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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Enoli studont is rcniniivd to pcrfonii the folldwiii^ exercises in the laboratory 

 or elsewhere and to keep a written record of the results, with drawin^rs of the 

 apparatus. si»eeiniens, and other items: 



1. 

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8. 

 9. 



10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



19. 

 20. 

 21. 



Soil formation. 



Types of soil and subsoil. 



Relative productivity of soil and 

 subsoil. 



fc>ei)aratiou of soil i)ar tides. 



Microscopical e.xamination of soil 

 ptirticles. 



Effect of humus and lime on clay 

 soil. 



Quantitative determination of wa- 

 ter and organic matter in soils. 



Air in soils. 



Acid effect of carbon dioxid on 

 water. 



Effect of lime on acid soils. 



Soil solutions. 



Soil temperature. 



Soil capillarity. 



Soil evaporation. 



Effects of tillage. 



Surface drainage vs. tile drainage. 



Determination of lime in soil. 



Tests for starch, sugar, and albu- 

 men. 



Osmotic pressure. 



Study of transpiration. 



Study of germination. 



22. Study of plant foods. 

 2.'5. Study of corn. 



24. Study of potato. 



25. Study of iegnnies. 



20. iK'lerniination of the depth for 

 planting seeds. 



27. Determination of purity of seeds. 



28. Study of grafting and budding. 



29. I'runing. 



30. Diseases of fruit trees and fruit. 



31. Fruit-tree insect pests. 



32. Fruit-tree fungi. 



3o. I'reparalion of spraying mixtures 

 and their use. 



34. Methods of sorting and packing 



fruit. 



35. Study of bacteria and molds. 



36. Fruit storage. 



37. Balanced rations. 



38. Care and management of horses. 



39. Care and management of cows. 



40. Care and management of sheep. 



41. Judging stock. 



42. Poultry raising. 



43. Study of farm buildings. 



44. Farm machinery. 



45. Study of weather maps. 



Three forty-five minute f)eriods and two ninety minute periods 

 each week for forty weeks are devoted to the subject. Bailey's " Prin- 

 ciples of Agriculture " is used as a text, supplemented by bulletins 

 obtained from the New" York state experiment stations and Farmers' 

 Bulletins from the United States Department of Agriculture, and by 

 other literature upon the subject written by O.sterhout, King, Bailey, 

 Wing, Roberts, Voorhees, Brooks, and others. 



OKLAHOMA. 



In accordance with the law passed b}^ the first state legislature of 

 Oklahoma providing for the establishment and maintenance of agri- 

 cultural schools of secondary grade in each supreme court district of 

 the State, five schools were located as follows, the numbers in paren- 

 theses corresponding to the numbers of the judicial districts: (1) 

 Conners State School of Agriculture, Warner; (2) Murray State 

 School of Agriculture, Tishomingo; (3) Haskell State School of 

 Agriculture, Broken Arrow; (4) Cameron State School of Agricul- 

 ture, Lawton; and (5) Fifth District State School of Agriculture, 



