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soil bacteriology, and two for the work in farm crops. Besides 

 the laboratory practice, the students in farm crops carry on 

 plot experiments under field conditions, several acres being 

 provided for this purpose, and hand tools being provided for 

 the use of students. 



There are thus special and very well equipped laboratories 

 provided for each of the four principal divisions of study in 

 agronomy, viz., soil fertility, soil physics, soil bacteriology, 

 and farm crops. 



A large number of text books and works of reference are in 

 common use, besides which the University of Illinois library 

 contains numerous works and other publications in English, 

 French, and German relating to agriculture. 



Laboratory, lecture and field note books are required to be 

 kept by students in all courses of agronomy, and in most cases 

 students are required to prepare two or three essays of from 

 1,000 to 5,000 words during the semester. As a rule preliminary 

 examinations are held at the end of each month and a final 

 examination at the close of the course. The students standing 

 or grade for the semester's work is based on four factors : (i) 

 Class records of recitations ; (2) preliminary examinations and 

 written exercises; (3) lecture, laboratory, and field note books; 

 and (4) final examinations. 



The comparative statistics of agricultural students, graduates 

 and undergraduates (men and women) in the University of 

 Illinois for the year 1907 are as follows : — * 



Agricultural (Men) 

 General. and Household 



Science Agricultural 

 (Women). 



Graduate school . . . . 160 of which 15 

 Undergraduate school, less 



special students .. .. 2,078 „ 185 

 Special students . . . . 464 „ 250 



Total 3,702 „ 45of 



* Taken from University Bulletin of April 15, 1907. 



t It would appear that many of the students are scholars, there being no less 

 than 187 agricultural scholarships for men at the university and some in household 

 science for women. 



