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instruction, all but 96 of which are devoted to a special line of study. 

 Compare this with the hours assigned to special topics in the 

 course of study for an agricultural college, as prepared by the com- 

 mittee of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations, submitted at the meeting of the Association 

 held in Washington, D. C,, November 17, 1903. The time given in- 

 cludes the practical as well as the class-room work. 



Hours. 



Chemistry, 330 



Botany, 180 



Physiology, 180 



Horticulture and forestry, 180 



Veterinary medicine, 180 



Zootechny, 160 



Agronomy, 140 



Zoology, 120 



Dairying, 70 



Meteorology, 60 



Farm mechanics, 60 



Rural economics. , 60 



1,720 



Here are 12 agricultural subjects, with a total of 1,720 hours, or 

 in average of 143 hours to each, the highest being chemistry, with 

 330 hours. This comprises the agriculture in a 4-years' college 

 course, while in the normal school, as outlined, each speciality could, 

 if necessary, in the 16 weeks have devoted to it 768 hours, or more 

 than four times as many hours as are given to the highest number in 

 the 4-years' course just quoted, except the number given to chemis- 

 try, which includes 150 hours for general chemistry. 



The Pennsylvania State College gives 390 hours to French, and 

 400 hours to German. Harvard University requires in its classical 

 course 570 hours in Greek, and the Divinity School at Yale devotes 

 but 1,036 to its entire 3-year course of preparation of men to preach 

 the Gospel. 



CAPABLE OF EXPANSION. 



Another feature of these institute normal schools of agriculture 

 is that they are flexible, capable of unlimited expansion at very lit- 

 tle increased cost. No money is needed for apparatus or libraries 

 or buildings or land, animals or equipment. All that is expended 

 goes into teaching and all that is required for expansion is to add 

 from time to time to the faculties of instructors as the students in- 



