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insects and plant diseases ; vegetable $ fruit and flower garden- 

 ing ; farm carpentry and blacksmith's work ; pipe fitting ; rural 

 architecture and building ; business arithmetic; farm accounts 

 and commercial forms ; history ; civil government. 



For Young Women : Cooking ; chemistry of foods ; invalid 

 cookery ; home economy ; personal and domestic hygiene ; 

 sewing ; millinery ; home nursing and emergencies ; poultry 

 raising ; principles of gardening ; history ; civil government. 



There is also a winter short course at the Agricultural School 

 intended primarily for older persons or for young people who 

 for some reason or another are unable to take an extended course 

 of study. The complete short course covers two winter terms 

 of 12 weeks each, beginning in January and ending in March. 

 The following are the subjects : — 



For Men, first winter : Soils, drainage, manures, farm 

 accounts and commerce, dairying, farm carpentry and archi- 

 tecture. 



For Men, second winter : Feeding and care of stock, 

 blacksmith's work, soils and fertilisers. 



The dairying instruction includes full lessons in regard to 

 running farm separators and the manufacture of butter. 

 Students receive practical training in the ripening of cream, 

 churning, marking and packing of butter, testing the value of 

 milk and cream by the Babcock method. 



The dairy is equipped with cream separators, Babcock 

 testers, combined churn and worker, ripening vat, milk heater, 

 scales, and complete set of utensils. Students run a steam 

 boiler and engine and gasoline engine in operating the machinery. 

 All arrangements are quite sanitary and modern ; milk is 

 bought from farmers who bring it to the dairy, and the butter is 

 sold to local customers and stores. 



Inspection trips are also made to the best creameries and 

 dairies in the neighbourhood. 



In the same way the instruction given in animal husbandry, 

 is divided into two terms. Work under the headings of 

 " feeds and feeding" and "care of animals" is made very 

 practical by trips to the best farm barns and stables in the 

 county to study methods of housing, feeding and handling, and 

 by examination of many sound and unsound animals of all kinds. 

 'Stock judging is also carried on by classes. 



