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GENERAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 97 and fertilizers upon the accumulation of nitrogen within the soil. Further study upon the fixation of free nitrogen and the agency of bacteria. Optional, alternating with Agriculture 5. Spring term, full study. Professor DAVENPORT. Bequired. Botany 1; Chem. 1, 3a, 4; Zoology 3, or Botany 2. 7. COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURE.—Influence of locality, cli- mate, soil, race, customs, laws, religion, etc., upon the agriculture of a country and incidentally upon its people. One crop only and its effect, as rice, Indian corn in American agriculture and affairs. Varying conditions under which the same crop may be produced, as wheat. Statistical agriculture. Influence of machinery, and of land titles whether resting in the government, in landlord, or in occupant. Relation of agriculture to other industries and to the body politic. The agriculture of the world. Spring term, full study. Professor DAVENPORT. 8. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTATION.—A systematic study of the work of Experiment Stations and experimenters in this and other countries, together with a critical study of correct principles and methods of experimentation. Especially designed for such students as desire to fit themselves for work in original investigation in Experiment Stations or elsewhere. Winter term, full study. Professor DAVENPORT. ANTHROPOLOGY. 1. This course in general anthropology begins with a study of the physical and psychical elements of ethnography. Theories as to the origin of man are discussed and the' various races of mankind are distinguished and described. Special attention is given to the historical and comparative study of customs, ceremonies and rites, beliefs, and folk-lore of primitive peoples with reference to the common characteristics and fundamental instincts of mankind and to the origin and growth of existing customs and social institutions. Lectures and prescribed reading. Winter term, full study. Dr. DANIELS. Bequired: A major or minor course in Economics, Geology, Psychology, or Zoology. ARCHITECTURE. 1. SHOP PRACTICE.—To give a practical knowledge of various kinds of work, three terms are devoted to a course of in—7
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