MEANS OF ILLUSTRATION. The Farm, consisting of a great variety of soil and aspect, and including the woodlands and meadows of Montgomery and Clear creek bottoms, and the adjacent high rolling, gravelly, and loamy prairie lands. The Experimental Plats of Grains and Grasses. The Barns for horses, cattle and sheep, also piggery with ample yards attached. The Stock, consisting of improved breeds of horses, cattle, sheep and swine. The Experimental Sorghum Works. The Creamery. The Tools and Implements of the farm. The Agricultural Cabinet of seeds and grasses. The Gardens and Orchards. The Experimental Nurseries, including many rare trees and shrubs recently introduced from Europe and Asia. The Forestry Plantations. The Propagating Pits, including many green-house plants. The Collection of Wood Specimens. The Collection of Wax Fruit-Models. The Work-Shops, supplied with tools and machines. The Instruments used by the Civil Engineer. The Veterinary Cabinet. The Experimental Kitchen. The Physical Cabinet, containing $8,000 worth of apparatus. The Chemical Laboratory with its apparatus, accommodating one hundred students. The Herbarium, consisting of ten thousand to twelve thousand specimens. The Microscopical Laboratory, supplied with twenty-three microscopes and a full set of apparatus. The Geological and Zoological Museum. The Zoological Laboratory, supplied with twenty-two microscopes. The Entomological Cabinet, including the largest collection of insects in the State. The College Library and Reading Room, of about five thousand bound volumes, and a large list of magazines and other periodicals. The College Pianos, a Large Pipe Organ, and other instruments. |