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Fertility of the Land. — A study of soils from the chemical and 

 physical point of view, with discussions on fertilizers, manures 

 and the principles of plant growth. Lectures, 2 hours a week. Assist- 

 ant Professor Cavanaugh and Professor Bonsteel. 



Agronomy. — A study of field crops and farm management. As 

 much time as possible is devoted to the culture of special crops; as 

 corn, potatoes, wheat, oats, pastures and forage. Lectures and 

 practice, 4 hours a week. Assistant Professor Stone. 



Animal Husbandry. — Principles of breeding and feeding animals; 

 history and development of animals, the care and management of 

 dairy cattle. Lectures and practice, 3 hours a week. Professor Wing. 



Horticulture. — Lectures on the principles of fruit growing and 

 vegetable gardening, with practice in the propagation of plants, 

 pruning, grafting, budding and spraying. Lectures and practice, 

 3 hours a week. Assistant Professor Fletcher. 



The Farm Home. — Farm buildings; farm sanitation; planning and 

 caring for the home grounds; the conveniences and comforts of the 

 home; reading in the farm home. Lectures, 3 hours a week. Pro- 

 fessor Bailey, Mrs. Comstock, Miss Van Rensselaer, Assistant Profes- 

 sor Fletcher and others. 



A series of special lectures will be given by various members of the 

 university faculty, and by prominent men from elsewhere who are 

 authorities on certain lines of agriculture. Students in the General 

 Agriculture -Course are required to attend these lectures. 



In the General Agriculture-Course there are thus 15 hours a week 

 of required work. Three hours of elective work may be chosen from 

 the following subjects. No student may take more than 18 hours of 

 work, excepting by special permission of the faculty, and 17 hours 

 is as much as the average student can expect to carry satisfactorily. 



Farm Botany. — A study of the principles of farm growth with 

 particular reference to cultivated plants; the connnon fungous dis- 

 eases of crops, and their control. Lecture and laborator}^, 2 hours 

 a week. Mr. Whetzel. 



Economic Entomology. Lectures on insect pests of plant, orchard 

 and garden, and remedies for them. Lectures, 2 hours a week. 

 Assistant Professor Slingerland. 



Farm Dairying. — Butter -making; the care of milk, and milk 

 testing. Those who elect this course pay an additional fee of $5. 

 Lectures and practice, 3 hours a week. Professor Pearson. 



Poultry Husbandry. — A discussion of the domestic breeds of 

 poultry; hatching and rearing; the principles of feeding and manage- 

 ment. Lectures, 2 hours a week. Assistant Professor Rice. 



