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Caption: Course Catalog - 1894-1895
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GENERAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. This list gives all the subjects and the entire number of courses of instruction offered to students of the University. The several courses are described, and the term or terms when they are taught, are designated. When in connection with any course, certain other courses are named under the head of required, the course is open to those students only who have already passed satisfactorily in the required courses. The arrangement is by alphabetical order of the chief headings, under which the subordinate divisions, if any, are placed. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. AGRICULTURE. 1. CROPS.—Influence of physical conditions—moisture, heat, and light—in determining yield. Methods of controlling these conditions—as culture, drainage and irrigation. Selection and improvement of varieties. Vitality and pedigree of seed. Influence of climate. Fertility and barrenness, with causes, indications, and treatment. Especial attention is bestowed on crops most successfully grown in these latitudes. Lectures and reference reading. Fall and spring terms, two-fifths study. Professor DAVENPORT. 2. BREEDS OP STOCK.—Their development, history, and adaptations to particular purposes. Critical study is made of animal form as an index of excellence, and practice is given in examination of specimens and in methods of judging. Lectures, reference reading, and practice. Fall term, one-fifth study. Professor DAVENPORT. 3. STOCK BREEDING.—Variation, its extent and importance, Doth in nature and under domestication. How far inherent and how far induced by environment. Acquired characters and their inheritance. Correlated variation. Selection. Survival of the fittest. How to fix favorable variations. Effects of use and disuse. Intercrossing, first as stimulating, afterward
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