 
Stuttgart, upon an estate formerly belonging to Duke Charles, 
regent of Wurtemburg. The buildings occupy a high swell of 
ground, commanding one of the most extensive and beautiful 
views in Germany. They include three open courts, rectan¬ 
gular in form, presenting a continuous front of one thousand 
feet; and, though the marks of nearly one hundred years, 
during which they have stood, are noticeable upon them, they 
nevertheless make an imposing appearance and answer the 
more modern use to which they have been put exceedingly 
well. 
The farm embraces between eight and nine hundred acres, 
and lies in immediate contiguity to a government forest of five 
thousand acres, which thus affords extraordinary facilities for 
acquiring a practical knowledge of forestry as well as of agri¬ 
culture. It is well planned and conducted on the basis of a 
scientific rotation of crops, serving the double purpose of a 
model and an experimental farm. But the important work of 
experimenting is still more thoroughly carried on upon a sub¬ 
division of the farm known as the experimental grounds. 
These embrace some twenty acres, divided into about one 
hundred plats, upon which systematic experiments are con¬ 
ducted with the different crops grown in that portion of the 
