Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-24
Large Preliminary Enrolment in Agri-
cultural Department.

Over $50 students have already err
rolled for the short course in agricuI-
ture at the University of Wisconsin
which opens Decembee 1. This pre-
llmlnary registration indicates that
the total enrolment when the course
opens will reach 400. The rapid growth
and great popularity of this work Is
the result of the recognition By the
farmers of the practical benefits to be
derived from employing the best meth
DDS in agriculture. One graduate Of
the short course, in reporting the re-
suits of his years farming, writes
eve have added from 40 to 45 per cent
to the production of our farm by prac-
ticing system of crop rotation; and
our dairy herd produces easily 30 per
cent more than it did before / took the
short course" The recognition of the
fact that the wise solution of the daily
problems confronting the farmer re-
quires special training, leads young
men to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity which the short course in agra
culture offers.
NEW OOOhoEO AND EQO1PMEN1s
The faculty and equipment Of the
college of agriculture has been consid-
erably enlarged by the appointment of
a number of new professors and in
structors, the erection of two new
buildings, and the establishment of
several new courses of study. It is
hoped to have the agricultural, engi-
neering building and agronomy build
ing ready for occupancy during the
short course. The work in agricul-
tural engineering will consist in in
struction in methods OF constructing
farm buildings including barns. silos
and poultry houses, and in the con
structlon, operation and care of farm
machinery. Cement and reinforced
concrete construction, now success
fully used on the farm as we'll as in all
other building, will form a part of the
work in farm mechanics. Farm book
keeping and business accounts, agrf-
cultural economics, and practical me-
chanics are also included in the course
Of study. The scope of the present
courses in the breeding, Judging, care.
and management of live stock, feeds
and feeding, veterinary science, soils,
farm dairying, agricultural bacUeri-
ology, and farm crops has beeu broad
ened to include the latest methods and
most recent developments in these
fields. 4 course in library work has
been added this year, and will consist
of consideration of methods of keep
ing files and records of valuable
articles from newspapers, agricultural
periodicals, state and government
bulletins, reports, and similar sources.
The aim of the course is to show
students how to maze the most effec-
tive use of information to be obtained
from books, papers, and bulletins.
SHOULD ENROLL EARLY.
Owing to the rapid increase in tie
number Of students in the short course
it is necessary that all those desiring
to attend the college of agriculture
for this work enroll at the earliest
possible date, so that adequate pro-
vision may be made for their instruc-
ton. Upon application Professor D.
II. Otis, College of Agriculture, Madi-
son, Wis, who has charge OF the short
course, will furnish information con-
corning the work to prospective stud
entS.
BUTTER AND CHEESE AWARDS.
A large number of entries of excep~
tionally fine grades of butter and
cheese we're sent to the college of
agriculture of the University of Wis
consin this month for the October
butter and cheese scoring contest. The
contests, with the resultant rivalry be-
tween farmers for first place, have
been instrumental in raising the
standard of dairy products of the
state. The awards in the butter con-
test were as follows First, W. J.
Field, Jefferson, 97.5; second, Frank
Shepherd. Boax, 81; third, BIB. Weber,
Beaver Dam, 96.5; fourth, Thomas
Netland, Deerfield. So. The cheese
scores were as follows: American
First, P. H. Kasper, Welcome, 98.5;
second, P. E. Cranston, Soldiers Grove,
1925; third, Ed Kahn erton, Freedonia,
90. Brick First, Caspar Anderegg, La
Cross, 1888: second, Louis Hosse, Oak
Grove, 9466; third, Charles Brink
mann, Coon Valley, %. Limburger-
First, Fred Blaser, Hollandale, 98.5.
Swiss First, Gottfried Vogel, Mount
Horeb, o. So