The Republican journal., 1907-09-12

of soils as related to tillage and fertili-
cation; in fact, on every conceivable
subject connected with agriculture, in
Guiding all kinds of special crop farm
ing, animal industry, plant and animal
breeding, economic entomology, and
forestry, and these books may be OBJ
tanned by the publishers whose names
and addresses follow. In their cata-
logues, interesting books in themselves,
sent free on application by postal card,
are given full descriptions of the books
named in the course and directions for
ordering them. Agricultural publishers
and addresses follow:
Orange Judd Co.. 439 Lafayette ST., n. Y.
D. Van Nostrand Co., % Murray ST., n. Y.
John Wiley & Sons, 43 East Nineteenth
n. W. Henley Pub. Co., 1872 Nassau ST., N.
Y.
Mum & Co., 361 Broadway, N. Y.
At the end Of the course of study the
writer has appended list of courses
with number of texts on each subject
these taken from only one of the cata-
logues above-and these courses it will
be- seen are beyond the limits of the
four year course. These might be
known, whether or not the Waldo Ag-
ricultural School ever exists in fact as
we'll as in spirit, as graduate courses.
Then at the very end is sort OF
index, an idea in civic improvement
that may be found useful. This index
keys practically the sum total of the
literature of human industry, both
textual and periodical, and to an extent,
foreign and domestic, so that for the
purposes of an industrious and serious
minded youth of the Benjamin Frank
lin type there is in this tiny bit of
definite and essential information the
source of knowledge which may trans
figure life.
THE WALDO AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
COURSE OF STUDY.
With texts used and suggested and a
few preliminary remarks:
l. Books are to be owned by the
students and subjects rather than
books are to be studied. The
United States Department of Ag-
rlculture will afford this opportu-
nifty in its publications.
II. The possession OF all books
is advised, and two under each sub
ject are prescribed.
III. The periodical literature of
each subject should he sampled.
The Trade Press List will afford
this opportunity.
". New texts by experts from
various publishers, the results Of
modern experience, are to be
watched for in the catalogues as is
sued.
V. There are two stages in the
requirement of useful and orna-
mental knowledge,-th recognition
stage and the reproductive stage.
To attain the latter is not easy, but
it is matter of time and applica-
ton only and all may attain to it.
The reproductive stage in the &C
quirement of knowledge once reach
ed means that the student has so
saturated his mind in particular
subject that he is perfectly at home
no matter from what direction an
antagonist in controversy may at
tack him.
VII. The school cannot hope to
install as mental furniture all the
knowledge comprehended under the
subjects offered 1t can only hope
by judicious presentation of the
subject so to awaken and inspire
interest that the student may be
stimulated to pursue his study of
his own accord beyond the formal
teaching of the school, in his own
home and in his after life.
FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS AND TEXTS.
/. Geology:
Editions Of Holt n y.
Rocks and Soils: stockbrdge, 2s2 PIP, $3.50.
2. Government;
Bryce's American Commonwealth. Vol.
3. Algebra and Geometry;
Editions of Macmillan.
f. English and American History:
Green's Short History OF the English People.
FlSke's Serles,n American History.
5. English Literature and Composition.
Moody and Lovett; scribner.
HIPS Rhetoric.
b. EHSilSH Tralnlldr anu LdtlN:
Raub's English Grammar.
Latin Elements in English.
SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS AND TEXTS.
/. General Principles of Agriculture:
The Principles of Agriculture. Bailey, $50 PIP +,
SIPS.
Agriculture, Jackson, 4o2 PIP, 81 50.
2. Botany:
Editions of Holt.
An Elementary Text Book for Schools, Bailey,
355 PIP, Sl.l0.
3. Physics
Wentworth and Hill: CHM, Boston.
Physics of Agriculture King, 604 pp., S1.75.
Soil Physics and Laboratory Guide, Stevenson,
100 PIP, soc.
4. Chemistry:
Newell's Descriptive Chemistry, Heath, Boston.
The Chemistry of the Farm, Warrington, 100 pp,
$1.00.
Agriculture, Relations with Chemistry, storer,
8 Vol $500.
Practical Farm Chemistry, Greiner, 1863 pp.,
Sl.OO.
5. Farm Accounting:
Systematic Bookkeeping for Farmers, Baird,
$1.00.
Treatise on Farm Accounts, Myrick, 40 pp ,
25c.
Farm Records Boehne, 1925.
6. Zoology:
Editions of Holt.
THIRD YEAR SUBJECTS AND TEXTS.
l. Economic Entomology:
Injurious Insects of Farm and Garden, Treat.
296 pp., 81 so.