Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-12-06
INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED
HORTICULTURAL COURSE
Full List Of Subjects to be Taken Up and The Requirement.
To be Met if kandiyohi County i. to Have Short
Course Winter School for Fruit Growers.

establishments for demonstration pur-
poses.
Z. Write a letter to the Secretary OF
the Agricultural Extension Division,
University Farm, st. Paul, asking for
dates for the school.
Plan Of the School
The plan is to secure six points. with
in easy travelling distance of each 9TH
er. Thus the instructors could give the
work for the first day on the appended
program, at point A on Monday BY
travelling Monday night. the same work
could be given at Point on Tuesday.
In this way the first week Of the In
structor's time would be taken up with
this line of work. During the second
week, the same routine would be car
ried out with the second days work.
The consecutive divisions of the work
could be carried out in succeeding
weeks. This would make the entire
course in community cover six weeks
of one day each and would require the
six Institutional visits of the teaching
force. During the intervals between the
visits, those taking the work will study
from texts and practical exercises as
signed by the instructor during his Wis
it.
two dollar enrolment fee will be
collected from each person taking the
work. This will be used to defray the
cost of a suitable textbook for the stu
dies. and of propagatins and other tools
for the demonstrations. The books and
tools will be furnished as needed by the
instructor The unused balance Of the
amount will be returned at the end of
the school year.
The work during each day will be in
the form of lectures, demonstrations
and discussions During the evening,
when and where possible, it is planned
to give an illustrated and popular talk
on some phase of horticultural work.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
1st Session.
minnesota VS.. the West in Fruit-Grow
ing"
Status of and Possibilities in Fruit and
Truck Growing in the State"
Relation of Fruit-Growing and Vege-
table Gardening to the General Farm
err"
Lantern slide illustrations Of Minne-
sofa and Western scenes will be used.
Organization.
Question Box.
Assignments for the ensuing week
and. Session.
FORENOON
Establishing the Fruit Plantation"
(a) Tree Fruits.
(b) Small Fruits
Site, soil and it's preparation.
Laying out (a) and (b)
Planting (a) and (b)
When? How done?
Stock (a) and (b)
Grades Of
Where to obtain.
Importance Of right condi-
ton.
Varieties (a) and (b)
AFTERNOON
Demonstrations.
Grades of nursery stock.
! Laying out an orchard.
! Planting a tree-a strawberry plant
| Grafting-root or whip.
Side cleft.
| Common cleft.
| Budding CD
| Assignments for ensuing week.
! Il tNlN1.
Illustrated lecture on phases of work
! taken up during the day.
3rd Session.
| MORNING
| (a) Tree Fruits
! % Small Fruits
Cultivation (a) and (b)
How? When? Tools?
Pruning (a)
How? Mechanics of pruning.
When? Principles of pruning.
How much? Is pruning neces
sary?
Thinning (a) and 90
Related to pruning.
Benefits of.
How and when done?
| Spraying (a) and (b)
! Spray calendar for Insects ant
Plant. diseases.
! AFTERNOON
| Demonstrations.
Pruning.
Spraying.
Assignments for the ensuing week.
EVENING
illustrated lecture on "Orchard ant
18th Session.
FORENOON
| The Farm Vegetable Garden.
Site
Soil-fertilizing, preparation.
t Laying out.
What to plant-varieties.
When to plant principles underlying.
t Devices.
Observation-Disclosures.
t Management of.
: Transplanting.
3 Cultivating.
2 Harvesting and "cleaning up
AFTERNOON
l Market Gardening
, | Lectures-to be suited 20 local require
r ments.