The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
GIRLS AS FARMERS.
Fifty Young Women in the North
west Are studying Practical Agri-

Fifty Young Women in the North
west Are Studying Practical Agri-
culture.
Minneapolis, Feb l6-Flfty girls have
taken up the study of scientific farming
az the Minneapolis College of Agriculture,
and the result of the new departure viii
be watched with interest throughout the
country as effecung the welfare of the sex.
If the innovation shall prove successful
it will naturally spread to other agricul-
ture states. and its most important re-
suits may turn out to be social rather
than directly agricultural in character
Heretofore one great drawback 10 farming
has4been the difficulty of keeping the boys
upon the farm. With trained and educated
girls taking up the profession, the old
homestead farming would take on new
charm and the hegira Of farmers sonsi
TO the cities would be checked il not en-
tirely done away with.
The character of instruction undertaken
by the young girls at the Minneapolis col.
lege is thoroughly scientific, enphas sizing
the sciences of botany, chemistry, physics
and geology, and requiring during the
freshman and sophomore years at least
two terms work in each of them.
IN speaking ABOUT the course the OtQGf
day. Prof H. w Brewster, the principal
OF the school said: "Our plan embraces
work designed not only TO make boys more
skihful in planning and executing farm
work, and girls more skilful in the work
of he house, but also disciplinary studies
and culture studies as well. Boys and
girls work together throughout about two
thirds of the course, which includes work
in language mathematics, science. civics
rrr7efdaralla Of technical work
But while the boys are taking carpentry,
blacksmithire and veterinary science, the
girls are taking cooking, iaundrying and
sewing Also while the boys are giving
closer attention to some of the business
aspects of farming the girls are giving at
tentiou to such subjects as household art.
home economy and domestic hygiene,
1.-The basis Of the work throughout the
course is scientific. Botany and physiology
are made the foundation for all of the
technical work in plant and animal lie.
chemistry for soil fertilization and culture
are for compounding of feeding ia ions,
while physics enters into many of the pro-
cesses of farming with reference TO ami
NAL and vegetable life cultivation and tie
use of machinery.
In the technical lines we emphasize
carrying, poultry, breeding and feeding of
animals. veterinary science, field agrcult-
ure. fruit culture and forestry. Both in
our course Of study ana in The general
handling of the school we plan 10 make
both boys and girls interested in farming
farm life, the farm house and farm soeie v
Both boys and girls learn in their draw
ing classes how to plan farm buildings
and how to lay out the grounds around
them. We then give considera bic atten-
ton TO the furnishing Of houses, to iitera-
ture. music and social culture.
THE general thought of the whole course
is 10 make The farm home the most 81
tractve spot on earth.
The school has now been running for
ten years. but the girls have been admit
ted lately. The enrolment of boys is
therefore much greater than that of the
girls. At present we have about 200 bovs
and something over fifty girls"