Field Geology". For students in Agriculture, Marr's "Agricultural Geology," or Rastall's "Agricultural Geology ".

The hour of meeting is 11 A.M. II. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. This course will comprise fifty meetings, and will deal with-(1) elementary mineralogy; (2) the petrological microscope; (3) polarised light and the optical characters of minerals; (4) crystals and crystallogenesis; (5) the methods of microscopic work in Geology; (6) the chief rockforming minerals; (7) the chief types of the sedimentary and organic rocks; (8) the chief types of the igneous rocks; (9) the metamorphic rocks; (10) the characters of some of the more important groups of fossils; (11) mapping and the drawing of geological sections.

The work of the class will, so far as practicable, be supplemented by excursions.

Text-books: Cole's "Aids in Practical Geology"; Cole's "Outlines of Mineralogy for Geological Students"; H. G. Smith's "Minerals and the Microscope"; Hatch's "Text-book of Petrology: Igneous Rocks" (7th ed.); Rutley's "Mineralogy"; Dwerryhouse's "Geological and Topographical Maps ".

The class meets in two sections, one at 9 A.M., the other at 12 NOON. The Laboratory is open, to members of the class desiring to work, at all hours except class hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P.M., Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 12 NOON.

III. Advanced Laboratory instruction for the final B.Sc. Examination is also given during the Summer Session. IV. The Research Laboratory is open as in winter.

Under the regulations for degrees in Arts, the Systematic and Practical Classes constitute one whole course and must be taken concurrently

AGRICULTURE.

(LECTURESHIPS.)

I. PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE (AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL ECONOMY).

Under Bequest by Sir William Fordyce, Knt., M.D. (24th Dec., 1790), a Lectureship was instituted at Marischal College in Chemistry, Natural History and Agriculture. Under Ordinance No. 49 (Univ. Com., 1889), the income was applied towards the salary of the Lecturer on Agriculture and Rural Economy. It now forms part of the endowment of the Chair of Agriculture in the University. Lecturers-1895-1902 James Wilson, M.A., B.Sc., F.H.A.S.

1903-1910 Robert Blyth Greig, F.H.A.S., F.R.S.E.

1910-1912 John Morrison Caie, M. A., B. L., B.Sc. (Agr.). 1912 William James Profeit, M. A., B.Sc. (Agr.).

JUNIOR COURSE.

The course extends over a Winter and Summer Session, and consists of about 60 lectures, with demonstrations at Craibstone, at farms in the College area and factories in Aberdeen. In the lectures the following subjects are treated of :

Recent History of British Agriculture.

Life history of typical green plants; seed, germination. Parts of a plant and their functions.

Soils-origin, composition, classification, distribution. Geological and draft maps. Physical properties of soils.

Fertility-conditions on which fertility depends. Indications

of fertility.

Improvement of soil fertility-tillage, drainage, manuring. Farm roads and fences.

Students are recommended to consult the following books: Hall's "Soil" and "Fertilisers and Manures"; King's "Soil and "Physics of Agriculture"; McConnell's "Elements of Agricultural Geology"; Warrington's "Physical Properties of the Soil"; and Webb's "Advanced Agriculture".

Fee, £2 2s.

Members of this class must also attend the following

Courses :

SEED-TESTING: This course is held during the Winter Session and consists of about 40 lectures or demonstrations. The subjects dealt with are :—

Selecting and buying seeds; testing for purity and germination; grasses and clovers-identification of seeds and plants— chief impurities.

Books: Percival's 66

"Grasses".

Fees £1 1s.

Agricultural Botany" and Ward's

BOOK-KEEPING: This class will meet during the Summer Session. The course will be devoted to an exposition of the general principles of book-keeping and bank business, description. and use of books-cash book, journal, ledger and bank-bookcheques and bills of exchange, and books and book-keeping for farmers and estate agents. One written class examinaton will be held.

Fee £1 1s.

IMPLEMENT DEMONSTRATIONS: Demonstrations on farm implements and machinery are held once a week during part of the Session. All students of the Agricultural Class are required to attend.

Fee £1 1s.

SENIOR COurse.

The course extends over the Winter and Summer Session and consists of about 110 lectures with demonstrations. The following are the subjects dealt with :—

Crops-Rotation of crops; systems suited for different soils and localities.

Green Crops-cereals; forage crops. Cultivation treatment and cost of production. Diseases of farm crops; prevention and treatment. Weeds; methods of eradication.

Marketing grain and other farm crops. Imports and exports. Live Stock-General principles of breeding. Principal breeds of British farm live stock-horses, cattle, sheep, pigs.

General principles of feeding-feeding and management of live stock; cost of production of beef, mutton, pork and milk. Marketing of live stock-markets, home and foreign. Exports and Imports.

Farm Buildings.

Farm Capital-entries to farms. The stocking of arable, dairy, stock and mixed farms.

Three written class examinations will be held.

Text-books recommended: Wallace's "Farm Live Stock of Great Britain "; Shaw's "Study of the Breeds "; Hall's "Feeding of Crops and Stock"; Kellner's "The Scientific Feeding of Animals"; and Fream's "Elements of Agriculture" (8th edition). Fee £4 4s.

The members of this class must also attend the following

courses:

AGRICULTURAL LAW: A course of about 12 lectures on Agricultural Law is given during the Winter Session.

Fee £1 1s.

DAIRYING: This class will meet twice a week at Craibstone during the Summer Session.

Fee £1 1s.

II. AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

1912. PROFESSOR JAMES HENDRICK, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C.
(Lecturer-1896-1912.)

PREPARATORY CHEMISTRY (a) INORGANIC.-This course consists of about sixty lectures during the Winter Session, together with practical work about one hour daily. It treats of Inorganic Chemistry with a special view to the requirements of agricultural students. The laboratory work and lectures are carried out side by side and illustrate one another.

The course deals with (1) the chemical and physical properties

of matter and the fundamental principles of Chemistry; (2) the principal elements, non-metallic and metallic, and their more important compounds; (3) elementary principles of quantitative and qualitative analysis, with laboratory exercises, and practice in chemical calculations; (4) elementary practical exercises on the chemistry of soils, manures and feeding stuffs. The elements and compounds which are of importance in connection with agricultural subjects are those principally drawn upon in illustration of the subject.

Two written examinations are held.

Text-books: "Elementary Practical Chemistry," by G. S. Newth (Longmans, Green & Co.), "Practical Agricultural Chemistry for Elementary Students," by J. B. Coleman and F. T. Addyman (Longmans, Green & Co.), and "A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry," by G. S. Newth (Longmans, Green & Co.), or "A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry," by G. Senter (Methuen). Fee, £4 4s.

(b) ÓRGANIC.—This course consists of about thirty lectures during the Summer Session. It deals with the elements of the subject, and with the chief classes of carbon compounds. Those classes of compounds, such as fats, carbohydrates, proteins, etc., which are of special importance in Agricultural Chemistry, are given special prominence.

A practical course in the Laboratory in continuance of the Winter Laboratory course in Preparatory Chemistry is held. This course includes practical exercises in Elementary Organic Chemistry which illustrate the lectures.

One written class examination is held.

Text-books: "An Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry," by Ira Remsen (Macmillan & Co.); "Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Medical Students," by Dr. G. v. Bunge, translated by R. H. Aders Plimmer, D.Sc. (Longmans, Green & Co.).

Fee, £2 2s.

GENERAL LECTURE COURSE IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.This course consists of lectures and practical work in the laboratory, and extends over the whole Winter and Summer Sessions. It includes lectures on the following subjects:

(1) Historical introduction.

(2) The atmosphere.

(3) The soil.

Manures and manuring.

Disinfectants, Antiseptics and Insecticides.

(6) Physiological chemistry of plants and animals.
(7) Composition and manurial requirements of crops.
(8) Animal foods and feeding.

(9) Dairy chemistry.

PRACTICAL COURSE.-In this course students will work practical exercises in Agricultural Chemistry in the laboratory. It is primarily intended to go along with and illustrate the lectures on Agricultural Chemistry. Exercises dealing with the properties and composition of soils, manures, plants, feeding stuffs and waters, and with the impurities and adulterations of these, will be given.

Visits will be paid during the course to local manure and feeding stuff manufactories, and, at Craibstone and elsewhere, to field experiments on the use of manures. Students of this class will be expected to take an interest in and to familiarise themselves with the investigations and experiments in Agricultural Chemistry carried out at Craibstone.

Three written class examinations are held.

Text-books: Warington's "Chemistry of the Farm" (Vinton & Co.); Hall's "The Feeding of Crops and Stock " (John Murray); Ingle's "Manual of Agricultural Chemistry" (Scott, Greenwood & Co.). Useful works for reference and for advanced reading: General "The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture" (The Gresham Publishing Co.). Soils-Warington's "Physical Properties of Soil" (Clarendon Press); Hall's "The Soil" (John Murray). Manures-Hall's "Fertilisers and Manures" (John Murray). Plant nutrition-Russell's "Soil Conditions and Plant Growth" (Longmans, Green & Co.). Animal nutrition --Armsby's "The Principles of Animal Nutrition " (Wiley, New York). Dairy Chemistry-H. Droop Richmond's "Dairy Chemistry" (C. Griffin & Co.).

For Practical Work: "Agricultural Analysis" by F. T. Addyman (Longmans, Green & Co.). For higher study: "The Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis" by H. W. Wiley (Chemical Publishing Co., Easton, Pa.); "Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis," edited by G. Lunge and C. A. Keane (Gurney & Jackson).

Fee, £4 4s.

PRACTICAL CLASS (PREPARATORY).-This class is held daily during the Summer Session, and is intended for those students who have not done a course of practical work preparatory for the class of Agricultural Chemistry. The exercises will be similar to those done in the Preparatory Course in Inorganic Chemistry during the Winter Session.

Fee, £2 2s.

CHEMICAL LABORATORY.-The laboratory will be open daily from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. to students who wish to study the principles and practice of Agricultural Chemistry, or to undertake any branch of research in Agricultural Chemistry. Each student will study independently under the direction of the Professor.