3(i STAIi: J'.OAKU OF AGRICULTURE 



work of the yludonls. Tlic work thus fiiniisliod lias, for the most j»art, 

 hoon ]»;ii(l foi-. niid Ims llms aided altoiit VJ." stndriils in ]»a.vi]i<;- tlicir 

 <olk'<;c ('X[»cn!<es. Tiu- ]ii(Hhi(i.s liavc been liarvcsicd hv ilic siiidfiits 

 aiid sold 1o tlie boardinji' clubs and niombors of the fa( iili.x. 



Kespectfiiilv snhmiltcd. 



L. 1{. TAFT. 

 7'yo/'(%S'or <if UorHciiltiirc find lAUuhtiiju (hirdciiiiifi. 

 AGRicri.TiuAi- (\>i,r>i;r,i:, ^tiCH.. 

 June ,yi. 1901. 



KEPOKT OF niFMICAL DEPAKTMKXT. 



President i^ni/dcr: 



The annual report of liic ('liemical J)c'i)arim('ni lor the year closinji' 

 June 30, 1901, is herewith submitted. The year has been a very success- 

 liil one in this department, the number of students larger than in any 

 year of the liistorv of the collefie, and the interest of all the classes has 

 been sustained in the various lines of work, ^[any of the classes are 

 so large that it is necessary to divide them in order to provide room 

 for laboratory work. The need of more room for individual woi-k in 

 the laboratory becomes more pressing- with each succeeding year. 



The total number of students in the Chemical Department this year, 

 counting them by terms is 524. Many of these students appear more 

 than once in this number as they pass successively in the classes of the 

 college year. 



The following general statement will indicate the kind of insti-nction 

 given in classes and order of sequence. 



During the year instruction has been given in elementary chemistry 

 to the students in the sophomore class in the agricultural course and to 

 the students of the same class in the women's course, for one term. 

 The instruction in both classes included live lectures a week and two 

 hours of laboratory w^ork. 



The same students in these two courses devoted one term (two hours 

 a day) to analytical chemistry, and the following term to organic chem- 

 istry, with laboratory practice. 



In the mechanical course, the students spent six hours a week in 

 mineralogy, or the special study of the metals as related to mechanics. 



During the winter term the regular course of lectures was given to 

 the junior agriculturals on agricultural chemistry. 



In the spring term a course of lectures on meteorology was given to 

 the senior agriculturals who elected that study. 



During the winter and spring terms a class of young men was organ- 

 ized who wished to specially prepare themselves for chemical work in the 

 growing beet sugar industry of our State. 



