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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



ney and is known as the Hawkesbury Ag- 

 ricultural College. It is a flourishing and 

 practical school owning a farm of 3,500 

 acres of poor soil and two other fields of 

 richer soil. 



At Richmond the teaching force consists 

 of a principal, science master, farm fore- 

 man, experimentalists,orchardist, dairy in- 

 structor, carpenter, poultry and bee expert, 

 blacksmith, baker, and engineer. The 

 plan of the college is to thoroughly weld 

 science and practice. Students pass from 

 the lecture room direct to the microscopic 

 hall or to the chemical labratory study- 

 ing one day, busy in the field the next. 



One hundred students fill all the avail- 

 able dormitory rooms, each paying $125 

 per year for his subsistence and giving his 

 toil for his instruction. In cajie of sick- 

 ness an hospital and a trained nurse are 

 available. 



This college presupposes that every 

 farmer nrust know how to produce every- 

 thing necessary to self-support as a farmer, 

 even though he is engaged in specific lines 

 of agriculture, hence every student is 

 instructed practically in all fundamental 

 processes of farming. Crop production ; 

 stock breeding and raising; milk, cheese 

 and butter producing and marketing ; fod- 

 der production and storage; scientific 

 feeding of animals; manure production 

 and manufacture from bones; purchase, 

 protection, and repair of farm implements ; 

 experiments with new and with rotated 

 crops; poultry, bee and fruit economy, all 

 find a place in the curriculum of this 

 flourishing institution. 



Ample stables and machine shops, silo 

 and manure pits, and modern creamery 

 are part of the equipment, together with 

 1,000 sheep, 130 imported cows, and 50 

 work horses. 



By this it may be seen that the agri- 

 cultural schools of Australia and Egypt 

 are not behind those of our own country 

 in course of study, equipment and in- 

 structors. 



State Horticultural Society will hold its 

 thirty-second annual meeting in the state 

 capitol, Topeka, Kas. The three days 

 and evenings will be devoted in the usual 

 way of similar meetings, to addresses on 

 various topics with discussion of same, 

 reports of committees, and social enjoy- 

 ment. A number of promising subjects 

 appear on the program, and the society 

 extends a cordial invitation to all inter- 

 ested in horticulture and kindred lines to 

 attend. 



Holiday rates will be given by the rail- 

 roads, and board at Topeka is very reason- 

 able indeed, hotel rates ranging from 

 $1.00 to $2.00 per day. 



We hope, in a subsequent issue to pre- 

 sent some of the many interesting papers 

 read at this meeting. 



AN INTERESTING TEST. 



An Indiana farmer recently made an 

 experiment which demonstrated beyond 

 doubt what a harmful effect noise has up- 

 on cows as regards their milk yield. This 

 farmer has a dairy of 20 cows and had al- 

 ways been very kind and gentle in his 

 treatment of them. To prove his theory 

 he bought a Babcock test for use in the 

 dairy and one day he had the hired man 

 drove the cows into a yard and turn the 

 dogs in with them. Then the two men 

 went in with sticks in their hands and be- 

 gan shouting ; the dogs barked and there 

 was a very noisy time for a few moments. 

 The cows were not struck nor bitten, nor 

 injured in any way, but upon driving them, 

 into the barn and milking them immedi- 

 ately afterwards, it was discovered that 

 there was a decided falling off in the milk 

 yield. The test showed that the falling 

 off in butter fat was 10 per cent, which 

 goes to show that in dealing with cows 

 kindness, like honesty, ''is the best policy." 



On Dec. 27, 28, and 29 the Kansas 



The sentiment in favor of holding the 

 Philippines would be less intense if some- 

 body would explain how to let go. De- 

 troit Tribune. 



