VOL. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NCVV. 8, 1879.—TEN PAGES.
NO. 45.
FOBMIE.
FOB SALE-Pnre Chester White boar pigs. Ready
for nse,  R. 8. RUSSELL, Zlonaville, Ind.
F
lOR BALE—W head of yearling steers.   Addrees
A. J. PATTERSON, Union, Pike Co., Ind.
F
OR SALE—Pure Essex pigs.   New Angnsta. Marlon oonnty, Ind.   H. T. HOCKENSMITH.
FOR BALE—A few choice Chester White pigs, ln
show fix; al8o,some aged hogs.  Address E.R.
Moody. Eminence, Ky.
FOR SALE—or Trade—Three Clydesdale Stallions.
Imported from Scotland this year.   ROBERT
CRAIO, Greenwood, Ind.
FOR BALE—Choice farm of 2M acres, 13 miles
sontheast of Indianapolis. WM. K. MICK, Real
ICstate Broker, R8 East Market street.
FOR BALE—Chester White pigs.   Boars ready for
service.  Satisfaction guaranteed.   Address 8.
It. McCORMICE, cartersbnrg, Indiana.
FOR BALE—Farms ln Marlon, Rnsh and otber
counties in Indiana.   O. W. ALEXANDER, 38
E. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
*T710R SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile
JP from Kokomo. Will require tl.500 to »2,000 cash,
balance on time at» per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
dlapolle. .
FOR BALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeping_farm accounts. Price jl each. Addraw IITDIAKA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FOR BALE—One Southdown buck, thoroughbred,
two years old; pedigree will be furnished. Also,
three Poland China hoars entitled to registry; only
|10 eaoh.   J. R. RUDDELL, Castleton, Ind.
FOR SAMS— Fifty head of Jersey Red swine. Pigs
from 8 to 12 weeks old. Shoats from 5 to 9
months old. Bows with pig, or without. HARRIS
SHEPPARD, Spencer: Owen county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China
pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer
for 30 days. Please write me before yon purchase.
Address It. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind.
FOR SALE—I have a fine lot of Buff and Partridge
Oochins, Llttht Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, and
Sebright Bantams, from my well-known premium
stock;;'"      ***■         "
•irakes
stock; also, a few young Bronze gobblers and Pekin
I. N. BARKER, Thorntown, Indiana.
_K.
FOR BALE—Suffolk pigs—I have for sale 15 head
of pure bred Suffolk Pigs, six months old, at
very reasonable rates. For particulars, address
JOSEPH FURNAS, Boxley, Hamilton Co., Ind.
"TjIORBAIjE—I have ore of Zimmerman's galvan-
JL? Ised iro>* Fruit Drying and Baking Machines,
which I wi| ^,-ade for wood and produce. A bargain
to any one.   J. A. RIPPETO, ofllce Indiana Farmer.
t.':\>-n-
FOR SALE—Two finely bred Poland China sow
pigs, five months old. price $10 each.'. Also, one
two-year-old Jersey bull, sired by Hasselman'a bull,
dam tbe Imported Micawber, price $40. Address W.
C. SMOCK, Indianapolis.
FOR  BALE—A farm_of 160 acres,
of IndlanapoUs.
    7 miles north
      _,-    This  farm.   Is nnder a  nigh
"state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tlie drained;
has a substantial brick house of 10 rooms, 2 barns,
and all other necessary buildings. Q. T., care Indiana Farmer Co.
FOR SALK—Farm of 380 acres In Richland oounty,
Illinois, this farm is also for rent.
Farm of 320 acres ln Jeffersftn county, Illinois.
Farm of 82 acres in Clark county, Illinois.
Farm of 160 acres ln Hendricks county, Indiana.
Farm of SO acres in Hendricks county, Indiana.
Farm ol W acres near Indianapolis.
. Farm of 96 acres 8 miles from Indianapolis, at $40 per
acre. A
All the above wlU be sold at a bargain.
W. M. A C. fi. OOFFIlf.
M Korth Delaware street, Indianapolis.
tyivt j|f0r1t.
WAirTED.
WANTED—Agents, local and generalfor Indiana
History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text-
Book.   8. It. MARROW, Indianapolis.
\\f    H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post*
W . office, keep a cor * " —-.—.
Medicines, Oils, Toilet
. office, keej
Ines, C
lowest prices.
a complete stock of Drugs, Patent
*   Articles.   Best goods and
WANTED—Everybody to know that W. E.
MtCK, Real Essate Broker and Rental Agent,
M East Market street,collects rents for 5 per cent.,and
makes prompt returns.
"TXT*ANTED—To exchange a few pairs of Golden
W Sebright Bantams, some Plymouth Rock
Cockerels, or Partridge Cochins, for common chickens. J. Q. KINGSBURY, 34 East Market street, Indianapolis.
TJTANTED—Agents for "The Voters Text Book."
W published in English and German. A standard Political History to date. Not partisan. Will
have a big sale next campaign. Secure territory at
once.   FRED. L. HORTON di CO..66 East MarketSt.
WANTED—Canvassers for the Indianapolis
Weekly News, Just enlarged and at the same
time reduced ln price. Largest cash commission ever
paid to canvassers. For terms and outfit, address,
giving relerence, WEEKLY NEWS, Indianapolis,
MISC EIXlAHTEOIIS.
s
M. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylva-
i   nla street.
C,
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Ofllce in room 4 Va-
jen*s Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
THK old reliable Indlanapolla Business College,
Bates Block, opposite the postoffice, Impacts
A Practical, Useful and Profitable Education, mt -Ar
Ing the wants of nine-tenths of the young men and
boys. Young men wishing to enter business will
here receive such aid as will Insure a successful future to them. For circulars of information, address KOERNER A WOODIER, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOANS.
M
ONEY to  loan on Improved Farms.
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOAN—Money to loan at 8 per cent. Ten years-
time with privilege of paying at any time after
three years. No life Insurance. No commissions. M.
E. VINTON, Vinton Block, Indianapolis. Ind.
LOAN—MONEY—In sums of *|B00 to |10,000, on
Improved farms in Indiana, at eight per cent,
lntwost, payable annually (no commissions charged).
The principal,or any part ot it can be paid at any
time. H. B PALMER & CO.. No. 78 East Market
Bt. .Indianapolis, Ind.
Science in Stook Growing.
Stock growing sweeps through the whole
circle of rural economy, from the nomsdlo
practice ofthe Arabs to the advanced methods of Holland and England, and commands
success alike on lands that are priceless
because they cannct be sold, and those that
are also priceless because they cannot be
bought. Americahas abroad range of free
grazing, where cattle and care are the only
elements of cost; and also a wide area of
high-priced lands, where science and skill
only can command remunerative rent In
animal production.
The nomadiopracticehaslongbeen in successful operation; the skilled and scientific
methods are slow and labored in their progress, but  comparing to-day with  thirty
years ago we  find fewer cattle and more
meat in proportion to population, fewer
cows and more milk, less of sheep and more
of wool.    Even Texas, the plains, and the
mountains ofthe distant West are beginning
to feel ln their herds the impulse ol better
blood.    The better  class of beeves,  that
weighed  from 800 to  1,000  pounds, now
turn the scale at 1,200 to 1,800.   They come
to maturity earlier, and the feeder is more
systematic and unremitting in his efforts to
secure continuous  growth.   In these  respects  improvement   has   scarcely   commenced;   the   small    margin   of   profit
is   beginning   to    compel    economy    in
feeding and fattening.   Standing through
storms  of   sleet and snow in the lee of
the stack is becoming, it Is to be hoped,
a thing ofthe past, and the era of comfortable  shelter and full  protection from the
weather's inclemency is beginning to dawn.
The losses, not so much of life as of flesh, or
of improving oondition, have counted millions annually from these causes, which
have ever been operative in the past, and
wlll-doubtleas stm&xiSt".in the'Mear fattirt*
We have yet much to learn oi the economy
ofthe judicious combination of feeding materials.   .Every country has conditions oi
climate, or soil or labor which give to its
material and methods ol feeding some marked peculiarity.    We must not only study
these conditions in the light of chemistry
and animal physiology,  of ecology and
meteorology, but we must give them in
some degree separate and discriminating
attention ln different sections of the country.    Such skill mnst be carried further,
and made to include the product of animals.
There was recently a depression of the dairy
interest, because quality has been sacrificed.
Butter should be made irom cleaner milk
kept at evener temperature, put up in neater
and more convenient packages, and brought
to the doors of the consumers with greater
directness and less exposure to many causes
of injury.    Cheese should be made to ripen
slowly that it may be purchased in larger
quantities than by the pound without the
risk of spoiling,  and in such  variety of
forms and methods of manufacture as to suit
the tastes of the scores of nations that would
furnish purchasers, and which have already
their representatives In large numbers in
thiscountry.    Wewant wools better suited
to some peculiar requirements of manufacture, handled with more skill, and sorted
for sale, to secure more nearly their real
value.   Growershavebeenurged toproduce
all the kinds required by the factories, which
is a grave mistake, for it is to be sincerely
hoped the coarser carpet wools may never
be produced here.    There isjroom ior invention, skill, tact,  economy in a thousand
directions, in tiie production, manufacture,!
domestic distribution and exportation of
animal products. The millions lost by preventable disease, by exposure and starvation
of farm animals, must be saved in the future;
the animals thrown  overboard, carcasses
spoiled in ocean transportation, must be
reduced to aminimum; the myriad economies to besought and perfected, all the way
from the prairie grass to the highest form
of all flesh that is grass, must yet coin
fortunes from margins now too small to be
perceptible to the eye of Yankee thrift.—
N. Y. Tribune.
■FOWV  POBTABIK  SAW  nit-It, MaauCaetured by the Earfe Sf adblne Works, of IndUnapo Ha. Ind.
ed capital be thus rendered more certain,
but the disappointments that occasionally
follow the best oi plans, aad the most careful manipulation, are by no means so disastrous. Where sheep are handled as an incident to general farming operations—the
plan now contemplated—care should be had
that they do not trespass upon the other
interests. ~ When the farmer feels that his
sheep are a burden—that is that they are,
drawing upon the other departments for the
time and feed not before assigned to them—
he should fatten, and sell down to such number as will conveniently work along his
crops and other live stock. Local butchers
will always pay a fair price for a few good
wethers, and some neighbor can usually be
found ready to make room for a lew desirable store sheep. As the facilities for enhancing the numbers of the flock improve,
the annual drafting may be confined to full-
grown wethers, and such ewes as, by reason
pf age or other disqualifying peculiarities,
»re unaesiraDle.'* Tlie flexibility 6fa"small
flock Is one ot its strongest recommendations—enabling it to be accommodated to
the circumstances orambitlons ofthe owner
more readily than any other live-stock property.—National Live-Stock Journal.
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Western Mutton Sheep.
The export trade in American sheep this
year,says the American Stockman, warrants
the belief thai England will be in the future
one of the best  customers the American
sheep-htisbandman will have for the surplus
of his £ >cks.    It should be borne in mind,
howevt', that only the best of mutton sheep
are dee led worthy of a trip across the water
and tht * to get the full benefit of the new
demanc he farmermust be prepared to sell
an artii. well worth a good price.    It Is
true tha taking from the top of the market
in this   >untry even a .limited number of
sheep w ltend to lessen the pressure on al)
other gr les and so raise the price, but there
is nonet 1 for resting content with this small
part of ie benefit when a Uttle more care
and pal (taking will secure a much larger
part of tie gain.   We believe it will be with
sheep wit has been with our cattle—the
more Egland sees of them the more she
will wai to see.    Of late the sheep market
et Chicao has been unusually bare of stock
of gooduallty, so much so that shipments
to the Est and to Europe have ceased, although here are buyers who would be
pleased) purchase any reasonable number
of reall; choice, heavy and well fattened
mutton heep.    That there are such sheep
in the entry from which Chicago receives
her supies of stock we know, and there is
somethij singular in the fact that so few
are comg in.
steanjsblp Great Eastern on the line from
Portland, Me., and Liverpool properly fitted
up both for live stock and slaughtered
meats, their facilities for controlling the cattle and provision market will be next to a
bridge across the Atlantic The Great East-
ern'scapaclty exceeds 20,000 tons.
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Sulphur for Sheep.
An.exchange says: Mix a little sulphur
with salt and feed occasionally to sheep. It
will effectually cure sheep of all ticks.
The same remedy applied to cattle troubled
with lice will soon rid them of the vermin.
The use of sulphur with salt well repays the
trouble of keeping a supply for cattle and
sheep. If a mixture of one part of sulphur
with seven of salt be freely supplied there
will ba no trouble with vermin. You can
.give "birses the mixture with good effect.
Oceaia freights on live stock are now quite
J?.'*?^A-*wt*'e.r* ran■■-'lie shipped, to England
Tor$i0'and sheep at ji 25per head. At no
time this year have freights been more than
double these Kites, while last year at one
time it oost $30 per head to ship steers and
nearly *J4 per head for sheep.
 * — »	
J. H. Potts <fc Son, of Jacksonville, have
taken $3,760 in premiums on their herd of
thoroughbred Short-hom cattle this fall,
They have exhibited them in Indiana, Illinois and at St. Louis.
Beport ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports the whole amount of additional
circulation issued since the publication
of his annual report in November, 1878,
as $15,435,375. The total average amount
issued the past twelvemonths has been
at the rate of about $1,300,000 per month.
The increase of circulation for the year
ending November 1st, 1878, was $4,216,-
784, and the total decrease from January
14tb,' 1875, to the let of November, 1877,
waa more than $30,000,000. The total
amount issued for the month of October
waa $3,602,050, and during the months
of Beptember and October, $7,514,170, or
abont one-half of the whole amount
issued during the year.
The increase in legal tender notes deposited for the purpose of retiring the circulation during the year ending November l»t, 1879, waa $8,270,001, leaving the
nek inoreaae of national bank circulation
' iaeoed during ihe year, $11,484,582.
Incidental Sheep Husbandry.
One of the strongest of the elements that
have brought disaster to efforts at sheep
husbandry has been the desire to do a big
business. Men reared to other callings,
seeing the profits others were reaping from
well-directed efforts at sheep husbandry,
have hastened to become the owners of
flocks; while still others, who have made
money from a few hundred sheep, have
become Imbued with the idea, "the more
sheep, the more money," and have soon
placed themselves beyond the bounds of
prudence, by incurring indebtedness on the
one hand, and more care and labor than they
are able to bestow on. the other hand—both
bave been overtaken by the disaster their
temerity invited. To a majority of farmers
small flocks—thatls, numbers remaining in
the hundreds—will be the most profitable.
The exceptions to thia rule will occur to
every careful student of sheep husbandry.
Not only oan the highest profit npon inves*-
3ontrolling Horses.
The g-eral Omnibus Co., ol Paris, has
forsomemepast.we loarnfromLa Nature,
made us»f electricity lor subduing vicious
horses, -t a recent seance of the National
Society -"Agriculture, M. Bella gave some
interests details on the subject By the
process apted, intractable animals, given
to biting, aring, kicking, etc., are rendered
inoffensiVand submit peaceably to be
groomed d harnessed. To obtain this result, a we current of electricity Is passed
into the wth ofthe horse each time it becomes rest*. The will of the animal seems
almost amilated. The current is produced
by a smallduction machine ofthe Clarke
system, thvires of which communicate
with the bif tho bridle. The idea of controlling hes by electrical means found
expression the exhibition last year. In
the Swedisiction was an apparatus with
this objectlt consisted of a small box
containingbattery, the wires of which
communicawith the bit by the reins.
Incase ofref»nce by the horse, the driver
had merely tush a button, whenacurrent
passed immctely and the animal became
docile, Thmployment of electricity is
said to produ sort of uneasiness or torpor,
ratherthan Randia muchless barbarous
than many t«ag methods hitherto adopted, snch m d<vatlon of food, fatigue, etc.
The answers to the following queries are given by
John N. Navin, V. 8., of this city, author of Navin-s
Explanatory Stock Doctor.
Lame Mare.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What ails my mare? She Is lame in left
fore-leg. While moving it does not show
any. .After standing awhile it becomes
dead or numb, so when she starts it drags
for a few steps, and then appears to gain
action. The shoulder is not shrunken perceptibly. The left breast is shrunk some.
The hoof is of good shape and sound, nothing wrong that I can see but the breast.
A Subscriber.
Chambersburg, Oct. 30.
—If your mare has atrophy of the
muscles ofthe breast, rowel it and smear
the rowels with Venetian turpentine, tak*
ing them out once a day, and removing
any accumulated pus.    After cleaning,
smear with the turpentine and insert
until no more matter is secreted.
Moon Blindness.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare's eyes seem all right in bright
sunshine, but on cloudy days they are bluish green in color. They are better and
worse alternately. It is about four weeks
between their best and worst. They water
a good deal when at their worst, and there
is a bluish ring around the colored portion
of the eye at all times. *\v, j,
Taylorsville.
—Your mare's eyes are not of first-rate
quality; she has a disease called in this
western oountry moon blindness—by
the way a poor name. The idea that
the moon has anything to do with a
horse's eyes is as futile as to say that the
eyes of a man, a cow, or any other animal are so affected. Use the egg and salt
remedy as riven in the last number of
the Fabmeb.
Swelling on tho Leg.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
My three-year-old colt has a swelling on
the back part oi his fore leg, oommencing
at the knee and extending to fetlock. It
is hard bnt does not appear to be sore, and
he is not lame. I haven't owned him long
and can't say what caused it. Can it be removed? j. 0#
Attica.
—In the first place it is bad policy to
purchase a horse with an Impediment,
for they will happen often enough without purchasing them.   Blister the parts
If the mercta and dealers in grain and  ^__
provisionaoftagoancoeedingettingthe with Spanishfly, one OMO^'andsJhlte
of turpentine one pint. Bub in hard
with the hand until the colt fsels pain
and will not allow it longer. Repeat
twice per day until a scab is formed,
then once every alternate day for five or
more applications, but do not rub hard
after a blister is obtained.
Curdled Milk.
Editors Indiana Farmen
One of my neighbors has a oow that was
in good health and seemingly all right, but
her milk soured in five minutes after milk
ing, and in less thau ten minutes became
thick clabber. It was so for five mllklngs,
but since then the milk is all right. We
would like to know what was the cause of
the milk being so.  ' . J. R.
Syracuse, Ind., Oct. 20.
—The cow bad fever during the time
her milk thickened so rapidly. If she
haa a recurrence of the trouble give her
one ounce of sweet-spirits of nitre every
two hours, until her urinary secretions are
accelerated, and two to four ounces of
sugar every four to six hours. Sugar
will preve^J the milk of cows advanced in
pregnancy from curdling in hot tea or
coflee, which it is certain to do if sugar
is not flrst beaten up in it
Sick Horse.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a valuable horse that has been
lame about a year; at flrst had a sore in foot
under frog. I had it opened; a good deal
of corruption ran out, and he soon got better, but not entirely well. Later he showed
that he was taking the sweeney, and I doctored for that, using Dr. Navin's sweeney
remedy. He improved under the treatment, but has never got over the lameness.
Work does not make it any worse. The
sink in shoulder is about size of one's
hand. Had I better rowel him? He is 9
years old and weighs 1,300 pounds. I. S.
Logansport, Oct. 30.
—The age, weight, or color of your
horse, has nothing whatever to do with
his ailment. He had the thrush and the
fever has dried the natural secretions of
the foot, and consequently more or less
contraction is the result. Stand in front
of him and you will find that the foot
you mention is smaller thau the other,
and to ease the pain in it, he has thrown
the whole weight of the limb upon the
muscles of the shoulder, and of course
they wasted, producing what is called
sweeney. Now to cure any disease you
must remove the cause, so you must
have the foot pared 'out, as I remarked
in a late issue of the Fakmek on shoeing, which if farmers and others observe,
they will have less trouble with their
horses' feet. After paring out until the
sole bends under the thumb, spread the
foot about one-eighth of pa. inch. Repeat in two weeks, etc.
Fistula.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
What ails my mare and what will
her? She Is two years old, large; _
menced riding her in the spring; some two
months after using, noticed an enlargement
of withers above where the collar should
work. Both sides swollen the same. Had
it opened, discharges bloody water. Her
withers are swollen and covered with a
coating of dry, hard scales; hair all off.
x> «- i     ~ M. C. W.
Patoka, Oct. 22.
—The disease is fistula.   The following
may be used as an alterative medicine
for purifying the blood:   Sulphur, two
pounds; sesqui-sulphuret of antimony in
powder, one pound; dose a tablespoonful
twice a day in the feed.   "If the abscess
is sharp and pointing, itshould be opened
and a solution of zino, two drachms to a
quart of water, injected into tha opening
twice a day."—Em.
A Valuable Mill.
The Pony Portable Circular Saw-mill as
illustrated on this page, manufactured by
the Eagle Machine Works of our city, is a
model of mechanieal proportions,very simple and substantial. All In combination
with their Improved friction feed and Mein-
er's patent head blocks, all under the immediate control of the sawer, making a perfect
mill, and will out logs up to four feet in
diameter.turning out even, smooth lumber;
and can cut much thinner lumber than any
up and down mill, and at the rate of 2,500
to over 4,000 feet per day. Its capacity depends mainly on the power used, opportunity and facilities for handling logs and
lumber, and is especially adapted to be run
by the ordinary threshing engine; is easily
transported from one place to another and
three men can'placeand put it in operation
in a day's time, making a very profitable
outfit in any locality, and more so where it
will not justify locating a large standard
mill. One of these mills was in operation
on the grounds ofthe last Indianapolis Exposition, and was admired by many each
day while cutting the logs with even smooth
board*", some as thin as one quarter ol an
Inch.and at times cutting two boards each 12
feet long by 2 feet wide 1 inch thick in one
minute. Any futher particulars may be
had by inquiring of the manufacturers.
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Course in Agriculture and Horticulture at Purdue University.
The course of study adopted at the
commencement of the present college
year, and which may be somewhat modified if necessity seems to demand, is as
as follows*. *
FRESHMAN   YEAR.
Zoology, physiology and botany in the
line of science. Geometry and higher
'alge'Jra "ill "mathematics. Industrial
drawing through the year, in preparation,
for work that comes after.
Lectures on breeds   of horses,   cattle,
cure
com-
The difflcultiea of Scripture destroy
none who would not have been destroyed
without them.
I sheep and swine, farm experiments and
dairying in the first term, stock breeding
and veterinary obstetrics In second term,
with entomology and bee-keeping in the
third term. In addition to this one recitation each weekln English composition
and history.
SOPHOMORE  YEAR. ">
Botany, completed, and physics in
science, algebra,completed, trigonometry
and surveying in mathematics. Latin
or German, in place of drawing of flrst
year, as a drill in language. In agriculture, fruit and floriculture, in first term;
diseases of animals, In second term; market gardening and drainage in the third
term. Rhetoric and history three times
a week.
rtv.     , x    JF!"011 YEAR*
Chemistry through the ytar in science.
Analytical geometry and astronomy  in
mathematics.   In  agriculture,   lectures
onthe history  and  developement  for
eight weeks.   Landscape  gardening for
seven weeks ofthe flrst term.
Meteorology, especially in Its relations
to agriculture, six weeks, and lectures on
rotations of crops and farm economy, six
weeks in second term.
Agricultural chemistry for the third
term. The student can for this year
elect either language, Latin or German,
or a course in mechanics which will require two hours per day; shop practice
per day in wood and iron work, English
literature and history, three times a
week.
If the student wishes to stop at this
point In the course he receives a diploma
in agriculture.
The course contemplates one year
more however.
SENIOR YEAR.
-Only two studies complete are required
in this year, viz; geology and political
economy for flrst term, geology continued and mental philosophy for second
term, U. S. Constitution aud logic forthe
third term, with privilege to elect the remainder, out of language, mathematicn,
chemistry, drawing, natural history or
mechanics, or the student can do extra
work in agriculture, under the direction
of the professor.
Throughout the entire course no labor
will be required one hour per day, which
shall be as much inthe line of instruction
as possible, and for which no compensation shall be given. Two hours more may
be allotted in which labor can be performed, and for which the student wilire-
ceive 10 cents per hour.
At present as the department ia but
newly organized but little labor has been
performed, .as full arrangements have
not been made for Its employment.
The class in this course numbers seven
members, who are a very earnest thorough set of young men. Theylhave just
passed their fln>t mid-term examination
and have done themselves great credit.
When the course ls completed the plan
ls to have the student submit a thesis on
some topic connected witli agriculture or
horticulture as his graduating exercise,
the subject to have been selected and
submitted to the president and professor
of agriculture for approval, at the commencement of the second term. At
completion ofthe fourth year couree the
student is to receive the Degree of Bach- j
elorof Soienoe.or Agriculture— Just which
haa not yet been determined.