The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-09
STUDY COURSE
FOR FARMERS
State Agricultural College Is
Busy Planning This Years
Session
NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS
ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WAY
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO
COVER THE ORGANIZATIONS
EXPENSES.

COf Ell IdE ORGANIZATIONS .
EXPENSES.
The trustees of the State Agricultural
College at New Brunswick are getting
in definite shape their plans for the es-
tablishment of short courses in agricul-
ture, under the terms Of the act passed
at the last session of the Legislature,
providing for the establishment of such
courses land arranging for the appropria-
ton of the necessary funds for the orr
ganization and maintenance Of such
courses. The act was approved March
%, 1905, and specifies the sum of $4,000
as the amount to be expended in the or
ganization of the courses, the construc-
ton of the necessary buildings. their
| equipment, ETC., and maintenance, and
also fixing at $500 the sum to be ap-
propriated for salaries. supplies and 9TH
er expenses of the department.
Although the amounts of the appropri-
| ations are fixed, the act provides that
the sums specified must first be appro-
priated in the annual appropriation bill,
out of the general revenues of the State.
The college must wait for the approprt-
alton bill of the Legislature of 1906, and
/ not until the necessary funds are actual
ly at the disposal of the Agricultural Col
lege trustees can the work be launched.
In the meantime. as contemplated by the
trainers of the act of March 25, 1905,
every possible arrangement is being
made and every plan outlined in antici-
patton Of the appropriations, so that
there will be no delay in acting promptly
and in accordance with completely form
ulated plans. 1t was well understood
1 that there would be need of time for this
preliminary work. and this explains the
deferring of the actual appropriation to
period year later than the enactment
of the original empowering legislation.
Soon after the enactment of the law
providing for the new department..
committee of trustees was appointed by
| the board of trustees to outline plan
| for the various short courses in agricul-
ture and kindred subjects. William Fl.
Il
Leupp, Of New Brunswick, was chair
man of the committee, and Professor
Edward B. Voorhees,. director of the
| State Agricultural Experiment Station,
! was made a member of the committee.
/ The law specified in mandatory terms
that the new department should offer
special instruction to students on soils,
crops, fertilizers. manures. drainage,
! farm machinery, farm buildings, breeds
of live stock, stock judging. animal dis
eases and remedies, production and hand
/ ling of milk and cream. the manufacture
| of butter and cheese. the growth of
fruits, berries; mana cement of orchards,
market garden and vegetable crops, and
insects injurious to the various plants;
diseases of plants, animal nutrition, in
cluding the use Of forage crops; cereal
grains, fine feeds and all other matters
pertaining to general and scientific lines
of farm practice
1t was the specialists in charge Of the
agricultural work at the State College
who inspired this specification Of the OBJ
\ ject of the new courses, with a view to
| providing to every one interested in any
way in farming for returns of practical
sort the opportunity of securing the spec
ial instruction of which he stood in need
at the smallest possible outlay of money
| and the least expenditure of time for the
satisfactory study of the topic on which
scientific and practical knowledge was
| desired.
/ In brief, the preliminary report and
suggestions Of the committee, were as
follows
"The sums provided for in the law are
$4,000 for buildings and equipments,
and $500 annually for maintenance and
Einstruction. In the estimates for instruc-
ton and maintenance presented to the
legislative committees, $4,000 was asked
for the payment Of instructors and ST.
500 for maintenance. The committees
were also Informed that the college farm.
and its equipment would serve in part
as material for instruction. that the new
buildings were to be erected on land ad-
joining the farm. and near enough to en-
able the school to take advantage of it..
The farm and its equipment are now in
charge of the experiment stations, and