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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



June, 1922 



The general distribution and prerequis- 

 ites of study are very important. In dis- 

 tributing the courses of study over a col- 

 lege course, several matters should be con- 

 sidered. Assuming that certain general 

 requirements are necessary for any stu- 

 dent graduating in Agriculture, the arran- 

 gement of basic science and their major 

 and minor course, should be considered. 



Many colleges require General Botany 

 and General Chemistry as prerequisites 

 for an Agronomy course and I think 

 rightly so. However, this has one draw- 

 back, that of not interesting the student 

 in some special line and giving him a 

 chance to pick his major subject. For this 

 reason some educators advise giving a 

 crops and soil course in the freshman year. 



PREREQUISITES FOR AGRONOMY SUBJECTS 



Seminars 



CROPS GROUP 



Cereal Crops 



General Botany 

 Forage Crops 



Cereal Crops 

 Advanced Crops 



Forage Crops 

 Plant Pathology 

 Botany (Taxonomy) 



Miscellaneous Crops 



Advanced Crops. 

 Milling & Baking Tests 



Organic Chemistry 



Inorganic Chemistrj- 



Qualitative Analysis 



Quantitative Analysis 

 Judging and Market Grades 



Forage Crops 

 Experimental Technique & Management 



Advanced Crops 



Soils 



Geometry & Trigonometry 



PLANT BREEDING GROUP 



Plant Breeding 



General Botany 



Cereal Crops 



Plant Piiihology 

 Farm Crop Improvement 



Cytology 



Plant Physiology 



Plant' Breeding 



Course allied to problem 



SOILS GROUP 



Soils 



Chemistry 



Physics 



Plant Phj'siology 

 Meteorology & Climatology- 

 Physics 

 Soil Biology 



Plant Pathology 



Soils 



Bacteriology 

 Soils Laboratory- 

 Soils 

 Soil Management 



Farm IManagement 



Forage Crops 



Soils 

 Soil Investigation 



Colloidal Chemistry 



Soil Biology 



Forage Crops 

 Soil Analysis 



Plivsics 



Soils 



Inorganic Chemistry 



Organic Chemistry 



Quantitative Analysis 



Qualitative Analysis 

 Soil Survey 



Geology 



Soil Analysis 



Geometry & Trigonometry 



DISTRIBUTION OF STUDIES 



4 Years Course 



CROPS GROUP Third year 



Second year Forage Crops 



Cereal Crops 3 Judging & Market Grades 



Soils 3 



Metcorologv and Climatology . . . . 2 



Soil Management 

 Plant Breeding 



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