732 REPdRT OF OFFTPK OF J<:XPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Ct)ursr Xlll. Miifonilixji/. — Two credits. Movement.s of the atiiutsphere, character 

 of winds, cvclniies, 1orii:id<>cs, IhuiKlcrstuniis. :ind wcsithcr forecasting are (liscussed. 



COUIJSES IN IIOKTICULTUIIK. 



Course I. Botany. — Two credits. The various parts of plants are studied. Lectures 

 will be <:iven twice per week. 



Course II. lioliitiy. — Five credits. Sucli subjects as how the plant takes \\\) food 

 from tiie soil and the atmopphere; the effect of sunlight, air, and moisture on plants 

 are noted. Diseases of ])lants and remedies for same are discussed in an elementary 

 way. < Jiveii in connection with Course I — Afrriculture. Text: Elementary Botany. — 

 liailey. 



Course III. Propagation ofplaiilx. — Three credits. ^lethods of propagating plants 

 by cuttings, stallons, suckei-s, layering, seeds, etc., are discussed. The j)rinciples 

 underlying budding, grafting, and i)rnning are also discussed. Text: Principles of 

 riant Cnlture.— Goff. 



Course IV. Small fr-uit culture. — Two credits. Methods of propagating and culti- 

 vatingvarious kinds of small fruit are discussed, together with the preparation of soil 

 for same. 



Course V. Market gardening. — Three credits. A study of the different crops 

 adapted to market gardening and adapted to North Carolina is made. Construction 

 and management of hotbeds, cold frames, special fertilizers for vegetable crops, 

 packing, shipping, and marketing are also considered. Text : Vegetable Gardening. — 

 Bailey. 



Course VI. Pomology. — Two credits. Planting of fruit trees, tilling and fertilizing 

 fruit lands. Planting and caring for orchards, picking, packing, storing, and shipping 

 fruit are discussed. Text: Fruit Growing.— Bailey. 



Course VII. Plaid breeding. — Two credits. Methods of crops, fertilizing plants, 

 originating new varieties, and how to improve old varieties are discussed. 



Course VIII. Landscape gardemm/. — Two credits. Principles of embellishing land- 

 scaj^es, planting and management of ^voodlands, management of forests are discussed. 

 Text: Landscape Gardening. — Maynard. 



COURSES IN PHYSICS. 



Coui-se I. Mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics. Three hours. 



Course II. Heat, magnetism, and electricit}'. Two hours. 



Course III. Sound and light. Two hours. 



Course IV. Agricultural physics. — Five credits. The power of soils to retain mois- 

 ture, effect of deep and shallow cultivation, methods of constructing farm buildings, 

 ventilation, road making, draft of wagons and plows, etc., are fully discussed. Text: 

 Physics of Agriculture. — King. 



Course V. Physical laboratory work in meiihanics of masses, liquids, gases, and 

 heat. Three hours. 



Course VI. Agricultural physics laboratory work. — Two hours. This course will 

 accompany Course IV with detailed experiments to show the rate of percolation of 

 water through soils; capillary attraction; effect of different kinds of mulches; deter- 

 mination of specific gravity and specific heat; and the mechanical analysis of soils. 

 The department has been recently equipped with the latest apparatus for soil work. 



COURSES IN CHEMISTRY. 



Course I. General chemistry lectures. — Three credits. 



Course II. General chemistry lectures and lal^oratory work. Three credits. 



Course III. Qualitative analysis. Laboratory work. Three credits. During 

 this term the student becomes familiar with testing for the metals and especially the 

 14 which enter into the composition of plant and animal life. 



