Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1868-1869 VERSION B [PAGE 9]

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SECOND YEAB.—Tlie Farm.—Chemical elements and chemical treatment of soils. Fertilizers—their composition, manufacture, preservation and application. Climate, influence of light, heat, and eleetricity on soils and vegetable growth. Farm Implements—principles of structure and use. Road making. Fruit culture—modes of propagation, production of new varieties, diseases of fruit trees. Insects injurious to vegetation. Animal husbandry—breeds and varieties of neat cattle, horses, sheep; and swine. Principles of breeding, rearing, training, fattening, etc. Chemical composition of food, and preparation of the several varieties. Sheep husbandry. Poultry. Bees. Belated Studies.—Trigonometry, Chain Surveying and Mensuration. Geometrical Drawing. Topographical Drawing. Vegetable Economy. Chemistry. German. THIRD YEAR.—Agricultural Economy.—Relation of agriculture to the other industries and to commerce. The several branches of agriculture. Agricultural book keeping, the farm book, herd book, etc. Belated Studies.—General principles of Geology. Local and agricultural Geology. Theoretical Agriculture. Compass Surveying and Leveling. Maps of farm surveys. French. FOURTH YEAR.—Bural Law.—Of tenures and conveyances of land, of highways, of cattle, of fences, of noxious weeds, etc. Veterinary surgery and medicine. Landscape gardening, and laying out of large farming estates. Rural architecture and engineering. Foreign agriculture. History and literature of agriculture. Belated Studies.—English Literature. Inductive Logic. Animal Physiology. Entomology. Meteorology. Physical Geography. Political Economy.

DEPARTMENT OF PURE MATHEMATICS.

The studies of this department extend through three years. Those of the first year belong properly to the preparatory course, and should, when practicable, be completed before entering, by those who wish to take either of the fuller courses in the University. FIRST YEAR.—(Preparatory.)—First Term.—Geometry, first four books of Legendre. Second Term.—Geomerty completed through eighth book. Third Term.—Algebra. Davies' Bourdon—Chapters VII-IX. SECOND YEAR.—First Term.—Trigonometry. Special Geometry. Second Term.—Trigonometry one-third term. Analytical Geometry two-thirds term. Third Term.—Analytical Geometry completed. THIRD YEAR.—First Term.—Higher Algebra. Second Terra.- Differential Calculus. Third Term.—Integral Calculus. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY AND ASTRONOMY. The course in this department will occupy four years, and will be pursued with the use of text books, combined with lectures, and practical investigations of the several subjects. FIRST YEAR.—First Term.—Natural Philosophy—Properties of Matter, Force, Gravity, Falling Bodies, Pendulum, Motion, Projectiles, Hydrostatics