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FARMER'S SHORT COURSE 



The fourteenth annual Farmer's Short Course was held for two 

 weeks in January, 1916, with a total enrollment of 163, including 35 

 women in home economics. This was the first short course organized 

 with sections for different interests meeting simultaneously. With the 

 increasing attendance this division becomes more and more practicable, 

 and the farmers in attendance can be given a wider range of instruction 

 from which to select what suits best their own needs. At the fifth annual 

 Farmer's Short Course, lasting for one week only in January, 1917, 

 three sections were given for farmers and one for the women in home 

 economics. The attendance in 1917 reached 250 with 144 women in 

 home economics. The growing attendance at the short courses justifies 

 the invitation of specialists from beyond our own borders to come and 

 give our farmers the newest and best each year in carefully chosen fields. 

 The information and enthusiasm carried home by those attending are 

 having a marked intiuence in bettering agricultural conditions in the 

 State. The growth of these courses during five years has been : 



Registered Attendance 



1913 80 



1914 103 



1915 143 



1915 163 including 35 in Home 



Economics 



1917 250 including 144 in Home 



Economics 



R. H. FoRUES, 



Dean. 

 A. E. Vinson, 

 Professor Agr. Cheni. 



