738 REPORT OF OBTICK ()F KXTERIMENT STATIONS. 



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First term. — Structure and dasi^itication of soil. Care of stock. Composting. 

 Secontl trnn. — Preparation of soil. T'se «>f iniplements. IVuning, grafting, and 

 cutting. 



Third firm. — Cultivation and hal>it.« of plants. Lectures. 



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Firxt tcrui. — Stock judging. Harve.sting. Drainaj^e. 



Second term. — Selection, manner, and time nf jtlanting seed. Animal jihysiology. 



Third term. — Animal physiology. 



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Fin-it term. — Arboriculture. Suy)S<;il. Taproot. 



Second ter)ii. — Veterinary science (text-book). Orchards and small fruits. 



Third term. — P^conomic entomology. Lectures. 



FOURTH YEAR. 



First term. — Dairying. Cutting and rooting. 



Second term. — Horticulture (market gardening i. Hotbed forcing. Root crops. 



Third term. — Farm management and busine.=s. Vegetable physiology. 



.irXIOR YEAR. 



First term. — Vegetable physiology. Agricultural chemistry. 



SENIOR YEAR. 



First term. — Agricultural botany. Road making. 



The college provides a special course in dairy lm.sl)andrv (feeding of 

 dairy stock, feeding for milk) use of separator, and also conducts a 

 class in butchering. 



Instruction in agriculture is given by the professor of agriculture, 

 the foreman of the farm, and a student assistant. Instruction is by 

 means of lectures, text-books, and laboratory and lield work. The 

 text-books used are Lupton's Agriculture and Morrow and Hunt's 

 Soils and Crops. Students have access to a reference library contain- 

 ing a number of carefully selected volumes and to current magazines 

 and other reading matter. Among the agricultural works are the 

 bulletins of the different experiment stations in the Ignited States and 

 a number of the best agricultural papers. 



The principal buildings are the Academic Hall, containing offices, 

 laboratory, library and reading- room, chapel, and recitation rooms; 

 the shop, a one-story structure, containing the woodworking and 

 blacksmithing shops; a steam laundry, power plant, etc., and five or 

 six dormitories. The college farm comprises 1,500 acres, upon which 

 grain, cotton, ha}', forage crops, and live stock are the principal 

 assets. Pure-bred and graded cattle and hogs are kept for purposes 



