796 Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. 



on the farm is surely of as much importance as the welfare of crops 

 or animals. This welfare depends in large part upon the interest and 

 intelligent knowledge that women apply to the problems of the house- 

 hold. 



It is surely of as much economic value to educate the daughters 

 for home-making, for wise care of children, as to educate the sons for 

 farming, for wise care of farm animals. The rule of thumb is no longer 

 the safe guide in housekeeping any more than the farming customs 

 of the fathers are necessarily the best for the sons. 



To the end that the home shall be made the center of intelligent effort 

 in which to bring up the child that he may attain his greatest 

 degree of efficiency, the College of Agriculture offers University 

 extension work which provides for (i) a READING-COURSE FOR 

 FARMERS' WIVES, with a present membership of 14,200; (2) a 

 HOUSE-KEEPERS' CONFERENCE, held at the College in connection 

 with Farmers' Week, February 7-12, 19 10, in which lectures and demon- 

 strations are given daily in those topics that are most closely related 

 to the home; (3) a WINTER-COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS, 

 which extends through three months, December, January and February, 

 when lectures and laboratory work are given in foods and human nutri- 

 tion; in household sanitation and management; in house construction 

 and decoration; in sewing, cutting and fitting. 



None of the above are professional courses. They do not prepare 

 for teaching nor do they earn University credit. They are intended 

 primarily to make more efficient home-makers. 



THE FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS has the 

 same entrance requirements as for other departments and colleges in 

 the University and leads to the degree of the College of Agriculture. 

 Its fundamental object is to further the interests of those things which 

 pertain to the household, either directly through individual home> 

 makers or indirectly through teachers, dietitians, or those pursuing 

 some related commercial enterprise. It prepares the woman to handle 

 the business of the home with the same skill and interest that the men 

 give to other forms of business. At the same time the woman receives 

 a training which enables her to earn a living in a growing field of oppor- 

 tunity. This course has an unusually broad scientific basis, as it is 

 correlated with some of the best science courses given in the University. 



For information address, 



DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS, 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



