IV. Biology and Agriculture.
Professor Tuttle.
Adjunct Professor Kepner.
The relations of the biological sciences to Agriculture are so
manifold and the subdivisions of the latter subject so numerous,
that it would be impossible to exhaust the discussion of either in
the work of any one year. Courses consisting in part of lectures
and in part of an equivalent amount of practical work and collateral
reading will be offered yearly as follows:
Botany and Agriculture B1: Botany B1 prerequisite.—In this course
a study will be made of the anatomy and physiology of the
higher plants, especially as related to nutrition and growth;
and of the principles of crop raising as based on the laws of plant
life. Professor Tuttle.
Text-Books.—Stevens' Plant Anatomy; Pierce's Plant Physiology: Vorhee's Principles
of Agriculture.
Zoology and Agriculture B2: Zoölogy B1, prerequisite.—In this course
a study will be made of the parasitic Protozoa, Worms, and
Arthropods: the Insects will be considered in their economic
relations: and the anatomy of the domestic animals examined.
The relations of animals to the soil and to plant life will be
discussed. Adjunct Professor Kepner.
Text-Books.—Osborn's Economic Zoölogy; Folsom's Entomology; Smith's Economic
Entomology; Chauveau's Anatomy of the Domestic Animals.
Candidates for a diploma of graduation in Biology and Agriculture
are required to complete the introductory courses in Botany
and Zoölogy, and one advanced course in each, and also the two
courses above described.
For summer-school courses in Biology, on which college-credit
will be allowed, see p. 278.
