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158 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES growth, and their influence upon development. Spring term, at p, full credit. Assistant Professor HOLDEN. b. Origin and classes of soils; conditions and indications of fertility; comparison of successful methods with a view to securing the most favorable conditions of growth on fertile lands by means of cultivation, drainage, irrigation, or other process aside from the use of fertilizers—the manipulation of fertile soils. Fall term, at 9, full credit. Assistant Professor HOLDEN. 2. LIVE STOCK.—a. Origin of the breeds of domestic animals and their distinguishing characters; adaptation of breeds for particular purposes and their value for grading, accompanied by critical study and practice in the art of judging both as to breed type and as to constitution and individual merit. Practice on Saturdays. Fall term, at 11, three-fifths credit. Professor DAVENPORT. b. A brief study of the care and management of the live stock of the farm as to housing and feed, particularly directed to the economic sources of feeding stuffs, their equivalency and suitable preparation. Spring term, at 11, two-fifths credit. Professor DAVENPORT. 3. STOCK BREEDING.—Variation, its extent and importance, both in nature and under domestication; how far inherent and how far induced by environment. Correlated variation. Selection. Survival of the fittest. Effects of use and disuse. Intercrossing. Hybridism. Grading. Breeding in line and inbreeding. Instinct and intelligence. Acquired characters and their inheritance. The aim is to bring every known principle of reproduction to the assistance of the breeder's art, and to study the methods of successful breeders and their results. Fall term, at 10, full credit. Professor DAVENPORT. Required: Botany 1; Zoology 3; Physiology 1. 4. FERTILITY.—Influence of fertilizers on the amount, character, and composition of crops. Effects of particular crops upon fertility and upon each other, when grown in succession or together. Nitrogen and leguminous crops. Conservation of fertility by the rotation of crops. Economic sources of the elements of fertility; fertilizers and manures, their valuation and use under both extensive and intensive methods. Spring term, at 10, full credit. Assistant Professor HOLDEN. Required: Botany 1; Chemistry 1, 3a, 4. 5. STOCK FEEDING.—Functional activities of the animal body and the end products of their metabolism. Foods are considered,
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