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L1 reared upon the farm. Such men constitute a large percentage of .
id those who mat1·iculate in Agriculture, and the time of classes, there-
ll- fore, is not consumed in training undergraduates in the commoner
jg manual operations of farm life. -
ld The young man from the city, who expects to engage in agri-
t cultural pursuits, is therefore advised to supplement his college
  course as fully as possible by practical experience upon one or more
O well managed farms. This can often be advantageously done during
the summer vacations. I
6- lt should not be understood, however, that the practical opera- · l_
u_ tions of the farm are ignored. On the contrary, great care and con-
BS siderable time are devoted to giving instruction in many highly im-
portant operations, which involve special knowledge or a high de- .
ld grce of skill. Thus the student is taught to take levels, test the
S1- draft of implements and vehicles, take apart and reassemble farm
gy machines and engines; perform the operations of grafting, pruning,
by spraying, and hybridizing; test milk, to make high class butter; and
Ik is given practice in judging a variety of animals.
’ Provision is made for the selection by the student of a major sub-
YB ject for the latter part of his course, thus permitting him, within
It certain limits, achoice of studies during the Junior and Senior years.
in Even in these years, however, a considerable number of subjects 1
h_ are l`(3Qllll`€(l of all.
While including a certain minimum of each of the following
St named subjects during these four years, he may take in his later
years advanced lines of instruction in one or two of them, to the  
exclusion in part of the remaining subjects. ` ‘
At present the student may select his major study in Agronomy, 1 ·‘ ‘ _
Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, Economic Entomology, Economic '
Yr Botany, or Agricultural Chemistry. As these branches of instruc-
t tion are further subdivided, and others are added to the cur1·iculu1n ·
I lll later years, the range of selection will doubtless be inc1·eased.
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