10 May, 1918.' 



American Agriculture. 



273 



-Both the students at 

 Berkeley and Davis are 

 equally part of the Uni- 

 versity of California. The 

 courses, however, are very 

 different. - " 



The course at Berkeley 

 IS for a degree, and 

 students are required to 

 put in four and a quarter 

 years for graduation. 



The courses at the 

 Farm School require three 

 years, but a graduate of 

 a high school can complete 

 tliem in two years. 



A certificate, but no 

 degree, is given on satis- 

 factory completion of the 

 course. 



Every University stu- 

 dent must acquire a real 

 1 eading knowledge of some 

 foreign language as a 

 requirement for gradua- 

 tion. 



No foreign language is 

 required fiom University 

 Farm School students. 



A much more extended 

 study of the underlying 

 sciences is i-equired of 

 University students. The 

 teaching of technical sub- 

 jects to University Farm 

 School students is some- 

 what modified, because in 

 the diflference in training 

 of the underlying science.^ 

 otherwise the instruction 

 is much the same. 



It was pointed out 

 that the University course 

 at Berkeley was a pre- 

 paration for commercial 

 and professional agricul- 

 ture, for high school 

 teaching, and for farm 

 adviser work. 



The University Farm 

 School trains for the first 



