Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-15
Notes From the College Of agriculture.


Many farmers in southern and cen
trail Wisconsin who have drained
marsh or swamp lands have been dis
appointed in the quantity and quality
of crops they have yielded. Profes-
sor F. III. King of the Wisconsin EN-
pertinent Station has been making a
special study of these swamp lands in
an effort to find the cause of the trou-
BILE. All farmers and others owning
or interested in swamp lands should
read this bulletin. 1t will be sent
free to all who request it. Write to
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Madison, Wis, calling for Bulletin
No. 80, treating of marsh soils.
ENLARGING THE DAIRY BuHDIlG.
The total enrolment of the college
of Agriculture for the current year
numbers $50. Many students were
turned away from both Dairy and
Short course for lack of accommodate
tions. The attendance in the Dairy
course numbered ll9; the building
was originally constructed for 100
pupils The last legislature made
provisions for charging the dairy
building and part OF the intended
additions are nearly completed.
There is now nearly completed cen
trial heating plant for the college of
Agriculture with boiler accommoda-
tions Of $40 horsepower Over the
boiler room are rooms with equipment
for instruction in the care and man
agement Of creamery boilers. engines,
pumps; arrangements are also made
for instruction in pipe-cutting, belt
lacing, soldering, etc. Other con
templated additions include instruc-
ton rooms for the manufacture Of
brick and Swiss and other special
brands of cheese, the enlargement of
the pasteurzing room. arefrigcrating
plant, etc.
TIE SHORT Course ~ AGRICULTURE.
The attendance in the Short course.
the young farmers course Of inStruc-
ton, numbered 25l the present year.
About 50 students will receive certili-
Gates, having completed the course.
These students will occupy the period
between March oh and l1th. IN visit
lng the leading stock farms 81 Wis
cousin: the railroad companie, pluvid-
in special cars for the trip. The
Agricultural college i, making 4 spec
ial effort to drill It's students in the
judging care and management Of
livestock, in the effort to place Wis 1
consin at the front as livestock |
state.
That farmers appreciate the work
OF the Agricultural college is shown
by the numerous calls FIR young men
who have attended The school. This
year about 60 of the students desired
to find places on farms as workmen,
private dairymen, hcrdsmen and
managers. There have been two calls |
for every one wishing a position and
as consequence all of the students
have found places and many remain
untitled. The applications for stu
dents came from all parts of the coun-
try, from the Atlantic ocean on the
east to the Pacific on the west and the |
Gulf on the south. Many of the stu
dents attending the school are young
men who have no means of getting on |
in the world excepting what they may
earn through their own eXertions.
When young men Of this class who
attend the school are Jealous and |
faithful the help VIII ch the school /
gives them enables them to easily in |
crease their earning powers from 20
to 30 and in some cases even 100 per
cent Many Of the young farmers in
attendance are ambitious to occupy
the home farm after completing the
course; the training which they re-
eeive at our university should enable
them not only to become good farm
ers but useful citizens in the highest
degree. We are already registering
applications for the next term. which
opens the last Of November, 1900
w. A. HENRY,
Dean COLLEGE of Agriculture.