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to the university curriculum next year, the college of engineering 

 cooperating with the staff of the forest products laboratory in the 

 instruction, 



WORK OF THE COLLEGES. 



One of the most marked features of progress has been the increased 

 number of students in agriculture. 



The attendance of students upon classes in the Arkansas College of 

 Agriculture increased about 13 per cent over the preceding year. 

 The enrollment in the college of agriculture at Cornell University 

 reached 1,254, an increase of more than 34 per cent over the preced- 

 ing year. The entering class at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege numbered 160, which was an increase of 25 per cent. At the 

 Mmnesota College of Agriculture the attendance increased from 

 285 in 1910 to 405 in 1911. The entering class in the 4-year and 2- 

 year courses of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture showed an 

 increase of about 60 per cent, and in the department of home eco- 

 nomics the total increase was about 100 per cent. Six foreign coun- 

 tries were represented in the enrollment in the college of agriculture. 



Arrangements were completed for the cooperative use by the Ken- 

 tucky college of a large estate witliin 5 miles of licxington as a source 

 of illustrative material for study and investigations. It is expected 

 that in this way it will be possible to study dairy and live-stock 

 methods under practical conditions and to test results of plant- 

 breeding studies and similar work. 



The entrance requirements at the Michigan Agricultural College 

 were increased to a minimum of 15 high-school units, of which from 

 1 to 3 may be offered in agriculture. Correspondence courses in 

 agricidtiire and home economics have been established. 



The New York State College of Agriculture established a depart- 

 ment of forestry with Walter Mulford, junior professor of forestry 

 of the University of Michigan, as its head. The pomology work was 

 separated from the department of horticulture and organized as a 

 distinct department in charge of C. S. Wilson as professor of pomology. 

 Three additional fellowships were announced. One of these is for 

 the investigation of the effect of cement dust on the setting of friut, 

 and another for the investigation of the natm'e and control of the 

 diseases of orchard crops, especially the New York apple-tree canker. 

 The third fellowship, for the investigation of the nature and control 

 of the fungus diseases and insect pests of orchard crops near Batavia, 

 carries an appropriation for two fellows, one in the department of 

 plant patliology and the other in the department of entomology. 

 The trustees decided to charge tuition to students in tlie college of 

 agriculture who are not residents or citizens of the State. 



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