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years, consist of : i. Agricultural botany. 2. Agricultural' 

 chemistry. 3. Agricultural physics. 4! Agriculture, covering 

 elementary principles governing soils, field and farm manage- 

 ment. 5. Algebra. 6. Blacksmith's work. 7. Breeding stock. 

 8. Carpentry. 9. Civics, e.g., nature and various forms of govern- 

 ment, management of local institutions, &c. 10. Comparative 

 physiology. 11. Cooking. 12. Dairy chemistry. 13. Dairy 

 husbandry. 14. Domestic chemistry. 15. Domestic hygiene. 

 16. Drawing. 17. Dressing and curing meats. 18. English. 

 19. Entomology and zoology. 20. Farm accounts. 21. Farm 

 arithmetic. 22. Feeding. 23. Field agriculture. 24. Field 

 crops. 25. Forestry. 26. Fruit growing. 27. Geometry. 

 28. Gymnasium. 29. Handling grains and machinery. 30. Home 

 economy. 31. Home management. 32. Household arts. 

 33. Laundry work, 34. Library. 35. Literary society work. 

 36. Meats, selection and value of certain classes of meats and 

 best methods of curing, &c. 37. Military drill, in accordance 

 with the Federal Act of 1862, (for all male students who are 

 physically fit in the B and C classes drill is obligatory, for 

 students in the A class it is optional. The United States 

 Government furnishes the Agricultural Department with the 

 necessary arms and equipments, and details an officer of the 

 regular army for instruction in military science and tactics). 

 38. Music. 39. Physical training. 40. Plant propagation:. 

 41. Poultry. 42. Practical instruction in barns and fields, in 

 land surveying, laying tile drains, building fences, setting up 

 machinery, splicing ropes, &c. 43. Sewing. 44. Social cul- 

 ture, including the usages of society, manners, voice, conver- 

 sation, &c. 45. Soils and fertilisers. 46. Stock judging.. 

 47. Study of breeds. 48. Vegetable gardening. 49. Veterinary 

 science. 



There is also an intermediate year for graduates of the School, 

 of Agriculture desiring to enter the College of Agriculture. 

 The following is the course prescribed for such students : — 



First Term. 



Second Term. 



Elementary algebra (5) 

 Plane geometry (5). 

 English (5). 

 General history (5). 



Higher algebra (5). 

 Solid geometry (5). 

 English (5). 

 Economics (4). 



