Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06

the verge of the dry belt. Many go
too far--to their loss and financial
ruination. Many struggle in vain.
barely holding their own. The col
lege cannot teach you how to produce
crops without moisture. but It can
help you to understand and to study
the underlying principles Of soil man
ipulation and the conservation of soil
moisture, and acquaint you with the
best practices, so that you can better
understand your own limitations.
The real estate shark conjures in
catch phrases and methods so as to
unload his land upon the unwary, but
the college warns and encourages and
helps you to understand, and leaves
the rest to your own Judgment.
Livestock Judging.
The day of the range is nearly
done. The boundless plains have
come under the sovereignty of barb
ed wire. Only the high mountain
areas and forest reserves are left.
Alfalfa fields have taken the place
of the sagebrush desert, and the pro-
duction of meat through careful
breeding and feeding has taken the
place of spontaneous growth. The
college has just produced a steer
taken as a calf from the Snake river
hills, weighing at p months, 1925
pounds. 1t is one of a bunch almost
as good. This was done with ordi-
nary feed as produced on the ordi-
nary farm, only providing that there
should be no step backward. The
whole question of profitable produc-
ton of meat-whether beef pork,
mutton, or poultry-is a question of
brains--of knowledge or practical
experience. 1t rests upon approved
principles and practices, and no man
who is deyoting himself to stock
production can afford to lose any op-
portunity for studying the problem.
The lessons given in these classes are
practical. Typical animals are
brought into the livestock pavilion
into the presence of the class, and
are studied. Each student takes his
score card and expresses his analyti-
cal Judgment thereon This judg-
ment is examined and discussed, the
object being to mature the Judgment.
Problems Of breeding, handling and
feeding are studied. 1t will be ten
weeks of practical work and study.
/. Soils-Twenty lessons with
supplementary laboratory work,
Origin and classification of soils,
physical properties of soils, conser-
walton of moisture, maintenance of
soil fertility crop rotation, tillage,
etc.
2. Dry Land Farming-Ten les
sons. Where feasible and where
hazardous or impossible; organiza-
ton of extensive systems of farming
acreage, equipment and capital es-
sential to success; methods of tillage
to conserve moisture most success
fully, and avoid danger of drifting or
winter pudding so common in semi
arid regions; the Campbell method
of dry land farming; seeding and
harvesting dry land crops; improving
drouth-resistant varieties; combat
ting noxious weeds.
3. Crop Production-Thirty les
sons with supplementary laboratory
work. Crops best adopted to Wash
ington conditions, their soil and eli
matte requirements, preparation for
crop, seeding, subsequent care,
harvesting and storing.
4. Farm Mechanics, Rural Engi-
neering and Rural Architecture
Twenty lessons. Principles of draft,
care Of farm machinery, planning
farm barns. construction of silos,
land drainage and road construction.
5. Farm Management-Twenty
lessons. Selecting, planning and
eouipping a farm, types of farming
methods of management, labor prob
lem. farm organization-the business
side of farming.
Animal Production.
I. Animal Form or Stock Judging
Thirty lessons. Twenty laboratory
periods. Origin, characteristics, dis
tribution and adaptability Of the
leading breeds of livestock. Prac-
teal work in scoring and judging the
various types and breeds so far as
representative animals can be secur-
ed.
2. Breeding and Management
Thirty lessons. Twenty laboratory
periods. Breeding, feeding and man
agement of the various classes oil
livestock as applicable to Washing