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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

of rotation and of continuous cropping with various crops, and the mechanical analysis of soils. /. and II.; daily; 3 and 4; (5). Mr.

WARD. 3a. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN SOILS.—This work is intended for

students wishing to specialize further along the lines of soil study, or for those wishing to do special work during the summer vacation, and will include the determination by electrical methods of the temperature, moisture, and soluble salt content of various soils under actual field conditions; effect of different depths of plowing, cultivation, and rolling on soil conditions; of the nature of the so-called "alkali," "barren" or "dead dog," and other peculiar soils of Illinois; of the effect of different kinds of fertilizers, and of the effects of different methods of preparing seed beds. II. or summer; daily; arrange

time; (5). Mr. WARD. 4. SOIL BACTERIOLOGY.—A study of the morphology and activi-

ties of the bacteria which are connected with the elaboration of plant food in the soil or which induce changes of vital importance to agriculture, with regard to the effects of cropping and tillage upon these organisms, and with special reference to the study of those forms which are concerned with the formation of nitrates and nitrites in the soil and with the accumulation of nitrogen by luguminous crops.

/ / . ; daily; 6, 7, and 8; (5). Mr. WARD.

Required:

5.

Regular admission; Botany 5; Chemistry 3b and 4.

FERTILIZERS, ROTATIONS, AND FERTILITY.—The influence of

fertility, natural or supplied, upon the yield of various crops; the effect of different crops upon the soil and upon succeeding crops; different rotations and the ultimate effect of different systems of farming upon the productive capacity of soils. The above will be supplemented by a laboratory study of manures, their composition and value; of soils cropped continuously with different crops and with a series of crops; of the fertility of soils from different sections of Illinois and at different depths. / / . ; daily; 4;

(5). 6. Professor HOLDEN.

Required:

Regular admission.

FARM MANAGEMENT.—Extensive and intensive methods of

farming; handling of large and small farms; economic bestowal of labor and the profitable use of machinery; methods and systems of plowing, the advantages and disadvantages of each; different methods of raising and harvesting crops and the comparative efficiency and cost of each; the place of special crops; of live stock, fencing, and the rotation of crops in the economy of the farm; disposal of the crops