506 EXPKIUMENT STATION KKCORD. 



The scope of llie session held this siiiiiiiier will he hroader Ihaii ever 

 hefoi'e. Iiistniclion will he liiveii in eiiiht main lines: — phml phys- 

 ioh)gy and patlioh)iiy. agronomy, horticultnre, animal hushandry, 

 poultry, dairying, rural engineering, and I'ural economics and soci- 

 ology. The courses in rural engineering and in rural economics and 

 sociology will l)e given for the first time. Work along these lines is 

 developing rapidly in the agricultural colleges, and the Graduate 

 School therefore affords an opportune occasion for discussing the 

 organization of such courses and the development of research in these 

 lines. 



The course in j)lant ]ihysiology and pathology will he so arranged 

 as to enahle all students interested in these suV)jects to attend. For 

 this purpose a different hour has been given to courses in agronomy 

 and horticulture, which Avill run parallel, and w^ill be more closely 

 confined to topics relating directl}^ to these subjects respectively. 



In view of the large interest at present in matters relating to agri- 

 cultural extension, a relatively large amount of time Avill be given to a 

 discussion of the functions and organization of extension depart- 

 ments, their relation to the experiment) stations and teaching depart- 

 ments, etc. Four evenings and one Saturday forenoon Avill be devoted 

 to this w^ork. University extension in general will be presented by 

 Director Reber of the University of Wisconsin and President Sparks 

 of Pennsylvania State College ; and the present status of agricultural 

 extension education in this country and abroad wall be shoAvn by Prof. 

 John Hamilton of this Office. 



At one of the conferences there Avill be discussion of the sphere of 

 agricultural extension, its special problems, organization, methods 

 and equipment of extension departments, and the means for qualify- 

 ing extension leaders and teachers. Among the speakers will be 

 President Butterfield of Massachusetts, Dean Davenport of Illinois, 

 Dean Hunt of Pennsylvania, President Soule of Georgia, Superin- 

 tendent Miller of Kansas, Professor Christie of Indiana, and Pro- 

 fessor Holden of Iowa. In connection with this conference it is hoped 

 to have a general meeting of the leaders in agricultural extension. 



Agricultural journalism will be considered at one of the Saturday 

 conferences, where the matter will be presented by representatives 

 of leading agricultural journals and men in the agricultural colleges 

 who are giving courses of instruction in this subject. Conferences 

 will also be held on secondary education in agriculture and on the 

 relation of agricultural education to the business of farming. 



The faculty of the school is an unusually strong one and is gathered 

 from all parts of the country. It includes over forty specialists in 

 the agricultural colleges, experiment stations, and this Department, 

 together with Dr. D. T. Macdougal. director of the department of 

 botanical research, of the Carnegie Institution, Prof. J. S. Pray, pro- 



