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XXVI. Fibre plants. Sugar producing crops. Oil-producing crops. 

 Tobacco and other industrial crops. Curing of some special products. 



XXVII. Horticulture. The forcing of plants. Small fruit. Market 

 Gardening. Flower-culture as an industry. Spice, condiment and 

 perfume producing plants. Essence industry. 



XXVIII. Arboriculture. Generalities. Pruning, Grafting, etc. Pollina- 

 tion and fruit ripening from a cultural point of view. 



Vines. Olives. Citrus-trees. Fruit-trees. Mulberries. Palmtrees, etc. 

 Preservation and preparation of fruit. Canning-industry. 

 Ornamental trees and shrubs. 



XXIX. Forestry. Afforestation and Forest Conservation. Forest trees: 

 conditions affecting their growth. Timber. Preservation of timber. 

 Forest industries and special products. Charcoal. Resin. Cork. 

 Tanning materials. Wood distillation. Cellulose paste. 



Willow-culture ; basket-work and similar industries. 

 Forest legislation. Prevention of forest-fires. 

 Useful wild plants. 



Mushrooms and truffles and their culture. Poisonous Mushrooms. 

 Wild Animals and their products (furs, skins, ivory, etc.). Game- 

 protection. 



XXX. Rubber plants and industry. Camphor, Gums, and other special 

 products, partly spontaneous, partly produced by culture. 



XXXI. Weeds and Diseases of plants. 

 Noxious weeds and their prevention. 

 Vegetable parasites. 



Parasitic and saprophytic Fungi. Conditions affecting parasitism. 

 Bacteria and plant diseases. 

 Resistance of plants to disease. 



XXXII. Animal and Insect pests. 

 Rats, field-mice, and other vermin. 

 Insect-life. 



Insects noxious to crops, to cattle, to man and to special products - 

 Other harmful inferior animal organisms. 



XXXIII. Antiparasitic and Insecticide preparations. Spraying: contri- 

 vances and implements for combating parasites and pests. 



Frauds in the sale of such preparations and measures for controlling 



their trade. 



Legislation regarding the sale of insecticides and similar preparations. 

 Legislation regarding plant diseases and pests. Legislation against 



weeds. 

 Protection of plants against wanton destruction. 



XXXIV. Animal physiology, chiefly in regard to nutrition, growth and 

 fattening. Animal Chemi'stry. 



Feeding and fattening experiments. Breeding and Selection. 



XXXV. Cattle-foods : Composition and feeding- value. Frauds in the 

 sale of feeds. Legislation regarding cattle-foods. 



