Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-11-19
Short Courses at U. Of M.

A circular announces the short winter
courses in general agriculture, dsirying
horticulture aud poultry management to
be given by the College OF Agriculture
University Of Maine. during the year
1912 IS.
While the growth of the College Of
Agriculture has been very rapid during
recent years, that other function of the
University, the extension of agricultural
education among the people of the state,
is being exercised more effectively each
year.
These courses are planned to be in
tensely practical in nature, and that
they are Of real value to persons engaged
in the various lines of farming 10 demon
strated by the increased registration
from year to year.
For The convenience of those who may
desire to attend lectures upon Q wider
range of subjects than afforded by .
single course, the courses have been 30
grouped that general agriculture and
dairying will occur at the same time and
these will be followed . week later
by the courses in horticulture and poul-
try management. This plan has been
followed for several years and the results
have been 80 satisfactory that tho same
scheme will be adopted the present year.
The courses in general agriculture and
dsirying will open January 7th and con-
tinue for four weeks.
The courses in horticulture and poul-
try management will open February 4th
and continue for three weeks.
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on the day and evening preceding tho
opening of the courses at the office OF
the Dean of the College, Winslow Hall,
where students should report immediate
ly on arrival.
No tuition or fees Of any kind are
Board and room can be Sc
cured for $3.50 to $500 week. Stu
dents are not required to purchase text
books. In the course in dairying each
student will be expected to provide him.
self with two white suits. These suits
will cost about one dollar each and can
be obtained here in Orono if the student
desires.
A list of boarding places will be sup
piled students on their arrival or acom-
modations will be engaged in advance
for those who make application
The courses in dsirying and general
agriculture are designed to give butter
makers, milk dealers, milk producers
and general farmers as thorough train
ing as possible in four weeks. The work
is exceedingly practical and is OF such ma
ture that those who take the courses can
put the principles learned into practice
on returning to their busi-
ness.
The object of the short course In fruit
growing Is to present through lectures,
and laboratory .exer-
cises the most approved modern orchard
practices aud methods.
The course in poultry management
aims to give special attention to the va
rious breeds and varieties Of poultry,
housing, incubating, brooding, feeding
of chicks and adult birds, killing and
packing of poultry for market, and other
phases of the poultry industry that will
be of value to the practical poultry man.
The equipment of the various depart
ments will all be available for short
course work.
The dairy building is we'll equipped
with the necessary machinery, apparatus,
and appliances for undertaking the prac-
tical demonstrations. Here the student
tests aud separates milk, prepares start
ers, ripens cream, churns, prepares the
butter for market the same as in COM
mercial plant, under the direction OF
competent instructors. The dairy herd
is composed of the four leading breeds
and numbers about sixty head. The
average milk production Of the herd Is
very high. The feeding and production
are available for instructional
work in the short courses. The other
live stock upon the farm consisting OF
horses, sheep, and swine offer splendid
for the student to familiar
ize himself with the different breeds and
types.
The farm crops laboratory and ma
chinery building are we'll equipped for
the use of short course students.
In the poultry course the incubator
the brooder house, the fatten-
ing house, together with the stock con-
sisting Of three hundred laying hens re-
four breeds are available
for daily use.
The College Of Agriculture also offers:
Four years courses In agriculture, forest
ry, home economics. Two years courses
in agriculture, home economics.
The catalog descriptive OF the above
courses will be forwarded on request.
For information concerning either the
short winter courses or the regular
courses write Leon S. Merrill, Dean, Col
lege OF Agriculture, University OF Maine'
Orono, Maine.