Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1884-1885 [PAGE 41]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

Special Studies.

39

For details as to the study of Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Entomology, Geology, and Meteorology, see statements in College of Natural Science.

APPARATUS.

The College has for the illustration of practical agriculture, a Stock Farm of 400 acres, provided with a large stockbarn fitted up with stables, pens, yards, etc., also an Experimental Farm of 180 acres, furnished with all necessary apparatus. It has fine specimens of neat cattle, Short-Horns and Jerseys, Berkshire and Poland-China Swine, and Shropshiredown, South-down and Cotswold Sheep 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 experiments in agriculture and horticulture under the direction of the Professors of Agriculture and Horticulture, and experiments in feeding animals of different ag-.s and development, upon the various kinds of food. In common with similar departments in the several 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 hill-side barn. The barn on the Experimental Farm is of less size, but is fitted up with great convenience, and is supplied with a large windmill which furnishes power for grinding feed, and for other purposes. A veterinary hall and stable have been provided, and a clinic is held to illustrate the lectures on veterinary science. The department has Dr. Auzoux's celebrated complete model of the horse in 97 pieces, exhibiting 3,000 details of structure; also papier-mache models of the foot and the teeth of the horse at different ages. Surveying and drainage are illustrated by field 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 has fine collections of soils, seeds, plants, implements, skeletons of domestic animals, plants, charts and other apparatus, including a large number of models of agricultural machinery.