Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-09
FARMERS WEEK At
NJ. A. c. WILL Be
MADE A BIG ONE

February 18th to March 4th will be
Home Coming" week for Michigan
farmers at the Agricultural College,
and a program which will interest
everyone has been prepared.
What will really be Short
Courses" have been arranged by the
different departments, and the lee
lures, demonstrations and laboratory
work will supply a fund of useful
practical information upon the vari-
Gus subjects.
The Departments of soils and Farm
Crops will provide course through
out the week, in which methods of
handling soils of various types will
be discussed. Especial attention will
be paid to bringing up the fertility
of depleted soils, the use of lime and
commercial fertilizers, and the grow
ing of sweet clover, soy beans and
other soil-improving crops, as well as
some of the more important money
crops. There will also be practical
exercises in soil testing and in judg-
ing corn and the small grains.
The Departments of Dairying and
Animal Husbandry will discuss the
selection, breeding and feeding of the
various classes of farm animals. Ex-
ercises will also be given in stock
Judging.
The Division of Veterinary Science
will also provide a course in which
the nature of some of the more COM
mon diseases of livestock will be dis
cussed and treatments and remedies
suggested. Particular attention will
be given to lectures on Emergency
Methods" and Emergency Medi-
cines."
The Poultry Department will be as
sisted by w. III. Card, of Connecticut,
the well-known writer and lecturer
upon topics relating TO poultry, who
will give two addresses each day as
well as an illustrated address upon
one evening. The course will cover
all phases of the subject, from breeds
and housing, to feeding, killing and
marketing.
The course by the Horticultural De-
partment will include lectures and
demonstrations in the more import
ant orchard operations, such as graft
ing, pruning, spraying, tlllage, and
harvesting and marketing the crop.
Attention will also be paid TO the
growing of several of the leading
truck crops. The importance of
standardiZing the potato industry and
giving more attention to seed selec-
ton, fertilization and the control Of
various diseases will have attention.
In connection with this course the
Department of Entomology will pro-
vide a course in Bookkeeping which
will continue through the week. The
various operations will be explained
and demonstrated by experts.
The Department of Farm Mechan-
les will make speciality Of "The Gas
Engine and It's Troubles" and Power
on the Farm" Lecturers and demon
strations will also be given upon
Concrete Construction" and House
hold Engineering" AS special
feature in this course, the State High
way Department and the Civil Engin-
eering Department of the College will
furnish a series Of lectures on High
way Construction and Maintenance"
on Tuesday, February 20, and We'd
nesday, March 1, which will be Of
especial interest and value to highway
The usual lectures and demonstra-
tions will be furnished by the Home
Division, in Domestic
Science and Domestic Art. Miss Car
rie A. Lyford, domestic science spec
ialist of the u. S. Bureau of Educa-
ton, will assist in this course. There
will also be a "Women's Congress"
on Thursday and Friday afternoons.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the an
nual Rural Life Conference" will
provide a splendid program, including
lectures upon a variety of topics of
to everyone, such as Rural
Community Uplift," "In-
teresting the Girls and Boys in
Farm Life" etc. Several speakers
from outside the state, and among
them DR.. w. T. Carver, of Harvard
University, will be present.
The various college departments
will arrange special exhibits illustrat-
ing the nature of their work and the
lines Of experiments carried on by
them.
Arrangements are being made for
the large number Of
visitors which will be present from
all parts of the state.
A complete program has been pub
lished and copies will be furnished
on application to L. r. Taft, Supt
Farmeras Institz1tAa East Iansing.