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Field exercises. — One exercise a week, three hours. 



Continue judging exercises and study breeds of domestic animals. 

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



Farm machinery: Practice in assembling and setting up machines of the farm, dairy, 

 and cane mill, and in placing lines of shafting, sewing belts, etc. 

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



(As before.) 



THIRD YEAR SPRING TERM. 



Class room. — Two recitations a week. 



Dairying: Make a more detailed study of the dairy type of cow, her feed, care, and 

 management, and take up the subject of milk; study its composition, handling with 

 reference to the relation of cleanliness, straining, aerating, and cooling on the souring 

 or tainting of milk; use of milk for consumption as milk and cream, for condensing, 

 for cheese making and butter making. 

 Laboratory. — One period a week, three hours. 



The laboratory work of this term should be devoted to the dairy. Learn to use the 

 Babcock test and centrifugal separator, different types of churns and workers, and 

 take up practical work in salting, coloring, working, and packing butter for marketing. 

 Field work. 



Visit some of the best farms in the region for the purpose of studying buildings and 

 other inclosures for farm animals and poultry, taking note of all provisions for light 

 and ventilation, cleanliness of buildings and sm-roundings, convenience of arrange- 

 ment and other factors entering into the construction of suitable and serviceable 

 farm buildings. 

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



Design farm houses, barns, dairy buildings, cane mills, and other buildings, making 

 provision for water, sewage, and heating systems. Cany out these plans whenever 

 possible in the construction of buildings on the school farm. Practice in laying 

 concrete floors, walks, etc. 

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



(As before.) 



FOURTH YEAR FALL TERM. 



Class room. — Two recitations a week. 



Rural engineering: Study farm plans with reference to the size and location of fields; 

 continue the study of farm buildings and begin the study of the construction of roads 

 and the ornamentation of home grounds by the planting of trees and shrubs. 

 Chemical laboratory. — One period a week, three hours. 



Chemical manipulations with elements and compounds which are of most importance 

 in agricultiu-e. 

 Field exercises. — One period a week, three hours. 



Practical exercises in surveying and laying out ornamental grounds and fields, 

 locating buildings and roads, drains, terraces, water systems, and sewage system. 

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



Draw farm plans and locate on them the necessary buildings, roads, orchards, and 

 ornamental plantations. 

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



(As before.) 



FOURTH YEAR WINTER TERM. 



Class room. — Two recitations a week. 



Rural economics: Study systems of farming, transportation and other factors relating 

 to markets, and farm records, including feed and milk records, crop records, breeding 

 records, and inventories. 



