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University Organizes

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"V\ The Department of Trade and Commerce. " VL The Department of General Science and Literature— Embracing: S The course in Mathematics; 2. The course in L Natural History, Chemistry, etc.; 3. The course in English Language and Literature; 4. The course in Modern Languages and Literature; 5. The course in Ancient Languages and Literature; 6. The course in History and Social Science; 7. The course in Philosophy, Intellectual and Moral. "For the courses in agriculture and mechanic arts the following brief exposition was given: " I . The course in agriculture proper may embrace the study of common tillage, arboriculture, fruit growing, cattle and sheep husbandry, veterinary art, agricultural chemistry, and rural engineering and architecture. "Its aim will be to give a practical knowledge of the various kinds of soils, their composition and improvement, by chemical or by mechanical treatment; the several classes of crops, with the preparation of the soil, seeding, cultivation and harvesting of each; the rotation of crops, and preparation and use of fertilizers; vegetable anatomy and physiology, with the classification, values, and laws of growth and culture of the cereals, grasses, and other useful plants, together with general botany; fruitgrowing, and the several modes of propagation, and the production of new varieties; arboriculture, with the nature and value of the various species of ornamental, shade and forest trees, the propagation, growth and care of forests, their importance and value in a prairie country, in their effects upon climate, vegetation and health; animal anatomy and physiology, with a study of the breeds of domestic animals, and their values for the dairy, for fattening, for draught, and for wool or other products, and of the principles of stock breeding; veterinary art, with the laws of feeding, care and training of domestic animals; the apiary and poultry yard; agricultural chemistry, applied to the analysis of soils, fertilizers and food, etc; entomology, especially including the useful insects and those injurious to animcl life; meteorology and climatology; rural architecture and engineering, embracing the planning of farm buildings, and the laying out, draining and fencing of farms; political economy, the laws