258 KEPOKT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



FOURTH YEAR. 



Farm TnaTiajremenf.— Comparison of different systems of cropping and tillage; dif- 

 ferent types of farming — such as grain farming, stock farming, and dairy farming. 

 Farm plans, including size and location of fields, location of buildings, fences, drains, 

 and roads. Construction of buildings, water and sewage systems, and roads. Use, 

 care, and management of farm machinery. Farm accounts, including feed, milk, 



crop, and breeding records. 



II. J'ruclice uort. 



FIRST YEAR. 



Laboratory exercises. — Seed testing, experiments with plants and soils. 

 Field exercises. — Studies of plants and soils and farm operations. Plat work. 



SECOND YEAR. 



Laboratory exercises. — Selecting and scoring farm crops, study of injurious insects. 

 Field exercises. — Plat work, spraying and pruning, field excursions, and corn and 

 grain judging. 



THIRD YEAR. 



Laboratory exercises. — Studies of milk, butter, and other dairy products. 

 Field exercises. — Plat work and stock judging. 



FOURTH YEAR. 



Laboratory exercises. — Chemistry of soils and plant and animal life. 

 Field exercises. — Plat work, stock judging, study of farm machinery, liuildings, roads, 

 drainage systems, etc. 



DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS IN 



GEORGIA. 



By legislative enactment in the summer of 1906, the general 

 assembly of Georgia authorized the governor of that State to establish 

 and cause to be maintained in each of the eleven Congressional 

 districts of that State an industrial and agricultural school, said 

 schools to be branches of the State College of Agricidture and under 

 the general supervision of the board of trustees of the I'niversity of 

 Georgia, of which the college of agriculture is a department. Each 

 school will receive for maintenance an equal share approximate!}^ of 

 the inspection fees collected by the State department of agriculture 

 not otlierwise appropriated, amounting as now estimated to about 

 $6,000 a year, but the different localities in which the schools are 

 located must furnish not less than 200 acres of land and the necessary 

 equipment in the way of buildings, live stock, machinery, farm 

 implements, etc. 



Soon after the enactment of this law the governor of Georgia 

 applied to the Secretary of Agriculture for the assistance of experts 

 from this Department to aid in selecting suitable farms for the schools 

 and preparing a course of study for them. The Secretary' of Agri- 

 cidture detailed W. G. Smith of the Bureau of Soils and the expert 

 in agricultural education of the Olhce of Experiment Stations for this 



