farming and of industries connected with agriculture and forestry. 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Shows. National and International 

 Congresses. 



V. Agricultural Education. Experimental Stations and the organisation 



of agricultural research. Intellectual development of the rural po- 

 pulation. 



VI. The history of agricultural development. History of science con- 

 nected with agriculture. Biographical notices of agricultural worthies. 



VII. How crops are composed, how they feed. 

 Chemistry of plant products and of plant-life. 



VIII. Agricultural Botany. 



Description and development of plants and of plant-organs. Mecha- 

 nism of plant-life. 



IX. How plants may be naturally or artificially modified, in special or- 

 gans, or in their whole growth. Plants in their relation to environ- 

 ment, to other plants, and to insects and other animals. 



Plant-breeding. 



X. Bacteria and Ferments. How they feed, live and increase. Special 



products of their activity. Bacteria in their relations to higher or- 

 ganisms. 



Yeasts and fermentations. Alcoholic and other fermentations. 



Moulds, Algae and other inferior vegetable organisms. 



Antiseptics. Means for controlling and modifying the action of 



Bacteria. 



XL Climate and Meteorology. Weather forecasts and meteorological 

 organisation in the interestjjof agriculture. Sunshine and atmospheric 

 temperatures in their relation to crops. Frost-fighting. Hailstorms 

 and efforts to prevent them. Atmospheric electricity and vegeta- 

 tion. Rainfall and evaporation. The atmosphere as a source of 

 plant food. Atmospheric purity in respect to vegetation. Damages 

 due to noxious fumes. 



XII. Percolation of rainfall and storage of water in rocks and soils. 

 Ground-water, springs, wells, ponds, etc. Movements of water in 

 the soil. Conditions that affect soil-moisture. Composition of na- 

 tural waters. Drinking waters and waters for irrigation. Pro- 

 tection of the purity of streams. 



XIII. Geology in its relation to agriculture. Weathering of rocks and 

 soil formation. Land- preservation. 



Soil classification. Mechanical and chemical composition of soils. 

 Soil-physics. Mineral constituents of soils. 



Humus and the nitrogenous compounds of soils. Soil-bacteria and 

 their transforming action. Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transfor- 

 mation and dispersion in soils. Action of earthworms and other 

 organisms in the soil. Fertility. 



XIV. Making and improvement of land. Warping and preservation or 



