102 THIRTY-FOURTH FRUIT-GROWERS ' CONVENTION. 



and construction of the building". But now nearly everything that 

 we expect to be able to build with the present appropriation is under 

 way. We are planning for the opening of instruction in September, 

 and expect to have things ready by that time. Instruction will 

 begin on October 5th, with the dairy course, running from October 5th 

 to November 25th — the dairy school and irrigation; cereals and soil. 

 October 12th to October 31st; poultry husbandry. October 12th to 

 October 20th; animal husbandry and veterinary practice, October 21st 

 to November 18th; horticulture and viticulture, November 4th to 

 November 25th. That is the course as laid down at present. The 

 school will be open to any one who wishes to take instruction in those 

 lines or any one of them. One can stay the whole time, or stay for a 

 single course — any one over seventeen years of age, without examina- 

 tion. We intend it to be a practical course for any one who is interested 

 in agriculture. 



Of course this is only a beginning. As soon as the dormitory is com- 

 pleted we will have accommodations for receiving pupils as they come 

 from the grammar schools. The idea is to take those who wish agri- 

 cultural instruction at the end of the grammar school course, so that 

 it will be a substitute for the regular high school course. Also, there 

 will be an opportunity for those who are taking the regular course in 

 Berkeley, the four-year course, to spend one half year, or possibly one 

 year, on the farm, taking the practical work, after having gone through 

 the laboratory and lecture w^ork' at Berkeley. So, you see. we plan 

 to open this instruction to every one from the one who has finished 

 the grammar school to the one who wants to substitute it for his high 

 school work, and to the University regular graduate who wishes to put 

 one quarter of his time in practical instruction, and then beyond that, 

 we will have postgraduate study and research, and we expect to furnish 

 ample opportunity for such things. I thank you. 



(At this time an adjournment was taken until Thursday. April 30. 

 1908. at 9: 30 o'clock a. m.) 



