268 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



SECO>a) YEAR SPRING TERM. 



Class room . — Two recitations a week. 



Farm crops: Study leading field, garden, and orchard crops of region, laying par- 

 ticular stress on those of greatest local importance. Take up such matters as prepara- 

 tion of soil, selection of seed as determined by germination and purity tests, plant- 

 ing, cultivating, protection from insects and other pests. har\-esting, and marketing. 

 Laboratory. — One period a week, three hoiu^. 



The botany of farm crops and crop judging with score card. In horticiUtural regions 

 this period will be devoted to work with fruits and vegetables. 

 Plat work. — One period a week, three hours. 



Give necessary care to demonstration plats, planting crops on them and cultivating 

 them. Study field, garden, and orchard crops on the school farm and on neighboring 

 fanns, and attend to spraying, and other orchard and garden work. 

 Farm mechanics.— One period a week, three hours. 



Iron work: Learn to make from stock iron various articles used on the farm, sucli 

 as tongs, cold chisels, punches, rings, chain links and hooks, clevises, brackets, har- 

 row teeth, etc.; how to use and take care of files; how to construct a sers'iceable foi^e 

 and otherwise equip a shop for farm blacksmithing. 



Give special attention to welding iron and steel, and to tempering tools. 

 Farm uorh. — Three periods a week, nine hours. 



The work of this term in horticultural regions should be devoted largely to garden- 

 ing, orcharding, or forestrj\ 



THIRD YEAR — FALL TERM. 



Class room. — Two recitations a week. 



Animals: Study the leading breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swino, and poultry-, and 

 learn to distinguish the characteristics of different types, such as draft and trotting 

 horses, roadsters and saddle horses, dairy and beef cattle, wool and mutton sheep. 

 Laboratory. — One period a week, three hours. 



Agricultural physics: Experiments with soils, farm machinerj', dairy apparatus, and 

 other farm equipment to illustrate the laws of physics. 

 Plat and field work. — One period a week, three hours. 



Carry to completion through one growing season the plat experiments begun in sec- 

 ond year. 



Study and judge with the score card breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and 

 poultrj'. 

 Farm mechanics. — One period a week, three hours. 



Plumbing and steam fitting: Exercises which Avill prepare pup'ls to lay and fit the 

 necessarj' pipes and fixtures for water, sewage, and heating systems in home and farm 

 buildings, dairj% and cane mill. 

 Farm work. — Three periods a week, nine hours. 



Students of the third and fourth years may be given acre plats for individual culti- 

 vation, or small farms for supervision, the profits to be theirown; the same, however, 

 to be applied first to the payment of their school expenses. 



THIRD YEAR — WINTER TERM. 



Class room. — Two recitations a week. 



Animals, their care and management: Study food requirements of different animals 

 and the importance of pure water supply, exercise and shade, comfortable, clean, and 

 well ventilated Vtuildings and inclosures, giving atti-ntion also to the preparation and 

 marketing of animal products. 

 Laboratory. — One exercise a week, three hours. 



Agricultural physics as in previous term, giving special attention to farm and dairy 

 equipment. 



