Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-30
A THREE-WEEKS' COURSE IN AGRI
CULTURE.
For Western Kansas Farmers Their
Sons and Daughters. Hays, Kan,
December 2 to Fl, 1912.

To young men and young woman in
western Kansas who haven't time to
go to college this is for you. A three
weeks course in practical agriculture,
stock judging, grain judging, dairy
ing, domestic science, poultry raising.
soils and crops, woodwork, black
smithing, farm bookkeeping, and kin
dred subjects especially adapted to
western Kansas conditions will be
offered December to 81 by the Kas-
sas Agricultural College in co-opera-
ton with the Branch Experiment
Station and the Western Kansas
Normal School. This school at Hays
will be convenient for you.
Many farmers and farmers boys
and girls in the Western part of Kan
sas cannot afford the time to come to
attend the ten-weeks' short courses,
but are eager to secure the ad-
vantages of some systematic instruc-
tion in farming. This three-weeks'
course will just fit their needs. 1t
comes at a time when the farm work
work is not pressing, and at
a time W hen the college can send its
best men to Hays to give the instruc-
ton in agricultural subjects.
Some important subjects taught
will be:
Soils.-A study of soil types, their
formation and relation to farming;
the relation of soils to water and how
the plants obtain water from the soil;
the why of tillage; the food plants
use; the vegetable matter of the soil;
the care and use of barnyard manure.
The fields and experimental plots
on the Experiment Station will be
used to illustrate this subject A
knowledge of the soil is necessary for
up-to-date methods in farming.
Crops.-A study of wheat, corn, and
sorghums, oats, barley and mis-
cellaneous crops, alfalfa, cowpeas,
Mexican beans, peanuts, and grasses.
The points discussed in reference to
there crops will be: improvement in
yield and qnality, adaptation to
locality, treatment for disease, time
and rate of seeding, rotations, arrange
ment of crops to economic in labor,
machinery and time.
The laboratory work will consist of
judging and examining these crops.
The samples will be on display at the
Experiment station.
Live Stock.-A study of the diff
ferent breed types of horses. cattle
and hogs, and the market type of
each breed: discussion of the live
stock best adapted to western Kansas
conditions, and the methods of feed
ing and handling thought best to in
sure success: the use of the SilO in
feeding; time TO market; and breed
ing associations.
The herds on the Station farm,
supplemented by stock from the
Agricultural College, will be used in
the stock-judging classes
Farm Poultry. A discussion OF
housing, feeding, breeding, incubat-
ing and brooding, diseases and
marketing as these factors apply &c
poultry on the western Kansas farm.
Dairying. - The Importance OF
dairying on the western Kansas farm
the feeding of the dairy COW, farm
dairy buildings, the silo and silage
raising the dairy calf, care and hand
ling of dairy products.
The college will furnish a number
of herds of dairy stock for Judging
purposes. Tests for fat, and the
handling of farm separators, will bt
demonstrated.
The Farm Garden.-The planning
of the farm garden, what to plant
how and when to plant; irrigation
preserving, canning, and storing oil
fruits and vegetables, will be discuss
ed.
The propagation of trees, shrubs
and other plants by layering, cutting
budding, and grating will be de
monstrated in the laboratory. Tht
Station gardens and nurseries will bt
visised and the different tees fol
farmyard planting discussed.
Blacksmithing and Wood~ork--A1
the Normal shops instruction will bt
given in these subjects. The student
will be taught how to care for hi.
tools and perform the simplest opera
tons in the working of wood and iron
Science Lectures.-The INSTRUCTORS
of the Normal School will give Z
series of lectures on physics, chemis
try, botany, and other subjects relat
ed to agriculture These lectures viii
be international and are intended t
n.