The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-09

run concurrently.
'srhe law does not fix any conditions
for entrance upon the courses, and. while
primarily intended for farmers sons
from fifteen to twenty-one years of age,
it is desirable that they should be open
for all citizens of the State. as provided
in other States, who can read and write,
and are Of good moral character. Upon
the satisfa ctory completion Of the course
the student will receive a certificate to
that effect.
The instruction must be practical,
and would require: 1, instructors; 2,
fixtures, apparatus and illustrative ma
terial; 3, laboratories and lecture-rooms.
'4The number of instructors required
may be indicated as follows: One in
structor in dairying and butter making.
one instructor in farm crops and man
agement. one instructor in animal hus-
bandry and stock Judging, one instructor
in fruit and market garden crops, one
instructor in fertilizers and manures, one
instructor in entomology and botany.
two general assistants, including engi-
neer. The compensation for each would
naturally vary, but the total cost should
not exceed $4,000.
'There would also be required one OF
two general assistants for the prepara-
tion of material. care of animals and
supervision of buildings and apparatus.
The cost of instruction is difficult one
to estimate, if competent instructors are
to be engaged for period of three
months. There should be at least one
man capable of directing and surveying
the whole work, who should be engaged
by the year. The remainder for the spec
fled periods included in the courses.
'The fixtures, apparatus and nlustra-
| tive material should include farm ma
chinery, separators, sterilizers, dairy ap-
paratus, animals of the different breeds,
as cattle, horses, swine and poultry, and
! specimens of the various kinds and va
rieties Of farm crops. The fixtures, in
cluding boiler and engine to suppl the
necessary power and heat and furnish
| iuCs for 4ba lobnrn +o%.;o~ opd oIo e.-ooY,,,
of the various departments, should re-
quire minimum of 5000; animals and
other illustrative materials, $500; main
tenance of animals, care of buildings ana
cost of supplies, including purchase of
mile for creamery, $500.
'.A building or buildings providing a
pavilion for stock judging, milk dairy,
creamery, laboratories for testing milk,
cream and butter, and lecture rooms fer
the different instructors, all equipped
with the necessary fixtures anc appara-
tus. these are the necessary buildings.
They should contain sufficient space for
the purposes above mentioned, and be so
| arranged as to include all of the required
work. A combined building for the vari-
Gus purposes, which would be temporary
in character, could probably be erected
at a minimum cost of $4,000.
st IS quite possible that in the begin
ming. at least, the agricultural lecture
rooms in the New Jersey Hall may be-
utilized, thus affording opportunities for
students in the regular agriculture and
other courses to take such lectures as
they may elect, not conflicting with their
regular work. Previous to April /, 1908,
when it is hopel the funds will be avail
| able. the plans for the buildings should
| be drawn, the estimates received for
their construction and equipment, the
definite courses of instruction planned,
in order that the work on the buildings
may be begun, and the courses of in
struetion offered may be advertised as
soon as the funds are available.
sAs the work contemplated is not in
cluded in any of the college courses, it
becomes necessary TO appoint at an early
date a person or persons who shall come
under the direction Of the trustees, plan
| the buildings, secure estimates for their
construction and equipment, provide for
the purchase of illustrative material ano
determine upon the courses to be offered,
plan the curriculum in detail and make
arrangements for advertising the courses
and for securing competent instructors.
1t is probable that all the recommen-
| dations embodied in the last paragraphs
Of the report will be acted upon by the
trustees at their next stated meeting,
which win be in the course of few
weeks.
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