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logarithni.s, plune and solid geometry, and elementary ])otany, ehemiis- 

 try, and physics; and (2) on a sufficient number of the following sub- 

 jects for a total of 11 credits: Language, history, manual training, 

 physical science, natural science, plane trigonometry, mechanical 

 drawing, physiology and liygiene, physiography, civics, and political 

 economy. 



"All the courses in the first year of residence are i)rescril)ed, and 

 form the common bases of both the general and the special groups 

 ofliered."' The courses included in this year and the munber of hours 

 per week for each course are mathematics 5, modern language 4, i)hys- 

 ics 8, English '2. chemistry 2, military drill 1. The work in chemistry 

 iiu-lud(>s ''a careful study of the occurrence, methods of preparation, 

 and properties of the conunon elements and their chief (compounds." 

 After the first year the courses are mostly electix (\ At least 40 per 

 cent of the work of the last three ycnirs is taken in agriculture and 

 chemistry or agriculture and botany, but "no student shall take or 

 receive credit for more than forty hours' work in any department 

 during his undergraduate course." 



Agronomy at the Universitj^ of Nebraska '"includes on the instruc- 

 tional side the subjects of soils, field crops, farm management, and the 

 care and use of farm machinery." The course in soils includes the 

 following: The origin, deposition, and natural transportation of soils; 

 physical and chemical constitution of soils and subsoils; infiuence of 

 the size of soil grains on the rate of solution of plant food, drainage, 

 aeration, water storage, capillarity, etc.; forms in which water exists 

 in soils; movement of Avater in the soil; soil temi)eratures: evapora- 

 tion of water from the soil; methods of soil treatment for conserva- 

 tion of soil moisture; the significance of a chemical anal3\sis of soil; 

 fixation of fertilizing materials; nitrification; availability of plant 

 food; tillage, reasons for tillage, effect of drifting, effect of plow- 

 ing wet or drv soil; subsoil plowing, water-holding power of loose 

 and compact soils; disking, listing, etc.; the application of barnyard 

 and green manures and commercial fertilizers. Given b}^ the profes- 

 sor of agriculture. 



This is followed by "field crops, their general composition and their 

 relation to the air and soil; useful and essential ingredients of the ash 

 of plants; functions of the ash constituents of plants and the forma- 

 tion of plant substance; functions of the roots, stems, and leaves of 

 plants; the breeding of cereals; a treatment of each of the principal 

 field crops, somewhat according to the following scheme: Characteris- 

 tics, varieties, vitality, climate, soil, manures, tillage, seeding, culti- 

 vation, harvesting, preservation, position in rotation, uses. Given by 

 the i)rofessor of agriculture." 



Following these two courses is a laboratory course in the "Proper- 

 ties of soils," continuing throughout the year and given bv the pro- 

 fessor of agriculture and the instructor in agriculture. 



