rare (two per week during second and third terms), including 

 discussion of origin and composition of "soils, fertilisers, rotation 

 of crops, feeding of live-stock, &c. 



During the same period students do laboratory work in 

 quantitative analysis for six hours per week. The laboratories, 

 which are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during six days in the 

 week, are amply supplied with everything required for chemical 

 manipulation. 



Two hours per week are devoted to lectures, in which the 

 number of students ranges from 10 to 25, and two afternoons 

 a week are given up to farm practice, during which time the 

 classes are divided into sections of from six to nine students. 

 There are plots in the experiment station farm showing the effect 

 of fertilisers, methods of culture, &c, and collections of varie- 

 ties are used as object lessons. 



The Bulletin above-mentioned gives specimens of examina- 

 tion papers in agronomy for the second and third term of the 

 sophomore year, as well as examples of students' field notes on 

 varieties of cotton and corn. 



Agricultural College of Illinois University. 



The Agricultural College of the State University at 

 Champaign is one of six colleges in * the university, and 

 receives a large grant from the State, the Legislature having 

 appropriated for its support £61,000 for the two financial years 

 beginning July 1, 1907, 



Candidates for admission to the college are required to have 

 the same number of high school credits as those for admission 

 to the other colleges. By the term " credit " is meant the 

 work on a subject continuously pursued with daily recitations 

 through one of the three terms of the high school year, or in 

 other words the work of 60 recitation periods of 40 minutes 

 each or the equivalent in laboratory or other practice ; 42 credits 

 are now required for admission, and for graduation students 

 must have obtained 130 university credits. By the latter 

 term is meant one class period per week for one semester, each 

 class period presupposing two hours' preparation by the 

 student or the equivalent in laboratory, shop or field practice. 

 The work for 79 credits is prescribed as follows : — 



