Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-07-21

breeds of sheep. and six breeds or,
These animals are used in cloS, e' ~
trations and for the various or us
ments in breeding and feeding for PER- per,
meat, wool, growth, and maintonalA A
conducted by the experiment Ve stati"n
a department of the college. All a., al
crops of the farm are grown for ao u'
educational purpose; all the orin,u,
are fed by rule and system, and tha
suits of their management reportod
on and used in glass work. Ioho.pp
not compulsory, but students IN tho
recultural courses are given worl, as IS
is parallel with their studies som, ra'
students pay for their board Inv worS
in the mornings and evenings Tho.'
is a practical working creamerv onS
cheese factory in operation thronobor,
the year. During the summer seoSo"
from $4,000 to 25,OOO pounds Of IUr miIl
are taken in daily and manufacturoa
into butter and cheese. The nur,h.l
of students in 1897 was 573, incldin'
women" 1'
New York Method.
In New York State the Agriculturo,
College Is an annex Of Cornell Tvnivon
sity, and in 1897 there were 127 stu
dents taking the farming course III,
tuition in agriculture at Cornell is FREQ
and the yearly expense of the studon,
ranges from $500 to $500. The fom
years course in agriculture is designed
to afford an education as broad and lih
eral as that given by other departments,
of the university, and leads TO tho do
gree Of Bachelor of Science in Agrcul
ture. The college farm occupies 70,
acres Of land, and it is well stocked
with dairy cows, sheep, horses, hogs
and poultry. The dairy building /,
equipped with modern appliances and
machinery for making butter and
cheese. Ten acres are devoted to the
gardens, orchards, and nurseries of the
horticultural department, which also
has eight forcing houses. Candidate,
for admission to the Cornell agricultur
al course must be at least 16 years old
and pass examination in English, ge
ography, physiology and hygiene, his
tory of the United States and England
Greece or Rome, plane geometry, ele
mentary algebra and either Greek Of
Latin, and French or German, or ad
vanced mathematics.
1t Is pretty much the same with all
the other agricultural colleges. The
student gets practical instruction and
assists in practical work, obtaining at
the same time the benefit of expert.
ments made for the purpose of i'm.
provement in cultivation and in the
quantity and quality of farm products
There Is the same enthusiasm and, in
some respects, eXtravagant devotion
to athletics that obtains in 9th,
er colleges, and there are musical
literary and social societies with more
or less clannishness and secrecy. There .
are college papers and ANIMALS, Ifel
which some serious journalistic worEl
and not a little lampooning is done.
The students are leading earnest and
useful and happy lives, and they are
judged by the same moral standards
as are men and women throughout the
country. They do much severe mental
work, and enjoy the sports and social
; recreations Of college life to the full.
With an institution of this sort in al
most every State in the Union, the
American farmer of the near future
ought to be at the head of the prOces.
sion Of those who feed the world.