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Courses given during the second three weeks, July 29 to August 16 



8. Agricultural Chemistry. A discussion of the relations of chemistry to 

 agriculture, including the sources of fertilizing materials, their preparation for 

 use, and a study of the various forms of lime. 



9. Farm Management. Lectures on the more important principles of farm 

 management. Discussions and laboratory work on types of farming, cropping 

 systems, farm accounts, farm layout, marketing, and successful farms. 



0. Farm Mechanics. The work in this subject will be arranged to show 

 the method of giving instruction in farm mechanics. Rope-splicing, belt-lacing, 

 the plow, the grain binder, and the gasoline engine will be used as the subjects 

 for laboratory study. 



11. Floriculture. The lectures will include a brief outline of the scope of 

 the subject; the use of flowers in and around the home; flower crops for the 

 farm; flowers from a commercial standpoint; floricultural opportunities in the 

 State and nation. The laboratory work is designed to give the student practice 

 in the propagation, potting, shifting, and care of plants. The culture of the 

 important flower crops will be illustrated by plants growing on the horticultural 

 grounds. 



12. Milk and its Products. The lectures will discuss bacteria in relation to 

 dairy products; testing of milk; composition of milk; butter-making; cheese- 

 making, with special reference to fancy cheese. The laboratories will include 

 work on the nature of bacteria and their action on dairy products, and on the 

 testing of milk for fat and for solids. 



13. Plant Diseases. The lectures will discuss some of the more common 

 diseases of fruit and other crops, with practical means of control. A micro- 

 scopical study of the organisms causing these diseases will be made in the 

 laboratory, together with an examination of the effect of the diseases on the 

 plants. The relation of the control of the disease to the life history of the 

 causal organism will l)e explained. 



14. Pomology. A study of the principles and practice of fruit-growing. 

 The topics considered are: methods of propagation, including budding and 

 grafting; soils; varieties and planting plans; cultivation, cover crops, fertili- 

 zation, spraying, and pruning; the picking, grading, and marketing of fruit. 



II. AGRICULTURE 



The following courses, each continuing for six weeks, are intended for 

 persons desiring special training in the subjects. They are much more ex- 

 tended than those given above. With the outside study required, each will 

 occupy one third to one half of the student's time. The courses are comparable 

 with the introductory courses in the same departments given during the regular 

 university year, and will be accepted for graduation in place of those courses. 



A. Agricultural Chemistry. A general course treating of the relations of 

 chemistry to agriculture and dealing with the composition and cheinical 

 properties of plants, soils, fertilizers, feeding-stufifs, insecticides, and fungicides. 



B. Agricultural Chemistry. A laboratory course supplementing course A. 

 A. Principles and Practice of Feeding Animals. The general principles of 



animal nutrition; the study of feeding standards, the common grain and com- 

 mercial feeds, the formulation of rations, etc. 



