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garden and orchards, is sought to be added so far as the
means of the college will allow, to the school of science.

Your Committee witnessed the exercises of the wagon-load-
ing, unloading and hauling timbers, mechanical contriv-
ances in case of break down, &c. ; also the feeding by the stu-
dents of the cattle, preparing, cutting and steaming their
food. The weather was not suited to field work.

The Committee also witnessed the military exercise of the
students in the school of the company, their numbers not
being sufficient for drill beyond that. The military studies
and exercises at the college are to the extent no more than
the necessary compliance with what is required by the en-
dowment of the United States, which is somewhat more than
the annual aid the college receives from the State To this
limited extent the military organization is very useful, as the
most convenient and efficient system of discipline, and as a
physical training for health and deportment.

The means of the college are by no means equal to the
judicious plan of the faculty for agricultural and mechanical
education. The chemical laboratory is very insufficiently
provided ; so, too. the farm, with machinery and implements
by which mechanical inventions has contributed so much to
relieve and increase the power of labor. A small steam en-
gine, and the full equipment of a work shop, are needed in
the department of the Mechanic Arts ; other improvements
the faculty propose, an experimental station. Lectures by
practical and scientific farmers to the students, which may
stimulate their interest in agricultural pursuits. Improved
stock ought to be procured on the farm. New buildings,
such as a barn and feed room attached, and considerable re-
pairs to old buildings are needed—about $10,000 could be
judiciously appropriated now by the State for these purposes,
in addition to the annual appropriation of $6,000 provided
by the existing law—but in the present depression of all the
industries of our people, the Committee are careful not to
increase the burden of public taxation. We will, therefore,
recommend only at this session, the ordinary appropriation
of the State, which, with the regular receipt from the United
States fund, will meet the ordinary necessities of the
college.

In conclusion, your Committee commend to the good peo-
ple of the State, the successful energy, judgment and ability
with which the administration of the college is conducted;
first worked, in paying off a large debt, now also in the ex-
cellent course of study and management of the institution,
and in the future, as your Committee believe, to afford the