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Lectures on Botany, Chemical Physics, Drainage, Chemistry, Dairy Farming and 

 practical Agriculture ; English Composition and Declamation will bo regular exercises 

 throughout the year. 



THIRD TEAR. 



First Term — Spherical .Trigonometry, Loomis. Conic Sections, Loomis. French (first 

 half term). German (second half term). Chemistry (Qualitative Analysis). Mineralogy 

 (Determinative). Agriculture. Market Farming and Gardening. Logic. 



Secoxd Tersi — Mechanics (with lectures on Applied Mechanics). Industrial Drawing. 

 German. Chemistry (Quantitative Analysis). Agriculture, Cultivation of the Cereals. 

 Logic. 



Third Term— Civil Engineering. Industrial Drawing. German. Comparative 

 Anatomy and Zoology. Chemistry Applied, Metallurgy, Commercial Products, or Agri- 

 culture. Logic. 



Lectures on Chemistry, Mineralogy, Market Farming and Gardening, including the 

 culture of the small fruits, the cultivation of Grasses and the Cereals, Applied Mechanics, 

 Comparative Anatomy, Zoology and Sheep Husbandry. Regular exercises in English 

 Composition and Original Declamation throughout the year. 



General Statement of the Course., The regular course will occupy four years, and 

 there will be three terms in a year of thirteen weeks each. The essential features of the 

 course are indicated by the following outlines of study : 



English Language and Literature, Mathematics, including Algebra, Geometry, Trigo- 

 nometry, Surveying, Navigation, Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Chemical Physics, 

 General and Agricultural Chemistry, Laboratory Practice, Animal and Vegetable Physi- 

 ology, Systematic Botany, Horticulture, Anatomy, Veterinary Art, Entomology, Drain- 

 ing, Stock-Breeding, Book-keeping, Mineralogy, Geology, Zoology, Political Economy, 

 History, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Military Science and Tactics. 



The French and German languages will also form a part of the regular course. 



Select Course. A select course will be arranged in due time, that, if persons of 

 suitable age and acquirements, who cannot avail themselves of the complete course, 

 desire to pursue some one or more of the branches of study related to Agriculture, Hor- 

 ticulture or Mechanics, they may be received for a less time than that required for the 

 full course. 



Special Features op the Course. The prominence given to the Natural Sciences, 

 and the practical element associated with nearly all departments of study, cannot fail to 

 render the course especially valuable. 



Nearly a year will be devoted to Botany and Horticulture, commencing early in spring 

 and contiouing till late in autumn. This course will embrace a thorough drill in Botani- 

 cal Analysis ; the study of plants as to their relative importance and geographical dis- 

 tribution ; the study of those having commercial or medical value ; of those which are 

 cultivated for ornament, and also those which are detrimental, as weeds and poisonous 

 plants. In the gardens to be provided, the student will learn practically the operations 

 and processes in the department of Horticulture. 



A year and a half will be devoted to Chemical Physics and Chemistry, commencing 

 with the first term of the second year. The course in Chemistry proper will include 

 General, Analytical, and Agricultural Chemistry. Under Analytical Chemistry will be 

 taken up General Analysis, Use of Blow-pipe, Analysis of Minerals, Analysis of Soils, 

 Ashes of Plants, Fertilizers and Farm Products. 



Each student will devote two hours a day to Analysis, under the direction of the Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry, thus acquiring facility in conducting experiments, and securing a 

 practical knowledge of the methods employed in chemical investigatiuus. 



