The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-15
THE ANIMAL COURSE
IN AGRIGUl TURE IN
NEXT TWO MONTHS
ANIMAL HuSBANDRY TO BE A
PART OF THE JANUARY
SUBJECTS.
TERM TO CONTINUE EIGHT WEEKS
Horticulture and Dsiryins Will Run
Parallel During February, the Sub.
jects Alternating Each Day-Three
Lectures, Two Afternoons.

Lectures, Two Afternoons.
The eleventh annual short course
in agriculture will be held at the Uni
versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Jan
uary ] to February "A, the first four
weeks being devoted to farm crops
and the latter four to horticulture
and daiTying The courses are free,
the only expenses to the students be-
ing for travel and board, aside from
few necessary materials which he
will find very useful at home after
the course is completed.
Anyone who can read and write is
welcome to all the privileges Of these
courses; and heretofore the age Of
Students has ranged from fifteen to
slxty-dve Yeas. most n them being
Young men, Over 400 students nave
taken tie short course since is in
cepuor. and all have found il Of great
arac41 value in their subsequent
fr1.a. operations. 1t is hoped that
this years ahon# course may attract
uma farmers tasu ever before. The
regular four years course in ag.lcal-
tare is rapidly becoming one Of the
most popular in the University eisn-
ty atgdalus befn enrolled in The col
.lase Of agriculture this year.
The practical character Of the
short course in agriculture NAY be
best indicated by the work Of a stu
dent during single day In the
course in hrtculture, Prof. Kefer
meets the class at eight o'clock for
discussion of the irish potato say.
Seed selection, soil, fertilizers, tillage
iand harvesting, first and second
crops are reviewed, with the methods
! employed by the most successful
growers. At nine Prof. Balm gives
an illustrated lecture on the diseases
lof the potato. He is followed at ten
by Prof. Bentley, with discussion OF
insects. The morning session closes
with a lecture on orchard manage
ment by Professor Keffer.
In the afternoon the class meets
at the University orchard and the en-
tire afternoon is spent in practice in
pruning peach trees.
This is but a single day. Alternat-
ing with the course in horticulture is
an equally practical course in dairy
ing, these courses running through
February. In January the courses
in animal husbandry and general ag-
Iriculture<are given.
As far as the subject will permit
every lecture in the short course Is
Illustrated by work on the part OF
the student. practical exercises in
corn Judging; milk testing; butter
and cheese making; the judging OF
cattle. horses, sheep and hogs; or
chard pruning and spraying, grating
and budding-the student passes
from one practical exercise to anoth-
ar his interest being thug main a-n
ed throughout
/ There is little text book work, and
there is no time in the short course
for fine SUN theory. The teachers
know well the conditions Of agTicul-
ture in every part Of Tennessee, from
their frequent service in farmers in
stftutes throughout the State, and
they are specialists, thoroughly oaali-
fed to help in the solution Of the
farm problems Of today.
No better expenditure could pc
made by the farmers of Tennessee
than IS involved in two months at
tendance at the short course in agri-
culture the coming January and Feb
ruary. one who cannot spend the
entire time there, viii be well repaid
if HE viii take a part Of the course
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