The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-12
STATE coLLrGf AT PULLMAN
Further Information as to free Courses
of Instruction for Farmers

struction given at the State College at
Pullman. Following is further inform
alton along the same lines. The field
work and laboratory demonstrations are
free. Board costs SIS to SO a week,
while text books cost not to exceed
SIS. Limited previous schooling bars
/ no one. The instruction is for men Of
any age who are in practical work and
who can devote time to this matter.
ACCOMMODATING the first or sec
ond terms Soils will be the subject of
thirty lessons with supplementary lab
oratory work, largely with reference to
conservation Of moisture, maintenance
of soil fertility, the rotation Of crops,
tillage, and general management for
the most profitable crop production.
Crop Production will be treated in a
similar way, referring particularly to
/ crops best adapted to Washington CON
ditions, soil and climatic requirements
Of leading crops, preparation for seed
ing, subsequent care, harvesting and
storing.
A useful course will be one in Farm
j Mechanics, Rural Engineering and
Rural Architecture, in which will be
given instruction in the principles of
draft, care Of farm machinery, planning
farm barns, construction Of silos, land
drainage and road construction. Twenty
lessons and ten laboratory periods will
be devoted to this subject. In Farm
Practice twenty lessons will be given,
relating to selecting, planning and
equipping the farm, types Of farming,
methods Of management, labor prob
lens, farm organization, and the bust
ness side Of farming.
Thirty lessons and twenty laboratory
periods during the first and second
term will be devoted to Animal Form,
in which will be considered the origin,
characteristics, distribution and adapta-
bility Of the leading breeds OF livestock
Yin scoring and judging the various
types and breeds work will be offered
so far as representative animals can be
secured. Thirty lessons and twenty
laboratory periods will be devoted to
Breeding and Management during the
first and second term, in which leading
subjects will be breeding, feeding and
management of the various classes Of
livestock as applicable to Washington
conditions Special attention will be
given to the problems of Washington
stockmen, which may be brought up.
Dairy Husbandry - The courses
given in the care of milk and its pro-
ducts will be made especially strong by
the recent acquisition by the college of
a fine herd Of twenty-seven grade dairy
COWS, the products of which are now,
and will continue to be, used by the
college boarding clubs for students.
The handling and care of the large
quantities of milk from this herd will
offer splendid opportunities for practi-
cal instruction in the production of
milk and milk products, the proper dis
posal of by-products, methods Of test
ing to determine the properties of
milk, handling milk for city trade, pro-
cesses Of butter and cheese making,
special uses of milk and milk products,
ice cream making, the use of the sepa-
rator, care and preparation of cream for
churning, working, printing, judging,
and marketing butter. The instruction
in dairying will be especially complete,
including lectures upon the construc-
ton of dairy barns, arrangement and
construction of floors, stalls, windows,
handy stable devices, and silo and milk
house construction. Attention will be
given to cheese making on the farm,
making cottage cheese, and curing,
Judging and marketing cheese.
Included in the dairy husbandry
courses will be instruction in the care
of domestic animals with reference to
preventing disease, treatment OF com
mon ailments. Other instruction will
be in chemistry, simple studies of
plants with reference to fertilization,
studies Of insects with reference to
controlling them, bacterology with ref
erence to bacteria in milk, cheese,
and other dairy products; and for those
who desire it, little practice in speak
ing and writing simple English cor
rectly. Simple lessons will be offered
for those weak in arithmetic.
In Poultry Raising instruction will
cover selection and breeding, Matching
and rearing of chicks, production of
eggs, treatment of disease, instruction
in building poultry houses, sanitation,
breeds Of fowls, marketing, etc. This
work will be conducted by Mr.. H. L.
Blanchard, a poultry raiser Of wide ex-
perience, who is now poultry expert
for the Western Washington Expert
ment Station.
F. H. Hutchings was a visitor to