The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-12
College Agriculture Course

Inc short course in agriculture offered
in connection with Rutgers College and
the New Jersey State Agricultural Col
lege will open at New Brunswick this
year on Monday, November 18th. -Four
courses OF study are offered, embodying
subject matter relating to agriculture
and domestic science, and provision is
made for the following special courses of
study:
Farming. Course 1. General Agri-
culture and Dairy. Course III, Fruit
Growing and Market Gardening.
Course III, Poultry Husbandry.
Course w, Home Economics.
The term continues for period OF
twelve weeks, dating from November Is,
1915, to February IS, 1916, with ample
provision for the holiday recess. The
courses are outlined in each instance to
provide for the wants of the student
interested in agriculture or home MAX
ing
Course / is recommended for such
| students as may enter without practica |
farm experience, and for the student
undecided as to the particular line of
agricultural endeavor which he wishes
to pursue as life work. Special prob
lens in animal production and feeding
are studied, with lecture or laboratory
work in soils, fertilizers, agronomy,
pomology, poultry, dairying, ento
mology and seed testing
Course IL is designed to meet the
wants of the student interested in fruit
growing and garden farming. 1t in
cludes lectures and laboratory exercises
in practical orcharding, market garden
ing, Horticulture and landscape garden
ing, and is supplemented by general
courses Ia animal husbandry, poultry
husbandry, entomology, and study of |
plant diseases. Special attention is
given to the study of problems relat-
ing to the marketing of produce as this
is very important item in horticul-
tural activity.
Course III is devoted chiefly to study
of poultry problems and possibilities.
Students are given practical work in
incubation and the rearing of birds, and |
are assigned pens of birds to care for
as well as all other responsibility relat-
ing to artificial means of incubation.
A particularly strong course in poultry |
diseases is offered by the Department,
while such problems as feeding, breed i
ing and management of the flock are
thoroughly discussed.
Course Nv is scheduled exclusively for /
women. 1t is believed that training for |
home work is quite as essential as train
ing for farm practices Exercises in !
cooking, sewing and millinery are pro- !
vided; problems in sanitation, personal
hygiene, and emergencies are studied in |
their relation to home life. health and
happiness. The students cut, fit and |
garments, are given practical |
work in machine and hand sewing, |
and are thus enabled to do the
drafting and designing necessary for
largely for their own wearing |
apparel.
Each one of the courses is designed to |
serve the individual student with useful
and practical information that will
enable him to realize the possibilities of !
agricultural activities; and to appreciate |
the opportunities for achieving success
in farm operations. Entrance examina-
tions are not required, and the course
should appeal especially to the farm boy
or the farm girl who cannot afford to
spend four years pursuing regular col
lege course, but who could, to great adj
vantage, enter the Short Courses and
complete terms work at cost not to
exceed 500. The tuition is free to resi-
dents of the State. Those interested in
more complete schedule of the course
should write to the Director OF the Short
Courses at New Brunswick, N. j., re-
questing copy of the circular ANNOUNCE
ing the full schedule.