The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-08
TEN DAYS SHORT
COURSE F0RfARMERS
JANUARY 1922

The College OF Agriculture o
the University OF Florida, a
Gainesville, announces a shor
ten-dav course Tor farmers, be
ginning Tuesday morning anu
airy II, 1915, and closing Friday
January 22, 1915.
This course is especially plan
ned for busy farmers of all age;
who wish to add scientific prin
ciples to their working knowl
edge Of farming; for young mer
who are Just beginning work up
on far.;Is and desire to learn the
fundamental truths OF agricul,
turc: and for colonists or new
corners to the state. who wish to
acquaint themselves rapidly
with Florida farm conditions.
What it Includes.
The course includes lectures.
laboratory and field work for
eight to ten hours every day,
with some illustrated lectures at
night, upon all the subjects that
belong 70 modern agricultural,
instruction. Students are per
united to select studies in such
lines as they prefer. giving spec
ial attention to either general
farming, horticulture, or ANNA,
husbandry.
Short courses Of this kind
lave been a great aid in MANY
states toward bringing together
the colleges OF agriculture and
the farmers Of the states for mu-
tral benefit. here is no better
opportunity i'll Florida for sccrr-
ing the greatest possible amount
OF agricultural information in the
shortest possible space of time.
Many farmers who have attend
ed the course in previous years
say they were given enough con-
dcnscd facts in two weeks to
help them in their work for
many months. 1t is hardly like
" that any citizen OF Florida
who desires to get in touch with
the latest sources Of agriculture
al information could secure as
large results from such low cost
III time and money as bv attend
y" this short course. The av-
cra%c farmer who has been plod- |
ding along in beaten ruts cannot
afford to miss the stimulus and
the new ideas that he could Sc
cure on this occasion. Such in
formation. when properly util-
med, will assist farmers to be
more prosperous and more sue
ceSSful than ever before. 1t isl
an investment in mental power
that cannot be taken away in the
future
Florida Soil Conditions and
Crops.
Soil conditions and crops in
many parts Of the state are en-
tirely different from any other
section of the United States,
hence it is very important in
Florida to secure frst-hand inr|
formation from an institution like
the college of agriculture. All
the laboratory equipment, the
pure-bred i've stock and demon
stration fields and gardens which
are located at the university will
be available for instruction in
this short course. Trips Of in
specition will be made to large
truck and stock farms in the vi
cinity OF the university. and a
number of successful farmers in
various lines from different parts
of the state will lecture to the
classes, for the purpose of ex-
planning their methods in detail.
The expenses for the course
are very low. There are no age
limits and no educational re-
quirements for entrance. TUT
ton is free. Board and room
can be secured by limited num-
Der in the university dormitories
at $3.50 per week. The dormi-
tory rooms are supplied with
furniture, but students must
bring their own bedding. Board
can be secured at private houses
in Gainesville for 81 to S. per
week. Books and incidentials
expenses will cost from 81 tol
$40 during the course. This
makes the total necessary ex-
penses range between $40 and
SIS for the entire term, in addi-
ton to the railroad fare.
Member of Boys Corn Club
This course will be open to
the members of the boys corn
clubs in Florida and some of
them have been awarded schol-
arships by the various counties. |
which will take care of their
expenses. Boarding accommo-