12 



The total number ot hours inchideil in a four-year course, allowing iifteen hours 

 per week for thirty-six weeks, would l)e 2,140; with ten hours' laboratory work, or 

 praetieunis, added, 3,600. In general terms, therefore, the foregoing general studies 

 should comprise about two-fifths of the work required for a bachelor's degree. 



The committee on methods of teaching- agriculture then suggested 

 "additional su1)jects to ])e included in a four-3'ear course in agricul- 

 ture leading to the degree ])achelor of science,'- as follows: 



Himrs. 



Agric-ulture 4S6 



I lorticulture and forestry ISO 



Veterinary science, including anatomy ISO 



Agricultural chemistry, in addition to general requirement ISO 



Botany (including vegetable i)hvsiology and pathology) ISO 



Zoology ( including entomology) 1 20 



rhysiology ISO 



Geology 1 20 



Meteorolo;,'y 60 



T )rawing 60 



Tot al 1 , 746 



Taking up, then, the subject of agriculture, the conmilttee recom- 

 mended the following allotments of time to its subdivisions: 



Hours. 



1. Agronomy, or plant production 132 



2. 7a k )techny, ( )r animal in(Uistry 1 62 



:!. Agrotechny, or agricultural tecluK iLjgy 72 



4. liural engineering, or farm mechanics 60 



5. Rural economicis, or farm management 60 



T. ital 4St 



It was also annouiu-ed that tlu' committee would next take u|) in 

 d(»tail the topics properly included under the head of "Agronomy,"' 

 " with a view to presenting a syllabus of a course in that su])ject which 

 shall show with some fullness the topics to be treated, their relative 

 importance, the time which should be devoted to each, and especially 

 the order of presentation which conforms most closely to sound peda- 

 gogical principles." This was done in the third report" of the com- 

 mittee, which \Aas divided into three parts, as follows: 



(1) A syllalius delining the limits of a course in agronomy, and stating the topics 



inc-luded in agronomy in the order in whic'h they should l)e presented to 

 students, i. e., in their logical and pedagogical order. 



(2) A series of lecture or chapter headings showing how the syllabus for agronomy 



maybe applied in preparing a course of lectures or a text-ljook on this sub- 

 ject, covering ninety-nine class-room hours or perioils of sixty minutes each, 

 i. e., three lecture or recitation periods u week. 



(3) A series of subjects for practicums or laboratory exercises to be used in con- 



nection with the class-room work iji agronomy, and covering the thirtj'-three 

 remaining hours or periods (equivalent to sixty-six hours of sixty minutes 

 each), assigned to the course in agronomy, i. e., one practicum per week. 



"See U. S. Dept. -Vgi., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 65, p. 79, and Circ. 39. 



