The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
S1.00 Per Year
THE STATE COLLEGE At PULLMAN
Several Short Courses of Instruction for
fruit Growers, General Farmers and
Others-Praotioal Work

The short courses for stockmen,
dairymen, general farmers, and fruit
growers will open at the state college
on January 4, and for twenty weeks
thereafter will continue, the time being
divided into two terms of ten weeks
each. Instruction, complete in every
detail, will be given in lectures and
laboratory demonstrations by members
of the college faculty and experiment
station staff, as well as by special lee
turers whose qualifications on agricul-
tural topics are based on years of sue
cessful practice and valuable training in
farming, orcharding, dairying, the man
agement of livestock, poultry raising,
and kindred lines of agricultural work
of interest to persons who would farm
most successfully and properly and
know the why's and wherefores of what
is done
Limited previous schooling will bar
no one, the short courses being offered
to men of any age who are unable to
take one of the longer courses. Young
men past school age are specially urged
to attend. The instruction, of course,
is intended to help men already in
practical work, the time being too short
to finish unframed men. Persons en-
rolling may choose the subjects they
wish, though the members of the in
structional staff will gladly offer advice
whenever it is desired. There are no
fees. Text books will cost not in ex-
cess of SO to SIS. Board will cost
from SIS to So week.
Horticulture = Thirty lectures and
twenty field and laboratory demonstra-
tions will be given during the first term
of ten weeks, covering the entire field
of horticulture, from the propagation
of the stock to the mature, proftably
bearing trees in the orchard. Thirty
lectures and twenty field and laboratory
demonstrations will be given during the
second term Of ten weeks, covering the
subjects of varieties, methods of thin
ming, harvesting, packing and market
ing, pruning and grating.
Beginning January 81 will be spe-
cial two-week course in horticulture for
the benefit of those who cannot spend
more time from their home and work.
This course, which is intended more
particularly for new comers- persons
who have had little or no experience
in western horticulture, but who wish
to keep posted on the most approved
methods for growing and handling fruit
will give a complete review of fruit
growing work in the West for the year;
noting specially new and improved va
rieties, Improvements in machinery,
including at the same time the funda-
mental principles of fruit work. Persons
taking this course will devote their en-
tire time to fruit work, and should come
prepared to do practical orchard work,
regardless of weather conditions.
The subjects given will include In
sect Pests and Plant Diseases, relating
to the more common insects and plant
diseases of importance to fruit growers;
Fruit Packing, given for the benefit OF
those who desire to become more able
to grade and pack fruit; Nursery Work,
including lectures and laboratory work
upon the propagating Of all kinds OF
nursery stock; Orchard Work, relating
to planting, pruning, thinning, spray
ing, and the general management OF
orchards; Vegetable Gardening, deal
ing with the construction and manage
ment of cold frames, hot beds and sand
boxes, including home and vegetable
garden work.