The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-01
The College Of Agriculture,
University State of Florida.

Prof. R. w. Clothier, of the De-
partment of Agriculture and Horticul-
ture of Florida Agricultural College,
gives the following reasons why now
IS good time to enter that institution:
The entire separation of the Expert
ment Station work from the work OF
instruction in the college of agriculture
places the instruction in the hands OF
men who can devote their whole time
to the needs of the students IN the de-
partment, while it in no way detracts
from the material available for instruc-
tive and illustrative work. The Statlon
work is carried on in such close prox-
unity to the work of the school that
every experiment may come under the
full and complete observation Of all
students, and the Stations full equip
ment in lands, barns, stock, library
and laboratories, may be drawn upon
to round out the mental development
coming from hard study in the lecture
room and class room. In this manner
a full comprehension Of the scientific
phase of agriculture is obtained and the
student becomes filled with the spirit
of scientific investigation, while at the
same time much practical knowledge is
obtained.
But this observation of experiment
station work and methods is but the
beginning of the practical instruction
to be given here The college owns "a
farm which is to be used solely for the
instruction of students. This farm is
at present undeve1oped and unequipped,
but it is in this very condition that
most rare opportunity is offered to the
sons of Florida farmers. Those young
men who enter the Agricultural Col
lege now will have an opportunity that
cannot be found today in any other
institution of its kind in the United
States. We plan to develop this farm
from the woods into splendidly equip
ped, model, paying farm. The students
during the next four years will have
the opportunity 'of making the prob
lens involved in bringing this about
their own problems, and they will have
the entire time of expert instructors
to assist them in the solution. While
students Of after years may find a beat
tiful farm equipped with everything
that helps to make farming a pleasur-
able as we'll as profitable business, the
students who enter now and identity
themselves with the work Of building
up this farm as it progresses will be the
ones who will reap the greatest benefit
from it.
The farm is admirably adapted to
vegetable growing and we hope to
have plant fully equipped for growing
lettuce under cover and with lrriga-
ton in operation next winter. Cucum-
bers, cantaloupes, egg plant and other
vegetables will be grown on CONNER
clal scale as soon as we can get the
ground prepared for them.
A model farm residence is planned,
to be surrounded by model farmyard
This will furnish rare opportunity for
teachers interested in the movement to
teach agriculture in the public schools
as we'll as the general ame1ioration Of
conditions surrounding rural home life
to study the problem of inexpensive
home Improvement according to the
best principle of landscape gardening,
while at the same time it will give
valuable suggestions to the young farm
er who is contemplating beginning a
home for himself Near the residence
will be plot devoted to orchard pur-
poses. 1t is intended that this orchard
be demonstrative in character, rather
than commercial, and we hope, there
fore, to place in it all the varieties OF
Florida fruits possible to be grown in
this latitude
The larger part Of the farm will be
devoted to the problem OF developing a
system Of general farming profitable in
this part Of Florida. The building of
sanitary dairy barns, horse barns, si1os,