rilK SECTION ON AGRICULTURE AND CHEMISTRY. 
In the section on Agriculture and chemistry Mi. Wing opened the 
discussion on the scope of the Bhorl courses in agricultural coll< 
This he considered largely a matter depending on the class of students 
in attendance. At Cornell University the bes1 class of students in the 
short course were those from l s to 25 \ ears old, w ho were already fairly 
\u'll trained in the manual work of the farm. With such students 
instruction Bhould be directed largely toward inspiring them with a 
thirst for more complete information and inducing them to enter the 
lar college course. A less desirable class of students consisted of 
- not familiar with farm lite or with the best methods of forming. 
; these instruction by rules i> necessary to a considerable extent. 
A short course of twelve weeks should not cover the whole ground of 
ulture. The student should be math- to realize how little he really 
knows at the completion of the short course. 
Mr. Hills considered the scope of the short course a matter to be 
determined by local conditions. He believed there was a danger that 
the short course would divert young men from the regular four years 1 
COUrse. The ideal short course he considered to be one made up of 
studies taken out of the curriculum of the long course. In Vermont 
the only successful short COUrSC had been that in dairying. 
.Mr. Plumb stated that at Purdue luiversity all of the dairy instruc- 
tion had been cut out from the regular course of four years and I nit into 
a special course. At this institution there are ftve lines of agi icultural 
instruction from which the student may choose. 
Mr. Hunt believed that the Bhori course should be concerned with a 
special subject. At the Ohio University the Bhorl course in agricul- 
ture occupies two The first year of this course contains no 
technical industrial study, unless agricultural chemistry should be bo 
considered, and the studies of this year prepare the student, with nnim- 
nt exceptions, for entrance to the freshman class in the four j i 
course. In tin- m of the special course the studei 
ible portion of the technical industrial studies of the regular 
f<Mi: '-nurse. 
Mr. Says empl the need of special eon scs ..- a meai 
attra ami mentioned mples the popuhuil 
instruction in the sin al the Minnesota School of 
Culture and licultui.d <•, Is at tin- sain.- [nsti 
tution. 
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