UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIC N 



BERKELEY 



LIBRARY, 



ELER, PRESIDENT 



MAS F. HUNT, I CAN AND DIRECTOR 



Nf>RMAN, Vice - DIRECTOR 

 CAN 



INIVERSITY FARM SCHOOL 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSES 

 IN AGRICULTURE 



By W. G. HUMMEL 



The College of Agriculture of the University of California 

 announces correspondence courses in agriculture to be given under 

 the direction of the Division of Agricultural Education. 



These courses are designed for farmers, or persons expecting to 

 live on the farm, who desire specific and detailed information regard- 

 ing the production of certain farm crops or animals. 



.They are prepared by members of the faculty of the College of 

 Agriculture with special reference to agricultural conditions in Cali- 

 fornia and to the farming methods that apply in the various sections 

 of the State. In the present announcement twenty-nine courses are 

 listed and described briefly. Other courses will be prepared when 

 the need and demand foV trfem become apparent. 



Each course deals with a special type of farming as dairy hus- 

 bandry, or alfalfa culture, with the purpose of giving in concise 

 form the information needed by a person engaging in that particular 

 branch of farming. It is assumed that the student has no knowledge 

 of the subject to be % studied and that he desires a practical working 

 knowledge of it. Subjects will therefore not be treated technically, 

 but will be presented in simple and direct language, easy to under- 

 stand. 



There will be no course attempting to cover the general principles 

 of agriculture. It is believed that it will be more helpful to students 

 to give specific information with regard to the various farming 

 enterprises, rather than to deal with generalized considerations regard- 

 ing agriculture. But the basic principles of agriculture will be 

 presented, explained, or their application noted wherever need arises 

 in connection with the study of the special agricultural industries. 



Each course will consist of approximately fourteen lessons, which 1 

 will take up in detail the culture of a given crop or the care and 

 management of a type or breed of livestock. Questions intended to 

 bring out the main points covered in each lesson or to call attention 

 to related agricultural facts practices, or methods, will accompany each 

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