The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-24
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COURSE OF STUDY.
Agronomy.


much time as possible will be devoted
to some of the most important crops:
as corn, cotton, small grain, alfalfa,
pastures and forage. Lectures and
practice, five hours week.
Equipment and Facilities for Work.
The college farm and experimental
plots, with all the growing crops
Improved implements, experiments,
and teams will be available for inspec'
ton and study. The soil laboratory
and grain judging room, with germina-
ton boxes and other apparatus to study
the various questins under discus
sion.
Animal Husbandry.
Breeds and Breeding-The history,
characteristics and description of the
principal breeds of beef and dairy
cattle, sheep, swine and horses. The
adaptation of different breeds for
special purposes, the care of breeding
animals, the principles of breeding.
Feeds and Feeding.-The principles
which underline successful stockfeed
ing, the compounding of rations for
special purposes, stock judging. Lee
lures and practice, five hours a week.
Equipment.
The equipment consists of three
breeds of horses, a registered Jack
mule and horse colts, six breeds of
cattle two breeds of hogs ten breeds
of poultry, a modern horse and cat
tie barn with round silos.
Dairying.
Farm Dairying.-In this course the
students will be given lectures and
practical work in the elementary prin
ciples Of
% Selection, care and manage
ment of the dairy cows The import
ance of selection and Mes fnt will
be shown by study of@tne different
types of cows, by the use Of properly
kept records, and by practical work in
the barn.
(2) Care and handling Of milk and
| its products. Lectures and practical
work are given on the secretion OF
milk. methods of milking, the testing
of milk and it's products, system OF
Dreaming, rfpening the cream, churn-
| ing and making butter.
Lectures and practice, five hours d
week.
Dairying.
A Special Course.-This course is
intended especially for those who
make a business of producing milk
and butter for the market. This
course will include botn lectures anc
practical work on the following sub
jects:
Breeding and selection of dairy.
Feed, care and management of dair!
cows.
Diseases Of the dairy COW.
Forage crops and pastures.
Milk and it's products.
Practical Instruction.-Only a lin
tied amount of time will be devoted
to lectures and theoretical work, hu
, the student will be required to devote
, a large part of each day to 9rartica
AID laboratory work.
Dairy Equipment.
Dairy buildings. The dairy build
ing which has recently been erected
at cost of about $4,000 is equipped
for the training of farmers and stud
e1ts in the art and scion Of dairy
ing. The farm dairy room is fitte'
I'D with the different makes of SCI
alators. churns, butter WORKER, Bal
cock testers. and other eqnipnen
rceded in a first-class 1airy. The IA
10 atories afford excei4lt facilities
for tea-ing milk and for Oh determ
atiop Of the adultersti1l g. milk BY
the use of Babcotk test ard the lac
toneter The reading room in tn
dairy building contains the leadln9
jairv journals and the Bulletins from
nc various agricultural eA2erimer[
stations and the Depa"'3i'r' OF Agrl-
ouItule relating to da:"T subjects
nlego aia accessible TO Ga'. students
as well as the well oqui 1ped libraries
o. the college and experiment sta'
ton
The dairy barn is also a new hnlid-
arg and is conveniently arranged for