72G REPORT OF OFFICK OK EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



and, ill addition to Ixinj^ :il>l»' to road and write, must have a fair 

 knowlcd;^*' of aiMthiiH'tic, Knt^li^li liraiuinar, and descriptive j^cogra- 

 phy. No d('«,^rei's arc t'onfciicd. (iraduatcs of the four-year normal 

 course rooeive diplomas whicdi entitle tlieiu to tirst-jifrado cortiticates 

 without examination. 



Ajjfronomy. liorticultuii', animal liushandrv. dairyinj;', agricultural 

 cnjifinceriny:. and rural economy arc studied by the rej^ular aii:ricul-. 

 tural cliiss. Kach sul»ject is tais.en up l)y (|uurters and is j^iyeii durinj^ 

 t^vo or thi-ee forty-mimite jwriods a week. Siiort courses in botany 

 and agricultuial chemistry arc given in connection with the agricul- 

 tural woik. Instruction is largely by means of lectures. The text- 

 books used for the (dass room and reference purposes include the 

 Pi"inciples of Agriculture for Conuiion Schools, Windslow; First 

 Principles of Agriculture, Voorhees; The Pi'inciples of Plant Culture, 

 Goff; liotauy, Bailey; Common-Sense Ideas for Dair3'meu, Blake; 

 Feeds and Feeding, Henry. The students have free access to a 

 library containing (xovernment bulletins and periodicals and a few 

 agricultural pa])ers. 



Students are required to collect soils and experiment with them in 

 glass boxes. They also spend three hours a day in li(dd w^ork (PI. 

 LIY, figs. 1 and 2). The instructors having charge of the agri- 

 cultural Av<jrk include a science teacher, a teacher of dairying, and a 

 teacher of poultry raising and practical farm woi'k. The building 

 used for agricultural classes contains two small rooms used for dair}'- 

 ing and one for the class room. The dairj- rooms are eijuipped with 

 separators, milk testers, butter workers, scales, fertilizers, churns, 

 cream vats, and a i-efrigerator. 



The college farm contains about 160 acres, upon which are grown 

 peas, corn, potatoes, millet, sugar cane, oats, r3^e, and garden vege- 

 tables. Some experiments have been made with legumes. The farm 

 animals include 2 mules, 4 horses, Ki dairy cows (PI. LV, fig. 1), a 

 Jersey Imll, about 40 head of hogs, and 75 or 80 chickens (PI. LV, 

 fig. 2). Students are required to do all the field work. 



GEORGIA. 



Georgia State Industrial College, College. 



This college is a department of the State university. The courses 

 of study otiered are the industrial, three-year preparatory, three-year 

 normal, and four-year collegiate. For admission to the college, stu- 

 dents must be not less than l-t }■ ears of age, of good moral character, 

 and able to pass " an entrance examination." 



Agriculture does not appear in the curriculum as a subject for study 

 and recitation, but is given as an industrial subject. Students are given 

 employment and instruction on the farm and in the dairy. There is a 



