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OF AGRICULTURE 



specialized two-year course** 



LEVI STOCKBRIDGE— First professor of agri- 

 culture and fifth president of the University. 

 Farm born with only a common school 

 education, Levi Stockbridge had the fore- 

 sight to recognizs thcit science and not just 

 sweat and stubbornness would save the 

 farms. In his study of scientific works and 

 through patient experimenting, he worked 

 out the first balanced formulas for crop 

 fertilizers in the East. 



Agriculture, was ten years old, its 

 name was changed to The Stock- 

 liridge School of Agriculture in 

 honor of Professor Levi Stockbridge, 

 a farmer from Hadley, adjacent town 

 to Amherst. 



Practscol Objectsves 



During two years of concentrated 

 technical schooling, the Stockbridge 

 student earns while he learns; for 



"The Old NaturaU<iC 



"But the great success . . . when nature 

 and art combine and work in harmony 

 for the same srand result." 



part of his six months' training in- 

 cludes a practical job related to his 

 chosen field. This job may he on a 

 dairy farm, fruit orchard, truck 

 farm, ice cream plant, florist shop or 

 greenhouse. 



Positions for the students are 

 obtained by the school through con- 

 tacts with leading farmers in poul- 

 try, dairy farming, orcharding, vege- 

 table gardening, milk plant oper- 

 ation, commercial floriculture, and 

 ornamental horticulture, including 

 nursery work, landscape gardening. 



CHARLES HIRAM THAYER— sympathetic 

 and effective teacher for thi:ty-five years of 

 The Stockbridge School, Prof. Thayer has 

 shown sincere interest in his students, 

 particularly those who "love the doing, but 

 find the theory a bit difficult." Popularly 

 known as "The Old Naturalist," Prof. Thayer, 

 now recently retired, will be remembered 

 with fond affection by all who were for- 

 tunate enough to have come under his in- 

 f)u«nca. 



