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pc form fundamental operations o
such wood working, forging, pip
fitting, etc. as Is needed on the ordil
aTy iarm. The student will taxi
apart, repair and put together brok
en- machinery, repair buildings, maxi
cement forms, mend harnesses, pin,
for water and steam, solder tin, wei,
iron, etc.
Mechanical Drawing
The drawing viii consist of learn
inr how to use drawing instruments
in order TO express accurately b.
drawing plans for repairs Of farm ma
ch.nery, new buildings and the like,
Applied Physics
This course is designed to acquain
the student with the more importan
natural laws affecting the farm prob
! lens in respect TO working OF machiI
cry, draft, pulleys, levers, water ant
air pressure. siphons, ventilation, cal
illarity and movement of soil mois
ture, electricity, gasoline and steam
engines, insulation, heating and re
! liberation etc.
Plant Breeding and Farm Crops
This will be a study OF the farm
crops OF Vermont, such as corn, po
tatoes, oats, barley, buckwheat, rye
miiet, grasses, clovers, etc. Life his.
tory OF plants, seed selection, breed.
ms, climate and soil requirements,
varieties, time and method Of seeding
cultlyating, prevention and treatment
OF disease, insect injury, marketing,
etc, will be considered.
Seeds: Determination Of amounts
of foreign matter and termination OF
grass and grain seed, caring for seed,
methods OF seeding, Identification Of
weed seed and association with
plants which produce them, methods
OF combating weeds, treatment OF
oats for smut and potatoes for scab
is included in this course
Agricultural Chemistry
In this course the student will
form such an acquaintance with
chemistry as will enable him to un-
derstand the constituent elements of
the soil, OF fertilizers, and OF plant
life The work will include study
of chemical changes, and an acquain-
lance with those elements and com
pounds important to agriculture.
Dairyine
Since Vermont is pre-eminently a
dairying state, no effort will be spar
ed TO make the work in this depart
ment complete in every respect The
work which will extend through the
second year will include the study OF
the secretion and composition OF milk
milk testing, production OF market
milk separation, butter and cheese
making, dairy sanitation, dairy bacter
iology, dairy husbandry, etc.
Landscape Gardening and Forestry
The purpose of landscape garden
ing is TO acquaint the student with
the salient features OF attractive
grounds and surroundings, arrange
ment OF buildings, making of walks
and roads, planting trees and shrub
berry. etc. Rural art will be studied
in It's relationship to the street and
school grounds, and all problems
that may be brought up by the stu
dent will be discussed. The course
in forestry will aim to give the stu
dent an idea OF the Importance OF
forests for building, fuel and paper,
also their relation to moisture, con-
scenery, etc. Exercises
will be given in tree planting and the
handling OF seedlings
Farm Insects
This will include a study OF those
insects with which the farmer should
become familiar; their life history
and functions, and the methods OF
prevention and control Of insect
pests. The work VIII be taken up in
the laboratory and in field practice
History and cVics
Every boy should become familiar
with the history OF our state and
country and with the various depart
ments of town. county and state and
national government. This, OF
course will be thorough and practic-
al and will extend throughout the sec
ond year
Farm Accounts
This course VIII give adequate
training in the keeping OF books and
will famiiarize the student with the
business documents.
Vegetable Gardening and Fruit Grow
ing
The course in vegetable gardening
will include a study of garden loca-
ton and layout, fertilization and till
age. seeds and seedage, tolls and gen
eral management. The culture, har-
vesting. marketing and uses OF the
important garden vegetables will be
discussed. Consideration will be
given to the fall, winter and spring
green house and cold frame crops.
Snecial attention will be given to
garden practice as early as possible
in the spring
The course of fruit growing will
treat Of the fundamental principles of
fruit growing, the selection of site
and soil, choice of varieties, planting
an orchard tillage and substitutes for
tillage. pruning, budding, grating,
and general management A careful
study OF the methods of picking, stor-
ing and marketing fruits will be Civ
en-. also a study of small fruits. Spe-
cial stress will be given to field work.
Farm Mechanics
This will include a study of farm
tools and machinery. Practice will
no ,riven in rpDafring broken machin-