584 Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. [10 Oct., 1918. 



the results of the experimental work bj members of the staff — particu- 

 larly Dr. C. A. Zavitz, who, by patient experimentation and research 

 over a period of 35 years, has produced varieties of oats and barley 

 which have practically supplanted all others in Ontario. He has also 

 obtained from his permanent experimental plots results which are 

 influencing the method of cultivation of every type of farm crop in 

 Ontario. 



During the past winter thirteen short courses, ranging from two 

 weeks to three months, were conducted at Guelph. These included 

 courses on stock and seed judging, poultry raising, horticulture, cow 

 testing, farm dairying, cheese making, beekeeping, drainage and farm 

 surveying, business and marketing. 



Some idea of the nature of the experimental work may be gained 

 from the fact that over 2,500 plots, exclusive of small plant-breeding 

 plots, were harvested separately, and exact records of grain and straw 

 production were obtained. The illustration on page 581 gives a view of 

 experimental plots. 



In addition, there are two courses on agriculture, each of five weeks' 

 duration, for elementary and high school teachers. These are held every 

 year. The courses begin to-day, and the enrolment was 320. These 

 short courses are very technical and practical. The attendance at 

 Ontario Agricultural College has been greatly reduced by the war, and 

 many of {he men in the upper classes have been drafted. Still, here are 

 the attendances for 1918 : — 



Kegular course in agriculture . . . . . . 197 



Courses in domestic science . . . . . . 176 



Courses for public school teachers . . . . 265 



Short courses — 



Farm power . . . . . . . . 154 



Seed and stock judging . . . . . . 137 



Horticulture . . . . . . . . 57 



Dairying . . . . . . . . . . 56 



Agriculture . . . . . . . . 46 



Rural leadership .. .. .. ..114 



Poultry . . . . . . . . . . 31 



Drainage . . . . . . ■ • . . 13 



Total . . . . . . 1,246 



In addition, several thousand farmers visited the college in January 

 to see the results of the experimental plots of Dr. Zavitz. As at 

 Macdonald, and at nearly all American Agriculitural Colleges, there is a 

 course on domestic science and household arts maintained at Guelph. 

 The theory is that you can't keep the man on the farm unless you can 

 keep his wife on the farm, too. That is the reason why we find 176 

 girls and women, from seventeen upward, coming to the college to learn 

 how to make a farm home comfortable, and how, by labour-saving 

 devices, to minimize drudgery in the farm home, and make it a place 

 worth living in. Neither at Macdonald nor at Guelph, however, have 

 they progressed as far as the colleges in the United States. Here four- 

 year courses in domestic science arc given, and the girls get a sufficient 

 grounding in the sciences and applied arts at the universities to warrant 



