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il other studies involving experimental work with living ·
,.6 plants. The main greenhouses upon another portion of
is the University grounds also provide abundant material _
Of for the use of classes.
For botanical instruction there is also an extensive _
gd herbarium which contains a nearly complete represen-
-S= tation of the flora of Kentucky, with a considerable ,
S0 number of foreign exchanges. This is due primarily to I *4
-2,] the efforts of the late Dr. Robert Peter who made an
DS extensive collection of Kentucky plants about sixty
I-y years ago, and also exchanged specimens with the '
d- prominent botanists of that day, thus forming the
1-H nucleus of the present collection, which therefore
{B- possesses considerable historic value. The herbarium
M is constantly growing by means of collections and
exchanges.
mh A small frame building upon another part of the
Lp, grounds is well equipped with facilities for instruction
in farm dairying.
,1-G Among the additional facilities for agricultural in-
ith truction, there is installed in the basement of the news
,1.k building a growing collection of the best farm imple- i -
,.O_ ments and machinery, most of which has been lent or -— 4
,6,1 donated by the manufacturers. `
mg In many features of the college instruction, the ex- 4
ith tensive equipment of the Experiment Station farm, a
few minutes’ walk from the college campus, incident-
ith ally affords unusual opportunity for supplementary and A ,
MC illustrative instruction. A large herd of Jersey cattle, .
mg housed in a commodious and well—equipped dairy barn; .
ass extensive and varied plots of field, forage and garden `
" crops, with numerous other experiment studies in pro-
Of gress all the time, afford stimulating and interesting
gm subjects for inquiry throughout a student’s curriculum. , ~
md The extensive live-stock and other agricultural Q