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rather a thorough study of the situation, in Avhich such factors as 

 the equipment of the institutions to undertake real graduate work 

 and the qualifications of instructors have been given consideration. 



Inasmuch as the i)urpose has been to restrict tiie inquiry to work 

 of strictly postgraduate grade, institutions wath entrance require- 

 ments of less than fourteen units of high school Avork have been, with 

 two exceptions, excluded. Simihirly, only courses limited to gradu- 

 ate students, and those undergraduate courses Avhich may be tak<Mi by 

 graduate students as major subjects for advanced degrees, have been 

 listed. 



Because of these limitations, only twenty-six institutions, of which 

 eighteen are land-grant institutions and four others State universities, 

 are included as meeting the requirements prescribed in the inquiry. 

 As a consequence, there have been omitted many other institutions 

 which offer work in agriculture to their own graduates and those of 

 other institutions whose degrees are equivalent. The bulletin states 

 that no fewer than forty-three of the land-grant colleges are noAv 

 offering graduate instruction of one type or another, and that " many 

 of the colleges Avhose courses are not included in this bulletin, owing 

 to their low entrance requirements, have excellent equipment and 

 facilities for research and investigation along a few special lines." 



The graduate courses offered at the accepted institutions have beeri 

 classified under nineteen divisions of agricultural science. It is of 

 interest to note that of the twenty-six institutions, twelve present 

 courses in at least ten of these divisions, five in fifteen or more, and 

 two in seventeen branches. 



It appears that botan}^ is the most Avidely offered of the subjects 

 listed, tAventy-two of the institutions offering courses. Of these, six- 

 teen give instruction in plant physiology, ten in plant pathology, and 

 nine in plant breeding. Bacteriology is offered by sixteen institu- 

 tions. Agricultural chemistry is also Avell represented, with courses 

 at nineteen institutions. Thirteen offer courses in soils and fertil- 

 izers, and a like number courses in physiology and physiological 

 chemistry. 



Under the head of agronomy are listed sixteen institutions. Horti- 

 culture is offered by thirteen and forestry and landscape gardening 

 by seA^en each. Animal husbandry may be studied at fourteen of 

 the institutions and thirteen offer courses in animal nutrition. The 

 prospective student in dairying is restricted to nine institutions, in 

 zoology to thirteen, and in entomology to nine. 



Despite the comparatively recent organization of instruction in 

 rural engineering and rural economics, these subjects have already 

 reached the graduate stage. Ten of the colleges hnYe advanced 

 courses in rural economics and sociology, and six in agricultural en- 

 gineering, drainage, and irrigation. Advanced undergraduate Avork, 



