The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-04-24

OF the members Of the circuit contem-
plate taking a trip to Wisconsin or
possibly New York the middle OF next
month.
This circuit should certainly give
an impetus to the dairy industry. in
North Dakota and in itself should be
highly successful as New Salem is
recognized as being the best developed
dairy district in the state.
Professors Randlett and Waldron
have prepare for the state high school
inspector, who intends to embody them
in the forthcoming high school manu-
al the following outlines for the study
of agriculture and horticulture:
The schedule Of the semesters of
the work in agriculture is designed
to follow the years work in botany
and zoology which, as mentioned in
last weeks Spectrum, is outlined by
Professors Bolley and Bell. Below we
give the schedule in condensed form,
the detailed outlines Of the various
topics and laboratory exercises being
omitted.
The Schedule: Second Year.
First Semester. er.-Asricultura Ply
sizes; must be given by lecture method.
Discussions: Physical md chemical
principles underlying the subject ap-
piled to agricultural problems and
operations; elements of machines;
fluids and their, movements; energy
as. applied to farm problems; tilIage
operations, operations and implements
for the same; the construction and
ventilation of farm buildings; etc.
Second Semester-Agronomy (a)
Soils, first eight weeks; Kings "The
SoiP' maye be used as a text but will
need much adaptation by the teacher.
Discussions: Formation. classification
percolation, capillarity, aeration, irri-
cation, drainage, plant food and its
availability, fertilizers, etc. (b) Farm
crops, last ten weeks. Must be given
by lecture method. Discussions: His
tory varieties and types, market
grades, botanical relations, place in
rotation, approved method of cultiva-
tion, weeds, habits of growth, method
Of dissemination, methods of eradi-
cation or control, etc.
Third year.
Second Semester-Animal Husband
yr must be given by lecture method.
Discussions: Breeds and types; prin-
ciples of breeding; feeding; care Of
breeding; feeding; care and manage
ment; dairying; the Babcock milk
forms of bacteria, etc.
horticultural Work. -
Professor Waldron in compliance
with a request from the high school
inspector had also prepared an out
line for a semester's work in horti-
culture. 1t Is thought that this work
might be advantageously offered in the
first semester of the third year.
Professor Waldron in MS outline
says, in part: ' -.
Horticulture deals particularly with
the life functions and habits of plants.
These functions and habits are affect
ed by heat, light, moisture and plant
food, and further by plant manipula-
tion, such as pruning, grating, etc.
To produce rertain results by the con-
troll Of these agencies and by proper
manipulation is the object of the hor-
| ticulturist. The results TO Ibe OBJ
tained are size, fruitfulness, quality,
earliness, rapidity of growth. etc.
Teaching horticulture means to in
struct how to obtain these results.
The work may be done through the
text books and lectures with a suffi- =
cient amount of observation and work
with plants to fix the points in mind
and afford some manual skill.
The differenet principles discussed
may be illustrated by growing in the
schoolroom and garden. The following
general topics will naturally receive
attention:
First: termination. The conditions
necessary for termination and the
means of obtaining such conditions
in the soil may be illustrated by con-
crete examples. The development of
the plantlet should also be studied in