WINTER-COURSES 



I. GENERAL AGRICULTURE 



Required Subjects 



All students in the Winter-Course in Cjeneral Agriculture are required 

 to take four of the following five subjects : 



1. Fertility of the Land. A study of soils from the chemical and the 

 physical point of view, with discussions of fertilizers, manures, and the prin- 

 ciples of plant growth. 



2. Agronomy. A study of field crops and farm management. As much 

 time as possible is devoted to the principles of soil management and the 

 culture of particular crops, as corn, potatoes, wheat, and oats, and to pastures 

 and forage. 



3. Feeds and Feeding. The principles and practice of compounding 

 rations and of feeding farm animals. 



4. Breeds and Breeding. The principles of breeding farm animals; the 

 history of breeds; the adaptation of different breeds for certain purposes; the 

 care of farm animals. 



5. Horticulture. The principles of fruit-growing, vegetable-gardening, and 

 floriculture; the propagation of fruits, budding, and grafting; orchard tillage, 

 fertilizers, pruning, and spraying; the harvesting, marketing, and storing of 

 fruit. The planning and planting of the vegetable .garden; fertilizers, tillage, 

 and control of pests and diseases. Lectures covering the growing and 

 marketing of flowers. 



A series of special lectures will be given by various members of the 

 university faculty, and by prominent men from elsewhere who are authorities in 

 agriculture and horticulture. Students in the course in General Agriculture are 

 required to attend these lectures. 



Elective Subjects 



60. Commercial Fruit-Growing. For description of- this course see p. 30. 



61. Vegetable Culture. A study of the growing and marketing of vegetables 

 for home use and for the special and general market. 



6. Rural Improvement. A course of six lectures, commencing after the 

 Christmas recess, dealing with questions of rural improvement and intended 

 to give the farm boj^ a general view of rural art together with specific hints 

 for working out some of his home problems. 



7. Farm Mechanics. A study of gasoline and steam engines, power trans- 

 mission and shafting, pumps, hydraulic rams, piping, and soldering. 



8. Farm Dairying. The care of milk, butter-making, and milk-testing. 



3 and 4. Animal Husbandry. The student who desires as much work as 

 possible in animal husbandry may take both 3 and 4 in that subject, as 

 described on p. 13. 



g. Farm Poultry. A discussion of the domestic breeds of poultry; hatching 

 and rearing; the principles of feeding and management; the building of 

 poultry structures. 



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