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The past winter's work is typical of the methods and purposes of 

 this kind of educational enterprise. It is remarkable how much 

 actual information the students receive in the 11 weeks and to 

 what a pitch of enthusiasm their work carries them. Into those 

 three months of work there is condensed a very wide range of most 

 direct and purposeful instruction. I now submit a somewhat de- 

 tailed report of the winter-course work for the present university 

 year. 



GENERAL REPORT OF THE WINTER-COURSE. 



The whole number of winter-course students enrolled in 1905 was 

 201. Of these 91 were enrolled in the Dairy-Course, 93 in the General 

 Agriculture-Course, and 17 in the Poultry-Course. Ten were women. 

 One of the women was enrolled in the Dairy-Course, six in the Gen- 

 eral Agriculture-Course and tlu-ee in the Poultry-Course. 



The average age of the students in all the winter-courses in 1905 

 was 25 years. The average age of the students in the Dairy-Course 

 was 27 years, in the General Agriculture-Course 23 years, and in 

 the Poultry-Course, nearly 29. 



Two of the students fell out very early in the session. Of the 199 

 students remaining, 173 came from the country and 26 from cities of 

 over 10,000; 189 were residents of New York; one came from Penn- 

 sylvania, one from Connecticut, one from Virginia, two from Min- 

 nesota, two from Maine, one from Illinois, one from Wisconsin, and 

 one from Iowa. The increase in the number of students coming 

 from towns and cities is marked. 



Of the 91 students in the General Agriculture-Course 72 had high 

 school or academy training previous to their enrollment in the winter- 

 course; eight were college graduates; 11 had a common school edu- 

 cation. In the Dairy-Course, 47 of the 91 students had high 

 school or academy training previous to their enrollment in the winter- 

 course, six had college education, and 38 had common school 

 education. In the Poultry-Course, 11 of the 17 had high school or 

 academy trainmg, three had college education, and three had common 

 school education. In all three courses, therefore, there were 130 

 students who had had high school training, 17 who were college 

 graduates, and 52 who had had a common school education. 



Of the 91 students in the General Agriculture-Course, 14 desired 

 to secure positions on the completion of their course. Positions 

 have been secured for most of these men at salaries ranging from $25 

 a month with board and lodging, to $50 a month with board and 

 lodging. The remaining 81 students in the General Agriculture- 

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