Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-31
COLLEGE TRAINING FOR MICH
IGAN FARMERS.

Beginning January 4th there will
be offered at the Michigan Agricul-
tural College five separate courses
along agricultural lines. These include
General Agriculture, Creamery Man.
agement, Fruit Growing, Poultry
Husbandry and Cheesemaking, and
are each eight weeks in length. Nearly
340O men have taken advantage Of
the opportunity offered since the or
CARNATIONS of these courses in 1897,
which is evidence of their popularity.
These courses are offered during the
winter months when it is most con-
venient for the farmer to leave home
and aside from the direct benefits
from class room and laboratory work,
many opportunities will be offered for
his education and entertainment while
at the M. A. C.
The new dairy building is complete
in every detail, and its splendid class
rooms and laboratories will be avail
able for those taking work along
dairy lines. The laboratories in soils,
farm crops, farm mechanics, entom-
ology, chemistry, ETC., will all be util-
lied to make the courses complete
and the herds of cattle, sheep and
swine will be available in the study Of
live stock problems.
No entrance examinations are re-
quired, thus making it possible for
every man who has desire for more
knowledge along his chosen line to
better prepare himself for his work.
The expense is surely very reason
able, there being a course fee for resi-
dents of Michigan of $500 and for
non-residents $1,000.
Some of the subjects to be consider
ed will be the feeling, breeding and
care of live stock; formation and
treatment of soils, farm crops, forge
and bench work, fruit growing, poul-
try husbandry, creamery management,
cheesemaking, forestry, farm engineer
ing, and farm management. All work
is made intensely practical, and is,
therefore, intensely interesting. Those
who have taken the work in the past
have returned to their homes with a
new vision of the possibilities Of the
farm.
There will also be offered at the
Michigan Agricultural College begin
ming January 4th, an eight weeks
course for women designated as the
Housepeekers Course. This course
was offered for the first time last win
ter, and the attendance was very graf
flying. The work is intensely prac-
teal and helpful, and is given at the
same time as the short courses in agri-
culture for men.
The work offered will include cook
ing, sewing, vegetable and landscape
gardening, such as home decoration,
sanitation, nursing and reading. This
course will be one of great value to
the housekeepers Of Michigan, and
will furnish those whose husbands de-
eide to take one of the courses in
agriculture, an opportunity to attend
college at the same time.
The minimum age limit is placed at
81 years, except in the case Of mar
ried women. This has been made
necessary because of the fact that
these women will be placed in the pri-
vate homes of East Lansing, and 1T
will be impossible for the college
authorities to exercise the same super
vision as that given to regular women
students.
Excellent laboratories for cooking
and sewing have been fitted up in pre-
paration for the course, and with the
| facilities at hand the work will be
most pleasant and profitable.