Syllabus of Lectures.

Agriculture.

Lecturer—W. K. Ivey.

The proper aim of the farmer when cultivating the soil—Relation of animals and plants to the soil—Composition of the plant—Sources of the food of plants—Origin, formation, and physical properties of soils—Causes of diversity of soils—Relation of soils to water, heat, &c.—Improvement in the mechanical condition of soils by cultivation, drainage, &c—Construction and use of cultivating implements, harvesting machinery, &c.

The livestock of the farm, breeding management, feeding, &c, of farm horses, cattle, sheep, pigs—Dairy management, the processes of cheese and butter making wool growing, bacon curing—The feeding value of foods.