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13. Research. Special problems in any line of dairy work can be taken up 

 in this course according to the needs of the student. Facilities are provided 

 for investigational work. 



14. General Agricultural Bacteriology. The characteristics of bacteria, and 

 the place of bacteria in nature; fermentations; bacteria in air, water, and 

 sewage; the manure heap; soil bacteria; nitrogen fixation; relation of bacteria 

 to the dairy and its products; the preservation of farm products, including 

 fruits, vegetables, vinegar, silage, etc. 



15. Bacteriology for the Home. This course considers the nature of bac- 

 teria and methods of studying them; the relation of bacteria to air and water, 

 milk, and other foods; canning and preserving; molds and yeasts in their 

 relation to household problems; decay of fruits; house sanitation. 



16. Milk Composition and Tests. Similar to course i; for special students 

 only. 



17. Dairy Bacteriology. Methods of studying bacteria, preparation of cul- 

 ture media, relation of bacteria to milk and other dairy products. 



18. Butter-Making. For special students only. 



19. Advanced Cheddar-Cheese-Making. This course considers some of the 

 commercial and scientific problems of cheddar-cheese-making. 



DRAWING 



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^P I. Mechanical Drawing. An elementary course to enable the student to 



make and read simple working drawings, plans, elevations, etc. 

 ^ 2. Freehand Drawing. An elementary course for the development of 

 "T graphic expression applicable to scientific studies. Of special value to those 



who expect to enter teaching, nature-study, or biological research, 

 b 3. Applied Drawing. Personal instruction in problems of scientific drawing 



in pencil, pen and ink, wash, and water color. 

 7. Freehand Sketching. Sketching and rendering in various media of 



indoor and outdoor subjects particularly pertaining to landscape design. 



ENTOMOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND NATURE-STUDY 



Biology 



I. General Biology. This is an elementary course designed to acquaint 

 the general student with the main ideas of biology through selected practical 

 studies of the phenomena on which biological principles are based. Both 

 lectures and laboratory work will deal with such topics as : the interdepend- 

 ence of organisms, the simpler organisms, organization and phylogeny, oogenesis 

 and ontogeny, heredity and variation, natural selection and adaptation, segrega- 

 tion and mutation, the life cycle, metamorphosis and regeneration, and the 

 responsive life of organisms. 



Entomology 



■k 3. General Entomology. First term, lectures on the characteristics of 

 orders, suborders, and the more important families, and on the habits of 

 representative species. The practical exercises include a study of the struc- 

 ture of insects and practice in their classification. The lectures only (credit 

 two hours) are taken by those who have had courses 4 and 5. Second term, 



