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Illinois Industrial University.

COURSE IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

Arranged for students desiring to make a specialty of this branch.

FIRST YEAR

Same as in Chemical course.

SECOND YEAR.

First Term—Quantitative analysis of barium chloride, magnesium sulphate, ammonium sulphate, calcium sulphate, dolomite, bone ash, kainit, feldspar. Second Term -Analysis, of ashes of plants, soil, mineral waters. Third Term—-Analysis of commercial fertilizers, manures and minerals used for manures, apatite, phosphates, guanos, nitrates.

THIRD YEAR.

First Term Same as in chemical course, omitting analysis of urine. Analysis of corn, wheat, and fodder. Second Term - Analysis of milk, butter, cheese. Analysis of sugars by polariscope and by titration. Examination of alcoholic liquors Third Term—Original researches. COURSE IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

Especially arranged for students in the School of Agriculture.

FIRST YEAR.

Same as in Chemical course.

SECOND YEAR.

First Term—Quantitative analysis of barium chloride, ammonium sulphate, calcium sulphate, dolomite, bone ash, kainit, feldspar. Second Term—Analy-is of soil, ashes of plants, commercial fertilizers, manures, and materials employed in their production, apatite, phosphates, guanos, animal m tters, ammonia salts, nitrates, and marls. Third Term—Analysis of corn, wheat, hay, milk, butter, and cheese. METALLURGICAL COURSE.

FIRST YEAR.

Same as in Chemical course, omitting organic chemistry in third term.

SECOND YEAR.

First Term—Quantitative analysis of barium chloride, Magnesium sulphate, Ammonioferric alum, nickel nitrate, silver coin, brass, type metal, solder. Second Term—Assaying.* Same as in Chemical course. Third Term - Analysis of calamine, spathic iron ore, magnetic iron ore, copper pyrites, galena, nickel ore, manganese ore, cinnabar, grey antimony.

THIRD YEAR.

First Term—Analysis of slags from copper, zinc, and lead; iron furnace and mill slags, Second Term—Analysis of pig iron, wrought iron, steel, commercial copper, lead, zinc, bullion. Third Term—Analysis of fuels, wood, anthracite and bituminous coals, coke, determination of heating power Analysis of ashes and furnace cinders; mineral waters. *Students who take this term's work must have had a terra of Mineralogy.