AGRICULTUKAL COLLEGE. 549 



Summer Term. 



Physics and Differential Calculus. 



Chemistry. — Determination of qualitative composition of unknown sub- 

 stances Anal3'sis of fertilizers, of soils, and of agricultural and 

 technical raw products. 



Chemical Geology. — Instruction by lectures. Formation of rock.s, 

 geological stages or periods with the characteristic formations of 

 each period, and the phenomena accompanying each change 

 Chemical composition of the rocks ibrming the earth's crust, with 

 a review of tlie minerals constituting these rocks. Chemical 

 changes by which the rocks have been converted into an arable 

 soil. The chemical characteristics of the resulting soil as related 

 to the production of plants. 



Latin. 



Horticulture. — Forestry and landscape gardening. Methods of 

 pi'opagation and cultivation of forest trees. Study of trees and 

 plants most desirable for land decoration, with principles and 

 rules of arrangement. Lectures, with oral and written abstracts. 

 Hough's Elements of Forestry. 



Juniors who do not study " Agriculture " and " Horticulture," elect 

 Latin. 



Senior Year. 



Fall Term. 



Physics ani> Integral Calculus. — Loomis's Differential and Inte- 

 gral Calculus. 



Chemistry. — Analysis of prominent products of chemical industry. 

 Special lectures upon the same. 



Mental Science. — Outline by inductive teaching, and by lectures. 

 Study of topics aided by Porter, Cousin, Hamilton, etc. Oral 

 recitations by topics and written abstracts. History of philosophy. 

 Lectures. 



Winter Term. 



Chemistry. — Organic chemistry with reference to applications in agr'- 



culture and other industries. 

 Political Economy. — Treatment of the subject by lectures, dis'uis- 



sions and abstracts. Laughlin's Mill's Political Economy. Perry's 



Political Economy. 

 Biology. — The study of forms of life, their structure and functions. 



Laboratory practice and experiments. Biology in its relations to 



agriculture. 

 Astronomy. 



