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The California proposition is suggestive in many ways and 

 is a distinct contribution to the problem of the introductory 

 science in the first year. The Tennessee plan is interesting, but 

 probably represents only a transitional phase. 



The action of one faculty was much more advanced than 

 the ideas of the head of the department of botany, the line of 

 science most closely connected with high-school agriculture. 

 Several professors of botany expressed their willingness to 

 accept high-school botany with a decidedly agricultural content 

 up to a third or half of the total work done, provided the com- 

 bined courses extended through an entire year, which seems 

 a reasonable position for them to take. 



Below are found the names of subjects that are required to 

 receive one unit or one-half unit credit in elementary agricul- 

 ture on college entrance requirements in Ohio State University. 

 *' While in our printed catalogue, our college entrance units do 

 not have such a lengthy wording as this, yet it is sufficiently 

 comprehensive to include the subjects here named:" 



Elementary Agriculture Accepted as Entrance Credit by 

 Ohio State University 

 One unit : 



One year given to "Agriculture Through the Laboratory and School 

 Garden," by Jackson and Dougherty ; or " First Principles of 

 Agriculture," by Bailey. 

 Special attention should be given to the plant and its relation to 

 the soil — 



The preparation of the seed-bed and germination. 

 Soil moisture and temperature. 

 Drainage and conservation of soil moisture. 

 Plant foods. ' 



Plant propagation. 

 Plant improvement. 



Selection of fruits, vegetables, and cereals best adapted to cli- 

 mate, soils, home use, and markets. 

 These subjects should be accompanied by recorded experiments 

 and observations. 

 Special attention should be given to the relation of animal forms 

 to plants — 

 The beneficial effects of insects. 

 Insect pests and insecticides. 

 Types of farm animals and their characteristics. 

 Care and characteristics of animal products. 

 Common scale forms, insects, and types of farm animals should 

 be identified. 

 One-half unit : 



One-half year's work given principally to the plant and its relation 



to the soil. 

 Recorded experiments and observations. 



