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AGRICULTURE.

Professor Davis.

Professor Duggar.

1. Elementary Agriculture.—This course is intended for new students
and any who attended agricultural classes in the Summer
School of 1909. It will be of a very practical nature, planned to fit
directly into schoolroom needs. The newest and most useful methods
will be discussed. Experiments suitable for schools will be carried
on in class room and garden. Lessons will be made real by objects
and materials. Teaching will be done by demonstrations and experimental
proofs of principles. The following topics will be treated:
Corn selection; production of good seed corn; testing seeds for
vitality; butt, middle and tip kernels of seed corn; conditions for
germination; testing soils for acidity; soils and their characteristics;
the office of root-hairs on plants; saving soil moisture; rotation of
crops; study of nodules on legume roots; renovation of worn-out
soils; clover and alfalfa seeds; alfalfa in the eastern states; roots
of corn plants; curing clover hay; weeds and how to kill them:
cotton seed and its products; use of soiling crops; catch crops and
cover crops; cuttings for house plants; layering and plant division;
budding peach trees; pruning a fruit tree; the home garden; the
school garden. Lessons are subject to change. A simple manual
will be used.

Text-Book.—Duggar's Agriculture for Southern Schools.

Daily, from 2:30 to 3:30. Chemical Laboratory.

2. Elementary Agriculture.—This course is similar to the above,
with more attention given to soils and fertilizers. The subjects
outlined in Course 1 will be reviewed and new work taken up daily.
New students will be admitted as well as those who have studied
some elementary agriculture. A simple manual will be required.

Text-Book.—Duggar's Agriculture for Southern Schools.

Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Chemical Laboratory.

3. Advanced Agriculture.—This course is intended for those who
have completed a course in elementary agriculture in this Summer
School or elsewhere, or who have completed a course in botany,
biology, physics or chemistry. There will be outlines and experimental
courses in the following topics: Soils and fertilizers; agricultural
botany and crop production; insects and plant diseases. These
subjects will be taken up in a practical way and adapted to use
in upper grades and high schools. Many of the experiments will
be in the garden.

Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Chemical Laboratory.

4. Advanced Agriculture.—This course is offered for those wishing
to fit themselves as special teachers of agriculture, and who fulfill
the requirements for Course 3. The subject matter will be considered
from the teacher's standpoint. There will be outlines and
experimental courses in the following topics: Types and breeds of
farm animals; principles of nutrition and animal feeding; common
diseases of animals.

Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Chemical Laboratory.