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In addition to these two buildings, a power house, principal's residence, live-stock 

 auditorium, and horse and cattle barns are being provided. The horse and cattle 

 barns are of modern design, and the Live-stock auditorium, which connects them, 

 will afford seating capacity for about 300. The college farm consists of I L7 acres, and 

 is immediately outside the city limits of Winnipeg, on the Assiniboine River. The 

 college buildings are located on the banks of this stream, aboul 4 miles from the 

 center of the city. A part of the farm will be used for experimental work in agri- 

 culture, horticulture, and forestry. 



The regular college course will extend over two years, and will open immediately 

 after the fall work on Manitoba farms has been completed, and close in time to 

 allow students to reach home before tin- spring work begins. There will he do 

 rigid entrance examinations, the main requirement being sufficient knowledge of 



the English language to benefil by the lectures, and practical experience U] a 



farm covering at leasl two summers. A tuition fee of $10 per annum will be 

 charged, and board will be furnished at actual cost. Then- will be special dairy 

 n.iirses in butter and cheese making, to ever from in t.» 14 weeks. ••The college 

 in its teaching will he practical in the highest possible degree. It will train practical 

 farmer.-, not educate them along lines calculated t«» lead young men from the farm. - ' 



It was expected t<> open the college to -indents in the regular course in January, 

 hut owing to tin- delay in building, this has been abandoned. It is planned, how- 

 ever, to carry on the dairy school and to offer short courses in animal husbandry 

 and agronomy. W. .1. Carson has been elected professor of dairying. 



Agricultural High School in Kansas.— A four-year agricultural course is offered this 

 fall in the Norton County High School, at Norton. Kans. The course of study will 

 follow closely the outline suggested by the committee on methods of teaching agri- 

 culture in its ninth report (Circ. 60 of this Office), and it is planned to lay especial 

 emphasis upon farm crops, animal production, and farm machinery, all of which are 

 Jtems of great importance in farm practice in Norton County. 



Arrangements have been made with the three implement dealer- of Norton to 

 • the teacher of agriculture in giving course- in farm machinery, by taking the 

 agricultural classes into their warehouses under the direction of an expert, who will 

 instruct them in the structure, manipulation, and care of the different machine-. It 

 is planned also to take the classes on numerous trips to leading farms in the vicinity of 

 the school to -tndy farm management, domestic animals, and type- of farm buildings. 



The course is in charge of A. I". Turner, a graduate of the Kansas Agricultural 

 College. It starts out with an enrollment of 9 hoys out of a total of 7i>. ami Mr. Tur- 

 ner writes that most of the first-year boys will take up agriculture when they gel to 

 it in the course. Arrangements are being made for a grain- judging contest to be held 

 in January, which will he open to all young men in the county. The implement 

 dealers of Norton have offered prize.- of farm machinery aggregating in value over 

 1100 for this contest. 



A Centralized Agricultural School. — Farragut School, located near Concord. Tenn., 

 is a centralized school comprising within its territory mosi of the area of three 

 former school districts. It was opened in September, 1904, and its firet year was a 

 successful one. The school is supported jointly by the Southern Education Board, 

 which has contributed about $3,500, the State tax levy for the salaries of teach* 

 and local contributions. The funds thus raised, exclusive of teachers' wages, amount 

 to s.s. nun. of which $6,000 was expended for a Bchool building and equipment. The 



building is 54 by 80 ft., 2 stories bigh, and contains 6 well-lighted schoolr oe and a 



large assembly room. One of the abandoned -.-I Ihouses has been moved to the 



site of the new building and is used for domestic science and manual training class 

 rooms. 



A small poultry house with incubator and brooder, a two-frame hotbed, and a 



shed for horses comprise the major portion of the farm equipment. The Bchool has 



