728 RKPOKT OF OFFICK oV KX1»ERIMKNT STATIONS. 



I'lic aui'icultuial and im'chiiiiiciil (Icj^ai'tments \\n\v hccii oro-anizcd 

 since ls«H>. 'i'lic a<,nicultin-al coiiise is a sccondarv coiirso correspoiid- 

 iiiL;- in <iTado tt) the colloi^^e i)r(>|)ai"atorv course. The class-rooni work 

 consists very lar»;<'ly of instruction in a^iicultural chouiistry to which 

 throe hours per week are devoted dui'ing the tirst and second years, 

 live liours durin*;- tlie third year, and review work (hiring the first term 

 of tlie fourth year. The su])jects treated in this connection inchide 

 organic and inorganic substances, the rehition of air and water to soil, 

 geriiiination of seeds, drainage, manures and fertilizers, (dassitication 

 of j)lants, farm crops, chemical afiinity and chemical decomposition, 

 formulas of compounds, vegetable organic compounds, i-ej)roductive 

 oi'gans of ])lants, etc. Carried along with this woi'k is the practical 

 work in field, laboratory and farm buildings, five to foui'teen hours 

 per week. Attention is given to the ap})lication of fertilizers, care, 

 breeding, and feeding of stock, dairying, truck farming, and fruit cul- 

 ture. The dairy school has been in operation on the farm since 1896. 

 The course covers two years. Instruction is given b}^ the superin- 

 tendent of the agricultural section. 



A librar}'^ of some 4,000 volumes is available to all students, as are 

 also a number of periodicals and a fairly representative list of modern 

 text-books on agricultural subjects. 



The principal buildings at the university — those in which the aca- 

 demic instruction is given — are located in the city of New Orleans. 

 One of these is the laboratory building for chemistry and phj'sics in 

 which instruction in agricultural chemistry is given. A second group 

 of buildings is on the universit}^ farm, 4 miles up the river from the 

 city limits. These include the old plantation ]>uildings, dwellings for 

 workmen, a two-stor}^ frame dormitory and dairy building, barns and 

 hog house, stable for cows and horses, and other farm buildings. The 

 farm consists of about 100 acres of Mississippi River alluvium upon 

 which all the staple crops of the region are grown. It is stocked with 

 7 Jersey and Holstein cows, a Jersey bull, 2 horses, 4 mules, 11 hogs, 

 and 100 fowls. 



MARYLAND. 



Princess Anne Academy, Princess Anne. 



Eastern Branch of Maryland Agricultural College. 



This is a secondar3' school devoted largel}' to the preparation of 

 students for Morgan College, in Baltimore, with which it is associated. 

 The courses of study offered include a normal preparatory course, 

 a secondary academic course of four^ears, and a normal course of four 

 years, differing from the academic course only in the subjects of 

 instruction during the last two years. Academic and normal students 

 are required to spend not less than three hours per day in "industrial 

 experiment. " 



