The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-07
SHORT COURSES IN FARM WORK
South Dakota Agricultural School o.
fers Splendid Course Of instruction
for Farmers.


The state college OF agriculture ar
mechanic arts at Bookings has pre-
pared a series of short courses Ct In
struction in subjects pertaining t.
farm work that the farmers of Soutl
Dakota are urged to take advantage
OF. No special preparation Is re
quired. and there is no age limit. Per
sons desiring to take any OF these
courses are requested to register i'm
mediately.
The courses include two weeks
course in agriculture. including live
stock, farm crops, poultry and bees;
two weeks course in dairying, three
months course in d~airying, three
months course in horticulture, twelve
weeks course in home economics and
five months course in steam engineer.
ing. These courses are planned es'
pecially for the farmer and his fam
lily .
The course in agriculture includes
live stock breeding, feeding, Judging,
corn and grain grading, cleaning. judg-
ing and selection; poultry breeding,
feeding. finishing, selling and Judging;
Bookkeeping, management and market
ing. instruction begins Jan. 4.
The two weeks dairy course begins
Jan. 4. This course is for experienced
creamery men who cannot spare time
to take a longer course. 1t includes
buttermaking, creamery management,
dairy machinery. engines and boilers,
dairy business methods, starters. dali
ry bacteriology, etc.
The three months dairy course be-
gins Feb. /. Special practical instruc-
ton and training by experts is pro-
vided in dairy and creamery mathe-
MATES and bookkeeping, dairy farm
crops and management, factory man
agement, etc. The dairy department
has a dairy herd, and is equipped with
a factory in daily operation, affording
object lessons for dairy demonstra-
tons and daily practice.
The five months course in practical
steam engineering, by instruction
End practice, prepares the student
for the running Of traction engines
and other farm machinery. Satisfac-
tory completion Of this work secures
a college certificate which is practi-
cally equivalent to a license to run an
engine in South Dakota. Men taking
this course are enabled greatly to in
crease their earning capacity. This
course is divided into two terms-the
winter term Gan. 4 to March 20, 1909
includes arithmetic. civil government,
physics of steam, mechanical drawing
and blacksmithing. The spring term
March % to June 9, 1909 includes
algebra, physics steam engine lectures
drawing blacksmithing.
The special course in home eco
nomics begins Jan. 4 and ends March
This course is planned for the
mothers and daughters-the women
Of South Dakota. Cooking and sew
ing will be leading subjects in the
schedule of study and training
throughout the course.
Cooking-The instruction will in
clude: What to cook and how to
cook 1t. Special emphasis will be
given to easy and economical meth
DDS of cooking in order that time
labor and money may be saved in the
household. The preparation of the
common foods in both old and new
ways. thus enabling the h~ousekeeper
TO secure variety in the daily meals.
There will be careful study of starchy
foods, meats, fats, desserts, bread
making. bacteria, yeasts, molds, house
hold tests for adulteration of food, etc.
Fireless Cookery-How to make
and use the fireless cooker, and the
insulated wen or f~ireless baker. The
principle of fireless cookery as a saw
er of time fuel and heat can hardly
be ogerestimated.
Invalid Cookery and Home Nurs-
ing-The invalid tray, it's contents
and arrangement. In nursing there
will be considered the making of the
bed. baths bandaging, taking Of the
patients temperature, records, disin-
fe~ctants, antiseptics poisons and their
antidotes.
The House-A plan for a onven
lent house with ~step-saving, labor-re,
ducing devices. The furnishing and
adornment of the home.
Sewing-A course in plain sewing.
The making of a complete wardrobe.
Pattern drafting will be a leading
feature Of this course. Lessons will
be given in the use of the sewing ma
chine and its attachments.
Art and observation-disclosures who
so desire may arrange to take work
in Art and Handicraft, including bas-
kerry, etc.
Horticulture. home gardening, dairy.
ing, poultry culture and bee keeping
are included In the course.
Musie-Students desiring to take in.
strumental or vocal music can arrange
for the same by. paying a special fee
for individual instruction.