Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
anT COURSE AT WASH
sHo" INGToN STATE COLLEGE
school of Agriculture, Horti-
culture and Domestic Science
Ian. 2 to March 10.
,,o,v,ng is a general summary

~ az will be held at the Washing
WIS ctote College, January toI
March 10. ,a,-.,n
~ from text books, assigned
,,nos in the library and lectures.
aocompanied by laboratory work in
Greenhouses, orchard, barns,
icing pavilions, and departmental
.e.otories. is offered in each of five
,ao,nal lines: Fruit Growing, Soil
management and Crop Production,
rorm Dairying, Animal Production
I'D household Management. In ad-
alton to the specialized work in
thoso subjects, instruction will also
- offered in the following general
a,,hiects. Home Treatment of Ac-
oidants and Diseases of Farm Ami
,o1s plant Growth, Farm Insects,
porm Bacteriology, Farm Accounts,
and the Chemistry of Plant and Ami
NAL Life. 1t is expected that GER
.oin of these general courses will be
taken by all persons enrolled in this
oroup. and the remainder of each
students work taken in some one of
the five principal special lines enum-
Grated above.
At the conclusion of each course
of study. a written examination COW
ering the work of the course will be
given, and certificates showing the
work which has been satisfactorily
completed will be given to all who
desire them.
It will be impossible for any one
TO take all the work here outlined.
It is hoped that many students in
these short courses will come to the
college for more than one winter
school session, taking in a second or
third year the work which cannot be
covered the first year
The following brief descriptions of
the courses which are offered indi-
cate in general the nature of the
work and the kind of information
which may be derived from them.
Fruit-Growing.
No one realizes any better than the
college the real problems that the
prospective fruit-grower must meet,
ond tboy, ORC Offoripcr +bor, 4,,,rc,c
in practical fruit-growing in order
that every one interested may have
an opportunity to fit themselves for
this work
One course of this work will prepare
a man to prune his own orchard.
grade and pack his own fruit, top
work trees that need changing and
manage intelligently a small orchard.
z One-half of the battle is fought
when the fruit is produced. 1t is
the end of the battle in picking,
packing and marketing that brings
the victory. The college realizing
this, has employed specialist to
study these problems and give the
students the benefit of the best prac-
tee. Mr. Bierly, a graduate of Cor
nell, gives his entire time to inyesti-
eating and teaching this subject,
This course comes regularly in the
second course of ten weeks. No
fruit-grower can afford to miss it.
l. Fruit rOwing-Includes thir-
ty lessons and twenty field and labor
atory demonstrations. Covering the
entire field of fruit growing from the
propagation of the stock to the ma
ture trees in the orchard. Labora-
tory work illustrating each step will
be given in the greenhouse, nursery
and orchard
:. Preparation of Fruit for Market
Thirty lessons and twenty field and
laboratory demonstrations. Cover
ing the field of varieties, methods of
thinning, harvesting, packing and
marketing the fruit. Laboratory
work illustrating different phases of
the work will be given so far as pos
sible.
). Vegetable Gardening-Thirty
lessons and twenty garden and green
mouse demonstrations Covering the
construction and management Of cold
frames, hot beds and hand boxes, the
selection of varieties, methods of pro
pagnation, cultivation and prepare
uon for market. Special attention
VIII be given to home and vegetable
garden work, as we'll as commercial
market gardening.
ooil Management and Crop Produc-
ton.
America has wasted her lands.
EUROPE, after a thousand years OF
cultivation has better lands than ever
before. 1t is criminal to destroy the
SOIL. 1t is also unnecessary and fool
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