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that industry would be made most prominent, and in a stock-raising state the 

 kindred industry of cattle breeding and management, while in grain-growing 

 and horticultural stales those interests would appear most prominently. It is 

 therefore not desirable to give any actual course, lest it should be misunderstood 

 by the casual reader to be the usual course, when, as a matter of fact, there may 

 be no two colleges in the country which give the same course. The proper 

 thing is for any one desiring to take a short course in the university to address 

 the director of the Experiment Station of his state, who is always connected 

 with the Agricultural College, and usually the head of it, and ascertain what 

 course is offered. Instruction is usually free to residents of the state. In 

 California, and perhaps other states, no regular " short course " is announced, 

 but any student is welcome to come at any time, take whatever studies he 

 desires and is prepared for, and leave when he chooses, or when he must. 



The subjects most suitable for a general short course are Agricultural 

 Physics, including not only the physics of the soil, but the principles affecting 

 the draft of wagons and machinery, the building of country roads, wells, 

 pumps, and windmills, construction of silos, and the like. 



Plant Life is a fundamental topic, including seed and its germination and 

 all the process of growth. 



Plant Pathology logically follows the study of plant life, dealing, as it 

 does, with diseases of plants, and, usually, their remedies. 



Breeding and Judging Live Stock of all kinds is a usual topic, together 

 with 



Feeds and Feeding, in which the student learns the principles of animal 

 nutrition, and the science of feeding in such a manner as to derive most profit 

 from the outlay. 



Veterinary Science is naturally included in a study of the care of live 

 stock, and usually forms part of a short course. A two-year (two-term) course 

 would usually include lectures in 



Agricultural Chemistry, of which, in any case, the student would 

 absorb a good deal. 



The Economics of Agriculture is included in the short course of one 

 university, and is likely to appear in more. It deals with such topics as are 

 discussed in this volume. 



In different colleges, as already stated, different topics are included. Among 

 them are such subjects as Farm Mechanics, Dairying, Bacteriology, Farm 

 Bookkeeping, Organization of Farms, Entomology, and the like. 



No one should imagine that in a course of two terms it is possible to obtain 

 any great mastery of any of these subjects. But the student's eyes will be 

 opened. He will breathe the university air. He will be inspired by contact 

 with earnest and wise men. He will begin to learn how to think, and how to 

 investigate, and if there is anything in him of value, he will be made a 

 student for the rest of his life. 



