Alma record., 1914-02-26
THE farmers WEEK.
At Agricultural College Occurs Mar.
TO March Z
A 5000 PROGRAM PREPARED
State Roundup Farmers Institute Takes Form
oil Short Course In Agriculture

that every one interested in any phase
of Agriculture, whether men or women,
old or young, will find it we'll worth
while to be present at the lectures and
demonstrations. The Courses will be-
gin Monday noon, March 2, and con-
tinue until Saturday noon, March 7,
with lectures each evening upon popular
subjects, including "The Country
Church." Rural Schools" Good
Roads," and an illustrated lecture on
Agriculture in Brazil" by Professor
Clinton d. Smith.
The work during the day sessions will
be of practical nature and will be ar
ranged in eight courses, each of which
will continue throughout the week. These
will be upon Soils and Crops" with
lectures on "Soil Analysis" :" Lining
and Soil incubation :" Beans and Grain
Diseases" "Tillage;" Growing Seed
Corn;" alfalfa" and "Soy Beans"
there will also be exercises in "Seed
Selection" and Corn Judging and
SOllS, every AFTERNOON.
The Michigan Corn Improvement AS
sociation and Michigan Experiment AS
sociation will hold joint sessions with
the Institute, in connection with this
Course.
In Dairying the work will consist of
lectures upon Breeds and Breeding;" :"
Growing Calves" and "The Feeding
and Care of Dairy Cows" with exer-
cises in studying and judging dairy ami
mails each day.
The course in Live Stock will consist
of lectures upon breeding feeding and
care of swine, sheep, beef cattle and
horses, with several hours devoted to
studying types of each. Lectures upon
the nature and treatment of hog cholera,
contagious abortion, and bovine tuber-
culosis will be given, with practical ex-
ercises in making tuberculin tests.
The lectures in Horticulture cover
everything from the selection of the site
and varieties for an orchard, to harvest
ing and marketing the crops, including
practical work in spraying, pruning and
grating.
In Poultry, the course is equally COM
plete, with poultry houses, incubating
feeding and care, exercises in Gambling
and grading eggs, and killing and dress
ing poultry.
In Farm Mechanics lectures will be
given upon the use of Cement, Sep
tic Tanks" Private Lighting Plants"
Household Mechanics" Farm Water
Supply" Farm Buildings" Santa
tion," Care and Repair of Farm Ma
chinery;" and Horse Shoeing," with
demonstrations.
For the ladies, the work will include
lectures in Domestic Science upon
Foods and Their Classification :"
Farm Menus" The Food Problem :"
"Conveniences in the Home" and DEM
onstrations in Vegetable Cookery"
"The Use of Left Overs" Sauces, etc."
Salads and Salad Dressings" "The
Preparation of Desserts" and Table
Setting and Service" In Domestic Art
there will be talks and practical work
upon the Identification of Fabrics :"
Detecting Authorizations :" Home Dec
oration;" Choosing Textile Materials )"
Modification of Sale Patterns" Care
of Children" Physical Exercises for
Women" Etc.
The ladies will also have an oppor-
tunity for attending many of the exer-
cises in household mechanics, poultry
methods and horticulture. Upon two
afternoons, Special Sessions of the
Women's Congress will be held.
The State Corn Show will be held at
the same time and place, and valuable
premiums will be awarded.
Board and rooms can be obtained
either i'll Lansing or in the vicinity of
the College.
The Farmers Week Courses. as out
lined above, will afford splendid op-
portunity for farmers and farmers
wives to obtain information regarding
what is considered the best methods of
farming and home making, including
the practice of the more successful
farmers and housekeepers.
The various Departments of the
| College will arrange exhibits illustrating
their work. Among others, there will
be poultry show which will not be
equaled in the State, from an educa-
tional standpoint.
Most of the classroom lectures will be
given by members of the College fac
ulty and their assistants, but among the
speakers from abroad. in addition to
Prof. c. ID. Smith. will be Prof. r. A.
Moore, of the University of Wisconsin
Prof. ]. A. Drake, of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture; Mr.. James Kline
of Howe, Indiana, the well-known corn