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Course returned to their farms. Of this number 10 have farms of 

 their own; the remainder are with their fathers, or otherwise 

 situated. 



Of the 91 students in the Dairy-Course, 53 desired to secure posi- 

 tions on the completion of their course. Positions have been 

 secured for 35 of these men, at salaries ranging from $24 a month 

 with board, to $75 a month. All others who are fitted for responsi- 

 ble positions in dairy work have been recommended to places and it 

 is expected that they will soon be located for the season. 



Of the 17 students in the Poultry-Course, eight have secured 

 positions as poultrymen, five have returned to their homes for poultry 

 keeping, and four are continuing their studies in special work at 

 Cornell. 



Of the 91 students in the General Agriculture-Course, 25 have 

 expressed a desire to return for further work, either in the 

 special winter-course that it is hoped may be offered, or as special 

 students. These have been admitted to special work whenever they 

 find it convenient to retm^n. In the Dairy-Course five of the students 

 have expressed a desire to return for a two or four year course, and 

 a larger number have expressed their intentions of returning for 

 another winter-course period. In the Poultry-Course six of the 

 students have expressed their intentions of returning to Cornell for 

 special work next year. 



In the General Agriculture-Course 30 of the 91 students were 

 members of The Grange. 



The Dairy-Course. 

 Students taking this coiu-se may be divided into two groups, — 

 those who have had one or more seasons of practical work before 

 coming to Cornell and those who have had little or no experience of 

 this kind. We do not require previous experience in a commercial 

 plant, but always advise it; and those who thoroughly understand 

 the routine of creamery, cheese factory, and other dairy work are 

 usually best fitted for responsible positions after completing the 

 Dairy-Course. There are some notable exceptions to this rule, how- 

 ever, for not infrequently men who knew nothing whatever of prac- 

 tical dairy work before coming to the dairy school, have secured 

 responsible creamery or cheese factory positions and filled them with 

 credit alike to themselves and the school. For this reason, it has 

 seemed unwise and unfair rigidly to enforce a rule that every person 

 entering the course must have had a certain amount of actual experi- 

 ence in dairy work. 



