284 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The courses of study offered by the school embraced seven main 

 lines: Biochemistry, a^n-onomy, horticulture, eii(()iii<)lo<ry, dairy hus- 

 bandry and dairyin*::, poultry, and veterinary medicine. The instruc- 

 tion took the form of both lectures and seminars, the pro<z:ramme 

 bein<; so arranged as to afford opportunity for attendance upon a 

 number of these lines, and thereby permitting of extensive correla- 

 tion of ^^()rlv. Special attention was given throughout to the meth- 

 ods of investigating agricultural problems and teaching agricultural 

 subjects. There were also a number of special sessions which Avere 

 utilized for conferences on general topics relating to agricultural 

 education. 



The faculty numbered GO, in addition to 18 speakers at the special 

 sessions and conferences. It included 10 officers of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, 25 members of the faculty of Cornell 

 University and 7 members of the staff of the New York Station, and 

 17 professors and experts from 10 other agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations, besides the United States Commissioner of Edu- 

 cation, a representative of Teachers College of Cohmibia University, 

 and the New York state commissioner of agriculture and the state 

 entomologist. 



In addition, lecture courses and seminars were offered by Dr. C. B. 

 Davenport, of the department of experimental evolution of the 

 Carnegie Institution; Director A. D. Hall, of the Rothamsted Ex- 

 perimental Station; Prof. L. B. Mendel, professor of physiological 

 chemistry in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University; and 

 Prof. Dr. N. Ziintz, professor of animal physiology in the Royal 

 Agricultural College of Berlin, Avhich attracted particular attention. 

 So sreat was the interest manifested in these courses that not infre- 

 quently the rooms assigned proved inadequate. Doctor Davenport 

 gave 5 lectures and a seminar in the poultry husbandry course, the 

 subjects of the lectures being: Origin of Domestic Fowl, Character- 

 istics of Poultry, General Principles of Heredity, and Application of 

 Principles of Heredity to the Breeding of Poultry (2 lectures). Di- 

 rector Hall had the same number of lectures in the agronomy course, 

 his lectures taking up Special Effect of Fertilizers upon the Char- 

 acter and Composition of the Crop, Special Effect of Fertilizers upon 

 the Reaction and Texture of the Soil, and General Discussion of the 

 Theory of Fertilizers in Relation to the Soil and the Plant. 



Unusual interest centered around the course in biochemistry. This 

 course was offered for the first time and proved exceedingly popular 

 and profitable, and may be summarized as an example of the ad- 

 vanced grade of work offered by the school. Following an intro- 

 ductory lecture by Dr. C. F. Langworthy, of this Office, on Physio- 

 logical Chemistry in Relation to Animal Nutrition, the remaining 

 four lectures of the first w^eek were given by Dr. A. L. Winton, of 



