PEOGRESS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION". 313 



The new development does not in any degree minimize the importance of the work 

 of the agricultural specialist who is delving into the problems of agricultural produc- 

 tion. On the other hand , it should stimulate him to higher and more thorough endeavor 

 in his investigating and teaching when he realizes how the results of his work may 

 affect the happiness and success of multitudes of men and women who live in the open 

 country and deal in practical ways with the problems which it is the business of the 

 agricultural scientist to solve. The growing interest in the human problems of agri- 

 culture should put new life into the effort to solve its scientific problems. 



The courses of study offered by the school covered eight main lines: 

 Plant physiology and pathology, agronomy, horticulture, animal 

 husbandry, poultry, dairying, rural engineering, and rural economics. 

 The courses in the last two subjects were given for the first time. 

 The hours were so arranged that all interested in plants could attend 

 the course in plant physiology, and a similar arrangement was made 

 for the course in animal husbandry. Seminars, as well as lectures, were 

 provided, and the program made it possible for the student to follow 

 several lines of work, special attention being given to methods of 

 investigatmg and teaching. 



The faculty numbered 57, in addition to 17 speakers at special con- 

 ferences. It included 12 officers of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, 16 members of the faculty of the Iowa State college, and 

 33 professors and experts from 17 other agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations. In addition, lecture courses and seminars were offered 

 by Dr. D. T. Macdougal, of the Carnegie Institution, of Washington; 

 Prof. J. S. Pray, professor of landscape architecture of Harvard 

 University; Dr. W. E. Castle, professor of zoology of Harvard Univer- 

 sity; and Dr. C. W. Gay, professor of animal husbandry of the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania. The international relations of the school were 

 brought out by the very interesting and valuable lectures given by 

 Dr. E. von Tschermak, professor of plant breeding in the Royal 

 Imperial CoUege of Agriculture of Vienna, Austria; Dr. J. C. Ewart, 

 professor of natural history of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; 

 and Prof. G. E. Day, professor of animal husbandry of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario. 



The more general interest of the session naturally centered in the 

 courses in plant physiology and pathology and animal husbandry. 

 In the former, principles of plant breeding were discussed by Dr. Web- 

 ber, of Cornell University; Dr. von Tschermak; Dr. Macdougal; and 

 Dr. Stone, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, with special 

 reference to their own investigations in various branches of this sub- 

 ject. Dean Bessey, of the Universit}^ of Nebraska, treated of plant 

 eggs and sperms, embryology, and the relations of the sun and water 

 to the growth of plants. Different problems in plant pathology were 

 presented by Mr. Haven Metcalf, of the Bureau of Plant Industry; 

 Dr. Stevens, of the North Carolina Agricultural College; and Dr. 

 Pammel, of the Iowa State coUege. Considerable attention was 

 given to methods of investigation and teaching. 



