The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-20

breeds Of sheep. and six breeds or hoea
These animals are used In class Illus
trations and for the various expert
ments in breeding and feeding for milk
meat. wool. growth. and maintenance
conducted by the experiment station n
a department of the college All the
crops of the farm are grown for some
educational purpose: all the animal,
are fed by rule and system. and the re-
suits of their management reported up
on and used In glass work. Labor Is
not compulsory. but students In the az.
recultural courses are given work that
is parallel with their studies. Some
students pay for their board by work
In the mornings and evenings. There
Is practical working creamery and
cheese factory in operation throughout
the year. During the summer season
from $1,000 to $4,000 pounds of milk
are taken in daily and manufactured
into butter and cheese. The number
of students in 1897 was 513, including
women"
New York Method.
In New York State the Agricultural
College Is an annex of Cornell Univer.
sity, and in 1897 there were 127 stu.
dents taking the farming course. The
tuition In agriculture at Cornell is free,
and the yearly expense of the student
ranges from $500 to $500. The -four
years course In agriculture Is designed
to afford an education as broad and lib.
eral as that given by other departments
of the university, and leads to the de.
gree of Bachelor of Science in Agricul
ture. The college farm occupies 122
acres of land, and it is well stocked
with dairy cows, sheep, horses, hogs,
and poultry. The dairy building is
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. Candidates
for admission to the Cornell agricultur.
al course must be ut least 16 years old
and pass examination in English, &c.
ography, physiology and hygiene. his.
tory Of the United States and England,
Greece or Rome, plane geometry, elc.
mentary algebra ana either Greek ol
Latin, aud French or German, or adj.
vanccd 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
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. in
which some serious journalistic work
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 process
sion of those who feed the world.