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Caption: Course Catalog - 1874-1875
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24 Illinois Industrial University. C OLLE GE OF A GRIC UL TURE. FAC THE REGENT, PROFESSOR BURRILL, DOCTOR PRENTICE, U LT I' : PROFESSOR TAFT, PROFESSOR SIIATTUCK, INSTRUCTOR C. W. SILVER. SCHOOLS. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE. CONTRIBUTIONS. Many manufacturers have favored us with donations of implements. Appeal is made to friends everywhere for assistance in furnishing the fruit and tree plantations with the fullest possible stock, in furnishing also the green-houses and conservatories, and in the enlargement of the scientific collections in the Arboretum and Botanical Garden. The plants now in the houses and upon the grounds have been catalogued, and will be forwarded to parties wishing to exchange or contribute. It requires a vast amount of money, time and skilled labor to make a large collection of useful agricultural and horticultural plants, yet the importance of such a collection at the University is recognized by all who are interested in these pursuits. New varieties of grains, vegetables, root crops, seeds, and live plants may easily be sent and will always be thankfully received. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. OBJECT OF T H E SCHOOL. The aim of this school is to educate scientific agriculturists. The frequency with which this aim is misunderstood by the community at large, demands that it shall be fully explained. Many, who look upon agriculture as consisting merely in the manual work of plowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting, and in the care of stock, justly ridicule the idea of teaching these arts in a College. The practical farmer who
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