Middletown transcript., 1908-01-18
TWO WEEKS IN AGRICULTURE
Short Course Arranged at Delaware
College Beginning February I7tlI

ohUrl SOurse Arranged at Delawaf
College Beginning February l7ti
A short course in agriculture, to con
tinue two weeks. will open at Delawar,
College on February 18th, which will B.
open to all Delawareans wishing to i'm
prove their knowledge of scientific farm
ing. The object of This short course Is e
give some of the essential features Of
success in agriculture boiled down to gc
into the two weeks allotted.
The course comes at time when bust.
ness upon the farm is dull. The expense
is not great. The work has been so ar.
ranged that the first week will be given
up to the discussion of general subjects
pertaining to farming and suitable TO any
farmer, whatever his speciality. The
second weeks work will be given over
to special lines, including animal hus-
bandry, farm crops and fruit growing.
Every days work is planned out and
so arranged that any one may come at
any time during the two weeks. Ifthere
is some one thing in which person is
interested, he is invited to attend on that
day, or as many days as be can.
This course should appeal &c .lsse younS.
men on the farm who have decided to
follow agriculture as business, and have
neither the time nor the means for a
more expensive course in preparation for
this work to men actively engaged in
farming, who wish to better their oppor-
tunities and gain-the latest information
along their respective lines and to men
living in towns and cities who desire to
own and manage farms. Age is no bar.
rier. Anybody between the ages of l6
and 80 is welcome.
The program will be:
Monday, February 17th.-"Soils," for
nation, structure and composition, Prof.
Grantham agricultural Chemistry"
"Plant Life" The plant. The parts of
the plant. The uses of the various parts
and the conditions under which they
thrive, DR.. Cook veterinary Science"
relation of animal diseases to agriculture,
DR.. Dawson Entomology" lecture,
Prof. Houghton Sanitation of the
Farm" DR.. Dawson Farm Law"
lecture.
Tuesday, February 18th" Soils" lec-
ture, commercial fertilizers and barnyard
manure, Prof. Grantham agricultural
Chemistry" "Plant Life," lecture, Or,
Cook; veterinary Science" lecture.
How to administer medicines to animals,
DR.. Dawson; Entomology" lecture,
insects that infest domestic animals, Prof.
Houghton The balanced ration. What
it means, DIR. Dawson; "Farm Law"
lecture
Wednesday, February 19th.-Lecture,
on green manuring and lining, Prof.
Grantham /; Agricultural Chemistry )"
"Plant Life," Methods Of plant reproduc-
ton, DR.. Cook; veterinary Science"
treatment of wounds, DR.. Dawson EN-
tomology," Some of the most injurious
scale insects, Prof. Houghton; How to
feed the horse, DR.. Dawson "Farm
Law"
Thursday, February 20th-Insects in
furious to stored grain, Prof. Houghton;
Agricultural Chemistry Seeds; their
structure, vitality, termination and dis
oersal, DR.. Cook. Treatment of.coIics, DR..
Dawson; Crop rotation, tillage and drain
lge, Prof. Grantham; Typhoid on the
arm, DIR. Dawson.
Friday, February 2lst Lecture, Insects
INJURIOUS to orchard fruits, Prof. Hough-
on; Agricultural Chemistry" Distribu-
ion of plants over the surface of the earth,
Dr.. Cook; Treatment of emergency cases
n animals, DIR. Dawson; Maintenance of
oil fertility, Prof. Grsntham Anthrax,
and Forage Poisoning,
DR.. Dawson.
The course for the second week is diYi-
led into the sections Of field crops, and
horticulture, including fruit growth;
nd the section of animal husbandry.
my one of these sections or parts of any
r all OF them may be attended.
Tuition is free. No text books are re-
uired. Every student should be equip
ed with note book. Board and-rooms
nay be obtained in Newark for about $5
week. Board in the College Club
lill cost from $3 30 to 1915 per week.
he cost of the course can be kept very
ow, and those who wish to can no doubt
eep the cost down to $l2. The days
FORK opens at 9 A. NJ, and closes at 5
: NJ, and doubtless many living within
reasonable distance could travel back
nd forth every day by train. Any fur.
her information can be had by writing
D Delaware College at Newark.