Department of Farm Mechanics JJ 



At the present time, the minimum number of unrestricted elective hours 

 in the College of Agriculture open to a regular student is 38, the maximum 

 56. The complete short set of courses in engineering as outlined above 

 would constitute approximately 21^ of the minimum or 14^^ of the maxi- 

 mum number of said elective hours ; the complete long set of courses, 

 2f)'i of the minimum or 27^' of the maximum. As it would frequently 

 happcr. that a student would not be able to devote so great a proportion 

 of his elective hours to engineering work, these courses therefore should 

 be laid out so that so far as possible one would not be a prerequisite of 

 any other. 



Drc-cving. By way of preparation for either of these sets of courses 

 it would be urged that the regular students so elect their work in drawing 

 that one of the two required hours be spent in freehand and the other in 

 projection or instrumental drawing. In addition to this, it will be noted 

 that students intending to specialize in engineering would be urged or 

 possibly required to take one more hour in instrumental drawing, pro- 

 visions for which now exists in the college curriculum. 



Shopit'ork, the same for both sets of courses, would be intensely prac- 

 tical, dealing with such subjects as construction of building frames and 

 of forms for concrete work, simple forging and the tempering of steel, 

 the adjustment and repair of agricultural implements and wagons, paint- 

 ing and varnishing, and the cutting and fitting of pipe. 



Farm Mechanics, the course given during the past year, would aim con- 

 stantly to bring out fundamental principles and to train in clear thinking 

 in connection with the study of a few farm implements, pumps and farm 

 motors. Like the shopwork, the illustrations cited in the lectures and the 

 exercises set for the laboratory work would be intensely practical in 

 nature, in order to arouse and maintain the student's keen interest in the 

 work. 



Farm Engineering would treat of the practical solution of the problems 

 involved in connection with farm sanitation; surveying and mapping 'the 

 farm; laying out, grading and digging drainage and irrigation ditches; 

 laying out and building farm fences, roads and bridges ; laying out build- 

 ing foundations, testing the use of cement, etc., etc. No attempt would 

 be made to include rural architecture in this course, as the time allotted 

 is much too short even for the subjects first mentioned. 



Courses for the Specialist. The extended courses of the second set 

 having double the amount of laboratory work, would require ample labora- 

 tory space, equipment and instructing staiT properly to handle any con- 

 siderable number of students. 



Dairy Mechanics and Poultry Mechanics. It would seem to be advisable 

 ultimately to have the work in Dairy Mechanics and in Poultry Mechanics 

 now given by the Dairy and Poultry Departments respectively included in 



