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les are the miscroscope. The third room is occupied with the insect col- _ ` I `_
mal Of lections and is used as a private laboratory by the Head of the l ‘ ‘ · A ‘
mgmiey Department a11d assistants who are engaged in research work. A I ·‘ V
[Duma, fourth laboratory is devoted to seed testing and is equipped with
peering] electric incubators, blowers for the removal of impurities, a refrigera- ‘
is TGI} tor, chemical balance and other appliances employed in the testing of ‘ _
Wale, 5 seeds either for purity or germination.
5.; and An Herbarium, a reference collection intended primarily for use `
mscheu in prosecuting a study of the botany of Kentucky, is one of tl1e best, I `
bmdum if not the best in the State. It is placed in a large room on the same
eight; floor, used also as an assembly room on special occasions. · `
Ludy of An out·laboratory, constituting an important part of the equip-
Cal and ment of the Department, is an Insectary, consisting of a head house ·
YG Well and conservatory devoted to the study of the life-histories of plants
and insects and of remedies for their injuries.
Held m_ The office work for all these laboratories is done i11 the rooms .
V, mad, adjoining them and is furnished with a very good collection of tech- ’ `
mg pm, nical works devoted to entomology and botany, including sets of most
of the special serials. 1
{ueering Entomology and ZooZogy—The laboratories of the Department of j
mOuld_ Entomology and Zooloogy of the School of Agriculture are devoted
pamtus, largely to instruction work and are located on the first iioor of the l
Omplatg Natural Science Building on the University campus. They consist of _
two large laboratories, one devoted chiefly to zoology, and the other '
to cntomology. The lecture room of the Department seats about sixty
_abf%lu?’ Students. A small private laboratory for making preparations and
“’ ITICIM lor the use of advanced students adjoins the lecture room, and a col-
Lu klgds l<‘<·iion room in which arc cases containing types of skeletons of
Pgmtmn \·‘rl.eb1·ate animals is used also partly for advanced students.
mms are The office of the department is 011 the same floor, and is furnishccl
with a small working library devoted very largely to Zoological and
ment Of cutomological subjects. ' ·
Ooms on The laboratories are equipped with compound miscroscopes,
lmgsmne lliicrotomes, water baths, charts, a lantern and desks, and other
gemelial Equipment regarded as necessary for giving students both a practical
1 are m` wid theoretical acquaintance with entomology and zoology.
’ mlécwl Experiment Ftclds—The Department of Agronomy has an extensive
g ?h}n_gS' ¥>‘Steni of experiments in crop production and soil fertility in the
bqwlsmu Slate. Fifty—six acres of the Experiment Station farm are devoted
  ` VJ this work. Experiment fields are maintained at Burnside, LOHCIOH, l