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Caption: Course Catalog - 1890-1891
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 27, veterinary infirmary, where animals are treated or operated on free of charge, for the instruction of the students. Lectures are given on veterinary sanitary science and the principles and practice of veterinary surgery. 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. Students desiring to pursue the study of veterinary science further than is laid down in the agricultural course, will find ample facilities for so doing. LABORATORY WORK. Experiments and special investigations by each student. A thesis is required embodying the results of original observation and research. 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 stock-barn fitted up with stables, pens, yards, etc.; also an experiment farm of 180 acres, furnished with all necessary apparatus to-illustrate the problems of breeding and feeding. It has fine specimens of neat cattle, Shorthorns, Herefords, Holsteins, and Jerseys, and of Poland-China swine. The Agricultural Experiment Station, recently established as a department of the University, 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 ages 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. Surveying and drainage are illustrated by field practice with instruments and by models. Agricultural chemistry, in connection with laboratory practice, is pursued in the analysis of soils, fertilizers, foods, etc. The college has fine collections of soils, seeds, plants, implements,
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