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Young Women. 



First Year. 



First Term — Coolcing and sewing, d. .5: English and library reading, 5: business arithmetic, 5. 

 Second Term — Cooking and sewing, d. .5 ; home economy, 5 : English and library reading, 5 ; laundry. 2. 

 Tloird Term — Cooking and sewing, d. o; plant life, 5; poultry, 3; hygiene, 5; English and library 

 •reading, 5. 



Second Year. 



First Term — Cooking and sewing, d. 5; English and library reading, 5; economic insect and di.seases, 5. 



Second Term — Cooking and sewing, d. 5; chemistry of foods, 5; United States history, 5; English 

 and library reading, .5. 



Third Term — Cooking and millinery, d. 5; home nursing and emergencies, d. 2; vegetable, flower 

 and fruit gardening, 5; English and library reading, 5; civil government, 5. 



* The numerals denote the number of recitation periods per week; d. signifies double period. 



The probable number of students that could attend the county agricultural school at 

 ^ny one time is about 125. 



These schools are well equipped for giving instructions in the courses which they have 

 adopted. Besides teaching students of the agricultural school, officers and students help 

 conduct many farmers' institutes or similiar meetings. 



In these two Wisconsin schools it is believed that a pupil will be more useful in after 

 life if he writes a composition on "How to Fill a Silo," than if he writes about "Spring". 

 If he is set to weaving a basket, his time will be l^etter employed than if he is stood in the 

 corner for whispering. If he is allowed to do these useful things when his study is fininshed, 

 he will be much more apt to not whisper at all. They believe it is better for a pupil to know 

 the composition of feed for growing stock than to be able to name the battles of the Revo- 

 lution. It is better for him to know the meaning of protein and nutritive ratio than to 

 know what is meant by the least common muntiple. 



Agricultural College, Michigan. 



