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his entire time to extension work, attending meetings and exten- 
sion schools, advising with growers and conducting demonstration 
trials. 
The research side of the department activities, though vitally 
important, is as yet in an early stage of development. On ac- 
count of the fact that Ithaca is not in a vegetable producing sec- 
tion and the near-by soil is not typical of that existing in such 
districts, much of this work will have to be conducted at a dis- 
tance from the College. It is expected that a man will shortly be 
appointed to the staff to give his whole time to such studies. 
The teaching at the College is planned for regular all-year stu- 
dents, for short winter-course students and for students of the 
six-weeks’ summer school. Most of the courses for reg- 
ulars are arranged for persons interested in commercial produc- 
tion. The plan for students who wish to specialize in vegetable 
gardening represents a radical departure from the conventiona! 
scheme of winter instruction and summer vacations. It is shaped 
rather in conformity to the seasons of crop growing. The sum- 
mer of the first year is spent on a general or a specialized farm 
according to whether a student has previously had field experi- 
ence. The spring and summer of the second year is spent with 
a commercial grower of vegetables. The spring and summer of 
the third year is devoted to elementary vegetable courses and the 
fourth season to advanced courses. Thus, in the laboratory work, 
crops are carried from seed to maturity under the direct daily 
attention of the students. The vegetable courses include a brief 
introduction to the subject, a general commercial course, a course 
in vegetable forcing (producing crops under glass), and a course 
in the botany types and varieties of vegetables. Ample time is 
allowed for courses in fundamental science, in associated sub- 
jects, such as plant pathology and insect pests, plant breeding, 
farm management, and others. The student is expected to take 
such courses in other departments as will give him a broad, gen- 
eral knowledge of agriculture as a whole rather than a narrowly 
specialized training in a single branch. 
Briefer courses are also provided for the student who does not 
contemplate specializing in vegetable gardening, and for those 
who are interested only from the standpoint of the home garden. 
