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THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY, EXPERIMENTAL
AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

Prof. Jno. R. Page, M. D.

This School will be divided into three (3) classes, viz: Zoology,
Boany, and Agriculture.

I. Zoology will include the leading principles of the science, with
special reference to the Anatomy, Physiology, and Morphology of
typical species throughout the animal kingdom.

Special lectures will be given during this course in regard to Insects
injurious to Vegetation; Fish and Oyster culture; and the breeding,
rearing, and diseases of Domestic Animals.

II. Botany will include a minute history of the structure, physiology
and morphology of the plant, in embryo, root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit,
and formation of seed.

During this course, special lectures will be given on Noxious Weeds
and useful plants, and some of the Fungoid diseases of Plants.

III. Agriculture.— This course will be divided into two (2) parts,
Experimental and Practical.

1. Experimental Agriculture will have reference to the food of
Plants in the Atmosphere and Soil; the formation, variety, classification
and adaptation of soils to various crops, illustrated by suitable
experiments.

2. Practical Agriculture will relate to the Soil Cultivated, its
nature, exposure and drainage; the importance of making domestic
Manures and their application; the use of Fertilizers, with experiments,
in order to show their effects. Tillage illustrated practically
on the farm, in plowing, subsoiling, harrowing, rolling, &c.; in preparing
the land for the reception of Seed, as well as in the cultivation
of Crops. Special instruction will be given in regard to the practical
management of teams, in the various mechanical operations on the
farm.

The lectures in the three classes will be delivered concurrently
throughout the session, as far as practicable.

The following Text Books will be used in this School:

Manual of Zoology, Nicholson; School and Field Book of Botany,
Gray; How Crops Grow, Johnson; How Crops Feed, Johnson.

The following may be usefully referred to in connection with different
parts of the course: "Carpenter's Zoology;" Harris' "Insects
Injurious to Vegetation;" Chapman's "Flora of the Southern
States;" "How to Farm Profitably," Mechi; "Muck Manual," Dans;
"American Weeds and Useful Plants," Darlington.