Imperial Valley press., 1913-08-11
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
FOR STATES YOUNG men

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Aug
it.-Whai is to be done for the youn-
man of is to % years Of age whl
wants more education but who has moi
Tad a high school course who cannot
80 to college for lack Of the required
high school training. but who feels
himself too old TO go back to the hign
school?
The University Farm School at Da-
Wis. entrance examinations for which
are about to be held under the aus
pices of nearly every county superin-
tendenl in California. is one answer to
this question. The University of Cali
fornia believes that it has developed
there at Davis valuable and alto
gcther new type of agricultural edl-
cation. Many states have established
agricultural high schools. but il is a
new thing to offer a three-year course
in agriculture planned expressly for
yOun" men from IS TO % years of
age. Since something less than IL par
cent Of the young people who complete
a grammar school course ever com
Fletp a high school course. 50 per cent
IF the young people of the country find
themselves at IS years unprepared io
tegin a college course even if they 50
desire Now the University Farm
school offers young men valuable
practical training in agriculture adapted
IL their maturity and to their lack Of
Glgh school training. The high school
graduate i not to be barred if he wants
this type of education.
The courses to be given At the Uni
Ver>ity Farm school. beginning with
September % next. are planning pri-
marily 70 give young men an under
standing Of the fundamental science,
% chemistry. Zuology. etc. and their
application t. ranch practice. and Id
the successful growing Of forage cronS
ana all classes Of live Slock. The uni
NerSity holds that the ranchpr need.
onty 70 know what is good practice.
hat also 10 know the principles or why
II that practice. The modern business.
rancher must have skill ana experience
IN the management Of labor ana fhc
planning of work, and he must have
business ability in the matter of labor
and supplies and the disposition If TIA
products of his ranch Skill and px-
perlehce III these latter things cannot
re obtained in the college elias, room
nor even in the college fields and
fafl>. nut there can be secured that
"f fundamental prinri-
pies. that grasp Of accumulated ey-
Peflehce and observation. and enough
practice in the actual doing to make
1heee things clear 50 that the voun..
man =""> forth into his commercial
work ~ 4 position to profit by the
results of scientific research ana the
accumulated experience of common
practice. forewarned against many If
I!lf common causes of failure.
Enough botany /, given N lrarI. ,br
recognition Of common weeds fboir
h7'I'| Of growth and methods If ,ra4-
railon: tue methods Of y election III /
Improvement Of grain ana fora.
crops: h"Gdln-. -raflin4 Sprayiny
pruning of fruits. and the packing W
frut product, for market: thc prip-
riPlr, Of land surveying ~ applied io
me IaEln@ out Of irrigation checks and
dljchr> On the ordinary farm: practice
III The judging Of market lvprs and
'reehs OF 1--we stock and poultry. and
me breeding. Improvement. FEEDING
care ana management Of all classes of
I'VE stock and poultry. With these
Is given training in the appIication of
arithmetic and algebra to such com
'htrcial problems as computation Of
hefd areas. irrigation ditch capacities
water flow. balancing Of feeding rations
ana computation Of fertilizer mixtures
In farm mechanics. the student is
gwen training in blacksmithing. car
penter work. operation Of gasoline and
oIfier motor power, and instruction in
ordinary farm machinery manipulation.