Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 129]

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129 animals will be made, so that the student may become practically acquainted with the tissues in health and disease. The first six weeks of the second term will be devoted to the study of veterinary medicines, their action and uses ; the remainder of the term to lectures on the principles and practice of veterinary science. During the third term, practical instruction will be given in clinical work, as cases present themselves, at the veterinary infirmary, where animals are treated or operated on free of charge, for the instruction of the students. Lectures will also be given on veterinary sanitary science and the principles and practice of veterinary surgery. For details as to the study of botany, chemistry, zoology, entomology, geology and meteorology, see statements in college of natural scienceAPPARATUS.

The college has, for the illustration of practical agriculture, a stock farm of 410 acres, provided with a large stock barn fitted up with stables, pens, yards, etc. ; also an experimental farm of 180 acres, thoroughly furnished with all necessary apparatus. It has also line specimens of neat cattle, short-horns and jerseys. Also several breeds of swine, to illustrate the problems of breeding and feeding, The experimental department exhibits field experiments, in the testing of the different varieties and modes of culture of field crops, and in the comparison and treatment of soils. It includes also experiments in agriculture and horticulture, under the direction of the professors of agriculture and of horticulture, and of the farm superintendent, and experiments in feeding animals of different ages, and development upon the various kinds of food. In common with similar departments in the several state agricultural colleges of the country, it attempts to create positive knowledge towards the development of an agricultural science. The barn on the stock farm has north and west fronts of 80 feet each. Each limb, or L, is 40 feet wide. It is of the kind known as the side-hill barn. The barn on the experimental farm is of less size, but is fitted up with great convenience, and is supplied with a mill for grinding feed, run by a large wind-mill. A veterinary hall and stable has been provided, and a clinic is held to illustrate the lectures on veterinary science. The department lias papier-mache models of the foot and teeth of the horse at different ages. Dr. Anzoux' celebrated complete model of the horse in 97 pieces, and exhibiting 3,000 details of structure, has just been received from Paris. Surveying and drainage are illustrated by Held practice, with instruments, and by models. Agricultural chemistry is pursued in connection with laboratory practice, in the analysis of soils, fertilizers, foods, etc. The college also has fine collections of soils, seeds, plants, implements, skeletons of domestic animals, plans, charts, and other apparatus, including a large number of models of agricultural machinery from the Patent Office. 9