The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-26
Soils, Field Crops, Animal Husbandry.
Cooking, Sewing, Carpentry and
Forging May Be Taken.
ALL THE CLASSES ARE FREE
Made Possible By State Aid Of $4,000
Given to Bemidji Under the
Putnam Act.

An agricultural short course, desie-
mated especially for boys and girls
whose homes are on the farm, will
| be given in the Bemidji High school
from January Z to February 20 in
elusive. The course is made possible
by the state aid given Bemidji under
the Putnam act and was designed
principally by w. P. Dyer. superin-
tendent, and A. E. Nelson, agriculture
list.
A sixteen page booklet, attractive
ly setting forth the opportunities Of
fered in the short course, has just
come from The Pioneer press and is
| being mailed out to the farmers who
have shown an interest in the course.
The cover shows a small boy dressed
in boots, pantaloons, soft shirt and
hat knocking at the doors of the High
school. His telescope is at his feet.
The word "Opportunity'' is placed
beneath. The book also contains il
Illustrations showing the cooking room
! with class, the sewing room, the car
pentry shop and the High school
farm.
The Bemidji High school receives
$4,000 a year state aid and in re-
turn is required of to offer special
courses in agriculture, cooking and
sewing, carpentry and blacksmithing.
During the coming short. course, not
only will classes be held in these sub
jects but farm bookkeeping, arithme-
tic, composition, letter writing and
spelling will receive attention.
Any boy or girl who has finished a
country school or the eighth grade in
any town school or one who is fifteen
years of age or over may enroll for
the course. Special arrangements
have been made whereby it will not
be necessary for these students to be
at the school before ten o'clock in the
morning or after three o'clock in the
afternoon and it is expected that
many will drive to and from their
homes every day. Those students
who wish to stay in Bemidji will be
assisted in finding places where they
can work for their room and board if
they wish.
A. e. Nelson will handle the
courses in agricultural subjects and
will lecture on soils, giving the kinds
and the effect of barnyard manure on
each; field crops, taking in turn corn,
alfalfa, clover, weeds, insects, and
crop rotation; animal husbandry,
giving lectures on dairy cattle, horses
and poultry; and farm machinery,
treating on farm buildings, clearing
lands, building roads, etc.
Miss Beatrice Eddy will have
| charge of the domestic science
| courses and her work will include
cooking and sewing. A. D. Bailey
| will give instruction in carpentry,
paying especial attention to the milk
stool, step ladder, folding ironing
board, fork rack, tool box, wagon box
| and pole, single tree, neck yoke,
wheel barrow, timber splicing, etc.
He will also have classes in forging
| laying special emphasis on wagon
irons, clevises, bolts, etc. The work
in bookkeeping will be in charge OF
Miss Wager; Miss Austin will have
the classes in arithmetic and Miss
Stanton those in English.
| Both Mr.. Nelson and Professor
Dyer have been talking the short
course at the farmers meetings which
have been held this fall and from the
interest already manifested a good
attendance seems assured. Mr.. Nelson
says that the High school is quite
anxious to learn of several families
where boy or girl may stay for the
eight weeks of the short course, es-
pecially families where the student
can earn board and room.