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The universit}^ farm contains 250 acres of land, of which about 150 

 uores are devoted to experiment station and colleg-e of agriculture 

 work. The soil is a mixture of clay and sand, and is well adapted to 

 (' \arious uses to which it is put. On the portion of the farm used 

 1>\ the colleo-eand station there are many experiments in farm mana.ge- 

 ment, rotation of crops, treatment of pastures, improvement of crops 

 b^^ breedinu- (PL VII, hg. '2), etc. In tlie plant 1)reedino- experiments 

 ' ire are annually planted nearly 800,000 individual plants, including 

 grains, clovers, root crops, etc., and for nuich of this w^ork spi^cial 

 machinery has been devised (tig. 7 and Fl. VIII, tigs. 1 and 2). 



Fiii. 7.— Cwitrifiigal seed-grading iiiaehiue. 



Students who make a specialty of agronomy assist in these exj)eri- 

 ments. Farms in the vicinity serve as a l)asis for designing farm 

 plans and working out problems in farm management. 



THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. 



The industrial college of the University of Nebraska offers several 

 four-year agricultural groups (courses) leading to the degree of bach- 

 elor of science— a technical group, a general group, and two special 

 groups. The technical group is intended for graduates of the three- 

 year course in the school of agriculture. ''The studies in the general 

 groups are arranged to meet the needs and requirements of those 

 students whose primary object is a broad and general education." 

 Those in the special groups are for students "fitting themselves to be 

 instructors in agricultural subjects or to be experiment-station work- 

 ers," and "have been planned and coordinated to enable students to 

 direct their work so as to meet their individual needs and preferences." 

 Candidates for admission to the general and special groups must pre- 

 sent certificates from accredited schools, academies, or colleges, or 

 must pass examinations (1) on the following required subjects: English, 

 four years of language (ancient or modern or Ijoth), algebra through 



