CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION VOLUME XI NUMBER 15 NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINTER COURSES 1920-1921 JULY I, 1920 PUBLISHED BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA. NEW YORK CALENDAR 1920-1921 Nov. io, Wednesday, Registration in winter courses, beginning at 9 a.m. at the office of the Secretary, Roberts Hall, room 192. Nov. i i , Thursday, Instruction begins in winter courses. NOV. 22, Monday, Fee cards issued at office of the Secretary. Nov. 27, Saturday, Last day for payment of fees at office of the Uni­ versity Treasurer, Morrill Hall. Nov. — , Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Holiday. Dec. 22, Jan. 5, Wednesday, 1 p.m Instructi.o. n ends. . V/ Chri•st,mas recess. Wednesday, 1 p.m Instruction resumed. ) Feb. 14-18, Fourteenth Annual Farmers’ Week. Feb. 18, Friday, Instruction ends in winter courses. M ay 2, Monday, Practice begins on game farm. A u g . 3 1 > Wednesday, Practice ends on game farm. NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE STAFF OF INSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION Albert William Smith, M.M.E., Acting President of the University. Albert Russell Mann, B.S.A., A.M., Dean of the College of Agriculture, Director of the Experiment Station, and Director of Extension. Isaac Phillips Roberts, M.Agr., Professor of Agriculture, Emeritus. John Henry Comstock, B.S., Professor of Entomology and General Invertebrate Zoology, Emeritus. John Lemuel Stone, B.Agr., Professor of Farm Practice, Emeritus. Henry Hiram Wing. M.S. in Agr., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Ph.D., Professor of Soil Technology. James Edward Rice, B.S.A., Professor of Poultry Husbandry. George Walter Cavanaugh, B.S., Professor of Chemistry in its Relations to Agriculture. George Nieman Lauman, B.S.A., Professor of Rural Economy. Herbert Hice Whetzel, M.A., Professor of Plant Pathology. George Frederick Warren, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management. William Alonzo Stocking, M.S.A., Professor of Dairy Industry. Wilford Murry Wilson, M.D., Professor of Meteorology. Ralph Sheldon Hosmer, B.A.S., M.F., Professor of Forestry. James George Needham, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology and Limnology. Rollin Adams Emerson, D.Sc., Professor of Plant Breeding. Harry Houser Love, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Breeding. Donald Reddick, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Pathology. Edward Gerrard Montgomery, M.A., Professor of Farm Crops. George Alan Works, B.Ph., M.S. in Agr., Professor of Rural Education. Flora Rose, B.S., M.A., Professor of Home Economics. Martha Van Rensselaer, A.B., Professor of Home Economics. James Adrian Bizzell, Ph.D., Professor of Soil Technology. Glenn Washington Herrick, B.S.A., Professor of Economic Entomology. Howard Wait Riley, M.E., Professor of Rural Engineering. Harold Ellis Ross, M.S.A., Professor of Dairy Industry. Hugh Charles Troy, B.S.A., Professor of Dairy Industry. Samuel Newton Spring, B.A., M.F., Professor of Silviculture. Karl M cKay Wiegand, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Botany. William Henry Chandler, M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Professor of Pomology and Vice- Director of Research. Arthur Bernhard Recknagel, B.A., M.F., Professor of Forest Management an^ Utilization. Merritt Wesley Harper, M.S., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Cyrus Richard Crosby, A.B., Extension Professor of Entomology. Elmer Seth Savage, M.S.A., Ph.D., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Kenneth Carter Livermore, M.S. in Agr., Professor of Farm Management. Edward Albert White, B.Se., Professor of Floriculture. Alvin Casey Beal, Ph.D., Professor of Floriculture. Herbert Andrew Hopper, B.S.A., M.S., Extension Professor of Animal Husbandry. Edward Sewall Guthrie, M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Industry. Maurice Chase Burritt, M.S. in Agr., Vice-Director of Extension. William Charles Baker, B.S.A., Professor of Drawing. Mortier Franklin Barrus, Ph.D., Extension Professor of Plant Pathology. Lewis Josephus Cross, B.A., Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry in its Relations to Agriculture. Oskar Augustus Johannsen, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Entomology. Clyde Hadley Myers, Ph.D.. Professor of Plant Breeding. Bristow Adams, B.A., Professor in Extensive Service, Editor, and Chief of Publi­ cations. Dick J. Crosby, M.S., Professor in Extension Service. (3) 4 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Asa Carlton King, B.S.A., Professorof Farm Practice andFarm Superintendence. Cornelius Betten, Ph.D., Vice Dean of Resident Instruction. George Abram Everett, A.B., LL.B., Professor of Extension Teaching. Le,wis Knudson, B.S.A., Ph.D., Professor of Botany. E. Gorton Davis, B.S., Professor of Landscape Art. Ralph Wright Curtis, M.S.A., Professor of Landscape Art. Claude Burton Hutchison, M.S. in Agr., Professor of Plant Breeding. Ralph Waldo Rees, A.B., B.S., Extension Professor of Pomology. Jacob Richard Schramm, A.B., Ph.D., Professor of Botany. Harry Oliver Buckman, M.S.A., Ph.D., Professor of Soil Technology. Ralph Hicks Wheeler, B.S., Professor in Extension Service. Paul Work, A.B., M.S. in Agr., Professor of Vegetable Gardening. John Bentley, jr., B.S., M.F., Professor of Forest Engineering. Paul J. Kruse, A.B., Ph.D., Professor of Rural Education. Rolland Maclaren Stewart, A.B., Ph.D., Professor of Rural Education. James Ernest Boyle, Ph.D., Professor of Rural Economy. Ezra Dwight Sanderson, B.S., Professor of Rural Social Organization. Homer Columbus Thompson, B.S., Professor of Vegetable Gardening. William Joseph Wright, B.S., M.S., Extension Professor of Rural Education and State Leader of Junior Extension. Warren Simpson Thompson, A.B., A.M ., Ph.D., Acting Professor of Rural Social Organization. Cora Ella Binzel, Acting Professor of Rural Education. Byron Burnett Robb, B.S. in Agr., M.S. in Agr., Professor of Rural Engineering. Annette J. Warner, Professor of Home Economics. James Kenneth Wilson, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Soil Technology. Blanche Evans Hazard, A.B., M.A., Professor of Home Economics. Lula Grace Graves, Professor of Home Economics. Edmund Louis Worthen, M.S., Extension Professor of Soil Technology. Julian Edward Butterworth, Ph.D., Professor of Rural Education. Whitman Howard Jordan, LL.D., Professor of Animal Nutrition.* Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick, Sc.D., Professor of Pomology.* Lucius Lincoln Van Slyke, Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Chemistry.* Fred Carlton Stewart, M.S., Professor of Plant Pathology.* Percival John Parrott, M.A., Professor of Entomology.* Robert Stanley Breed, Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Bacteriology.* Rudolph John Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Nutrition.* Reginald Clifton Collison, M.S., Professor of Soil Technology.* Robert Pelton Sibley, A.B., M.A., L.H.D., Professor and Secretary. James Chester Bradley, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology and Curator of Inverte­ brate Zoology. George Charles Embody, Ph.D., Professor of Aquiculture. Mrs. Helen Binkerd Young, B.Arch., Professor of Home Economics. Mrs. Anna Botsford Comstock, B.S., Professor of Nature Study. Earl Whitney Benjamin, B.S. in Agr., M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Professor of Poultry Husbandry. Arthur Johnson Eames, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Botany. John Hall Barron, B.S.A., Extension Professor of Farm Crops. Gad Parker Scoville, B.S. in Agr., Extension Professor of Farm Management. Leonard Amby Maynard, A.B., Ph.D., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Montgomery Robinson, Litt.B., B.S., Professor in Extension Service. Arthur John Heinicke, B.S.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Pomology. Olney Brown Kent, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Poultry Husbandry. Edward Gardner Misner, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Farm Management. Helen Monsch, B.S., M.A., Professor of Home Economics. William Irving Myers, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Farm Finance. Theodore Hildreth Eaton, A.B., A M., Ph D., Professor of Rural Education. Orville Gilbert Brim, B.Ped., M.A., Ph D , Professor of Rural Education. Jav Coryell, B.S. in Agr., State Leader of County Agents. *By affiliation with the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva. STAFF 5 Fred Eugene Robertson, B.S. in Agr., Assistant County Agent Leader. Charles Arthur Taylor, Assistant County Agent Leader. Lloyd R. Simons, B.S.A., Assistant County Agent Leader. Harry Morton Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology Walter Warner Fisk, M.S. in Agr., Assistant Professor of Dairv Industry. Robert Matheson, M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economic Entomology. David Lumsden, Assistant Professor of Floriculture. Arthur Augustus Allen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ornithology. Forest Milo Blodgett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. Frank Elmore Rice, A.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry in its Relations to Agriculture. Lester Wayland Sharpe, B.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Botany. John Clarence McCurdy, B.S., C.E., Assistant Professor of Rural Engineering. Clarence A. Boutelle, Assistant Extension Professor of Animal Husbandry. Charles Howard Royce, M.S.A., Assistant Extension Professor of Animal Hus­ bandry. George Harris Collingwood, B.S., A.M., Assistant Extension Professor of Forestry. Otis Freeman Curtis, A.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Botany. Thomas Joseph Mclnerney, M.S. in Agr., Assistant Professor of Dairy Industry. Eugene Davis Montillon, B.Arch., Assistant Professor of Landscape Art. Juan Estevan Reyna, E.E., Assistant Professor of Drawing. Henry William Schneck, B.S., M.S.A., Assistant Professor of Vegetable Gardening. Louis Melville Massey, A.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. Beulah Blackmore, B.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Mary Frances Henry, A.B., Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Sarah Lucile Brewer, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics. Helen Canon, B.A., B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics and State Leader of Home Demonstration Agents in charge of Program. Gustave Frederick Heuser, B.S., M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry. Earle Volcart Hardenburg, B.S., M.S. in Agr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Farm Crops. Allan Cameron Fraser, B.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding. Claribel Nye, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics and State Leader of Home Demonstration Agents in charge of Study Clubs. Peter Walter Claassen, M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology. Roy Glen Wiggans, B.S.A., M.S.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Farm Crops. Charles Chupp, A.B., Ph.D., Assistant Extension Professor of Plant Pathology. Frank Pores Bussell, B.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding. Benjamin Dunbar Wilson, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Soil Tech­ nology. Nancy Hill McNeal, Ph.B., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics. Emery N. Ferriss, Ph.B., M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Rural Education. Laurence Howland MacDaniels, A.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pomology. E. Laurence Palmer, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Rural Education. Winifred Moses, B.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Bonnie Elizabeth Scholes, B.S., M.A., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics. James Duncan Brew, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Dairy Industry. Frederick Gardner Behrends, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Rural Engineering. Robert Morrill Adams, B.S., A.B., Assistant Extension Professor of Vegetable Gardening. Harry Wilmer Dye, B.S.A., M.S.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. Clarence Vernon Noble, B.S., Assistant Professor of Farm Management. Mrs. Jessie Austin Boys, B.S., M.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Frank Latta Fairbanks, M.E., Assistant Professor of Rural Engineering. Harold Eugene Botsford, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Poultry Hus­ bandry. Louis Michael Roehl, B.S., Assistant Professor of Farm Shop. 6 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Mosher Dwen Butler, B.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Vegetable Gardening. Frances Beatrice Hunter, B.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Alpheus Mansfield Goodman, B.S.A., Assistant Extension Professor of Rural Engineering. Ellen Ann Reynolds, B.S., M.S., M.A., Assistant Extension Professor of Home Economics. Harvey Earl Thomas, B.S., M.S., Assistant Extension Professor of Plant Pathol­ ogyMillard Van Marter Atwood, A.B., Assistant Professor of Extension Teaching and Assistant Chief of Publications. Mrs. Ruby Green Smith, A.B., A.M ., Ph.D., State Leader of Home Demonstration Agents. Esther L. Snook, B.S., Assistant State Leader of Home Demonstration Agents. Emma Johnson, B.S. in Agr., Assistant State Leader of Junior Extension. Paul Rexford Young, B.S., Assistant State Leader of Junior Extension. Emmons William Leland, B.S.A., Experimentalist in Soil Technology. Frank Bonar Howe, A.B., Soil Surveyor. George Walter Tailby, jr., B.S.A., Extension Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Richard Alan Mordoff, B.S. in Agr., A.M ., Instructor in Meteorology. Lua Alice Minns, B.S., M.S. in Agr., Instructor in Floriculture. Winfred Enos Ayres, Extension Instructor in Dairy Industry. Lewis Merwin Hurd, Extension Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Cedric Hay Guise, B.S., M.F., Instructor in Forestry. Albert Reiff Bechtel, B.S., A.M., Instructor in Botany. James Marshall Brannon, B.A., M.A., Instructor in Botany. Frank Burkett Wann, A.B., Ph.D., Instructor in Botany. Clara Louise Garrett, B.S., Instructor in Drawing. Howard Campbell Jackson, B.S., M.S. in Agr., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Mortimer Demarest Leonard, B.S., Extension Instructor in Entomology. Roy Lewis Gillett, B.S., Instructor in Farm Management. Laurence Joseph Norton, B.S., Instructor in Farm Management. Ralph Simpson Nanz, B.S., Instructor in Botany. William Alonzo Whiting, B.S., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Joseph Pullman Porter, B.S., M.S.A., M.L.D., Extension Instructor in Landscape Art. Lawrence Paul Wehrle, B.S., M.S., Research Instructor in Entomology. Ernest Charles Young, B.S., Instructor in Farm Management. Norman Damon Steve, B.S., Extension Instructor in Rural Engineering. Charles Loring Allen, B.A., M.S. in Agr., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. George Haines, B.S., M.S. in Agr., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Walter Housley Wellhouse, M.A., Ph.D., Instructor in Entomology. Roy A. Olney, B.S., Instructor in Rural Education. Carl Frederick William Muesebeck, B.S., Instructor in Parasitology. Harry Pestana Young, B.S., Instructor in Farm Management. Paul Andrew Downs, B.S., M.S., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Robert Carroll Ogle, Extension Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Olin Clifford Krum, B.S., Instructor in Game Farming. Warren B. Meixner, B.S., Instructor in Landscape Art. Leslie Ellsworth Card, B.S., Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Alice May Blinn, B.S., Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Raymond Arnold Perry, B.S., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Claude Willard Leister, B.S., Instructor in Ornithology. William Henry Eyster, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Instructor in Botany. Walter Conrad Muenscher, A.M., Instructor in Botany. John D. Detwiler, B.A., M.A., Instructor in Entomology. Florence Ethel Axtell, B.S., Instructor in Rural Education. Leon Augustus Hausman, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Instructor in Biology. Francis Coe Smith, B.S., Extension Instructor in Farm Crops. Jay John Grimm, B.S., Instructor in Botany. Lolita Evelyn Healey, A.B., Instructor in Home Economics and Accounting. Flora Martha Thurston, B.S., Instructor in Home Economics. Edith Sara Ranney, B.S., Extension Instructor in Home Economics. STAFF 7 Mathilda Emilie Bertrams, Ph.B., Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Merle Perrott Moon, A.B., M.S., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Ernst Friedrich Artschwager, B.S.,Ph.D., Instructor in Botany. Francis Omar Underwood, B.S., Instructor in Vegetable Gardening. Homer Borst Neville, B.S., Instructor in Dairy Industry. Lowell Fitz Randolph, Ph.B., Instructor in Botany. Margaret Barclay Noble, B.S., Instructor in Home Economics. Percy Lawrence Dunn, B.S., Instructor in Extension Service. Stanley Franklin Bittner, B.S., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Harold Arthur Pratt, B.S., Instructor in Floriculture. Ronald Glenn Knapp, B.S., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Axel Ferdinand Gustafson, B.S., M.S., Extension Instructor in Soil Technology. Robert Stearns Kirby, B.S., M.S., Extension Instructor in Plant Pathology. Irene French, Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Ernest Dorsey ,B.S., Instructor in Plant Breeding. Leo Chandler Norris, B.S., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Frank Waldo Lathrop, A.B., M.S., Instructor in Rural Education. Eleanor Hillhouse, B.S., Instructor in Home Economics. Margery Wheldon Leonard, A.B., Instructor in Plant Pathology. Gates Sterling Vickers, B.S., M.S.A., Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Ruth Jakway, B.A., M.A., Instructor in Home Economics. Lillian M ay Allen, B.A., B.S., Instructor in Home Economics. Robert P. Hinman, B.S., Extension Instructor in Animal Husbandry. Carolyn Morton, B.S., Extension Instructor in Home Economics. George Harold Rea, Extension Specialist in Apiculture. Charles Kerr Sibley, B.S., Instructor in Limnology. Van Breed Hart, B.S., Instructor in Farm Management. Leland Eugene Weaver, B.S., Extension Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Carlos Eugenio Chardon, B.S., Instructor in Plant Pathology. Austin Wertman William Sand, B.S., Instructor in Floriculture. Howard Arthur Stevenson, B.S., Instructor in Extension Service. Rachael DeWolfe, Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Jennie Jones, Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Charles Edward Hunn, Propagator. William Thomas Craig, Assistant in Plant Breeding Investigations. Walton I. Fisher, Assistant in Plant Breeding Investigations. Harold Haydn Clum, A.B., Assistant in Botany. Lewis Arthur Eyster, B.A., M.S.A., Assistant in Plant Breeding. Fred Albert Carlson, B.S., Assistant in Soil Technology. Hazel Elizabeth Branch, A.B., M.A., Assistant in Biology. Alexander McTaggart, B.S.A., Assistant in Soil Technology. John Levenus Buys, B.S., Assistant in Entomology. Carl Louis Wilson, A.B., Assistant in Botany. Walter Van Price, B.S., Assistant in Dairy Industry. Evelyn Ida Fernald, A.B., Assistant in Botany. George Henry Russell, B.S., Assistant in Nature Study. Merl Conrad Gillis, M.S., Assistant in Plant Breeding. Jacob Osburn Ware, B.S., M.S., Assistant in Farm Crops. Mary Isabelle Potter, B.S., M.L.D., Assistant in Landscape Art. Frank Dickson, B.A., Assistant in Plant Pathology. Frederic Brettell Merrill, B.S., Assistant in Forestry. Arnold Ernest Lundie, M.Sc. in Agr., Assistant in Entomology. Alexander Campbell Martin, A.B., Assistant in Botany. Ellis Lore Kirkpatrick, B.S.A., Assistant in Rural Social Organization. Louis Edward Smith, B.S., Assistant in Dairy Industry. Eldon B. Engle, A.B., Assistant in Soil Technology. Robert D. Harwood, A.B., Assistant in Biology. Edward F. Castetter, A.B., Assistant in Botany. Willard Rudolph Bernard Hine, B.S., Assistant in Forestry. Olin Whitney Smith, B.S., Assistant Secretary. Willard Waldo Ellis, A.B., LL.B., Librarian. George Wilson Parker, Managing Clerk. Byron Edmund Brooks, A.B., Ph.D., Superintendent of Dairy Industry. THE WINTER COURSES The winter courses have been part of the regular work of the College of Agriculture since 1893, when the'course in general agricul­ ture was established. The courses are now eight in number. 1. Agriculture 2. Dairy Industry 3. Poultry Husbandry 4. Fruit Growing 5. Home Economics 6. Flower Growing 7. Vegetable Gardening 8. Game Farming The course in agriculture is entirely elective, the student choosing his own schedule of subjects under the guidance of a faculty super­ visor. The course is intended primarily for persons who are engaged in general farming or who expect to take up farming. The other seven courses, or groups, are more or less fixed professional courses, intended for persons who desire to specialize in the respective fields. All the winter courses will begin on November 10, 1920, and will close on February 18, 1921. Instruction will begin at 8 a. m. on November 11. No work will be given on Thanksgiving Day; and none will be given from December 22, at 1 p. m., to January 5, at 1 p. m., these days being allowed for Christmas recess. Correspondence concerning these courses and other instruction in the College of Agriculture may be addressed to The .Secretary, College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Two-Year Courses It is advised that students plan to spend at least two winters at the College, in the first winter taking general courses in agriculture, and in the second winter specializing in the subjects in which they are particularly interested. The large number of elective subjects in the course in agriculture makes it possible for students to register in that course for a second year without duplication of specific sub­ jects of study. (8) WINTER COURSES 9 Expenses Tuition is free to those who are and have been residents of New York State for one year previous to registration. Nonresidents pay a tuition fee of $25. This fee is refunded if the student withdraws within five days for reasons satisfactory to the Comptroller and Registrar of the University. One-half of the fee is returned if the student withdraws within two weeks from registration day. There are a few small fees and incidental expenses, which are detailed under the description of each course, but practically the only expense is the cost of living in Ithaca and the railroad fare to and from Ithaca. Satisfactory table board can be procured in Ithaca, within five to fifteen minutes walk of the campus, for about $7 or $8 a week. Comfortable rooms near the place of boarding may be en­ gaged at about $2.50 a week for each person when two persons occupy the room, and from $3 to $4 when one person occupies the room. The cost of books need not be more than $10, but it has been the experience of winter-course students in the past that they wish to buy a number of books to take home, and it would be well, if possible, to allow at least $15 for this item. The expenses of students in the winter courses of past years, as stated by them, have been from $175 to $250. B y careful management this may be reduced somewhat; but it is best not to stint too much, since too great economy is likely to lessen the value of the course. The laboratory fees are mentioned in the descriptions of the courses in the announcement; students are also liable for breakage due to carelessness on their part. Infirmary fee. Students in the winter courses are required to pay an infirmary fee of $3. In return for the infirmary fee, any sick stu­ dent is, on his physician’s certificate, admitted to the infirmary, and is given, without further charge, a bed in a ward, board, and ordinary nursing, for a period not exceeding two weeks in any one academic year. Extra charges are made for private rooms, special food, and special nurses. If a sick student who has not received two weeks’ service in the year is refused admittance to the infirmary by reason of lack of accommodation, he is entitled to a refund of the fee. The infirmary has no medical staff; students employ their own physicians among practitioners in Ithaca or elsewhere. 10 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Fee cards. All winter-course students must call at the office of the Secretary of the College of Agriculture on November 22, at which time fee cards will be issued with tuition, infirmary fee, and laboratory fees charged. The cards must be presented at the Treasurer’s office in Morrill Hall and payment made not later than 1 p. m., Saturday, November 27. Self-support. In the past, a few students have been obliged to earn money during the course and have worked at odd jobs about the University or on neighboring farms. This is never advisable unless absolutely necessary. It is much better to borrow the neces­ sary money or to postpone the course of study until another year, than to be thus handicapped during the limited time spent at the Univer­ sity. All energy should be concentrated on the work of the course. Scholarships and Prizes Grange scholarship. A t its thirty-first annual meeting, held in Cortland, February 4, 1904, the New York State Grange resolved to appropriate funds annually, to be given to members of the order in the form of scholarships in any of the winter courses in agriculture at Cornell University. The scholarships, now twelve in number, are each $50 in cash, to be awarded to men and women who attain the highest standing on competitive examination. Awards are made each summer. Candidates should apply before June 1 to the Master of the Pomona Grange in their home counties, or to the Deputy in counties that have no Pomona Grange. The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society of New York instituted in 1908 a system of free scholarships to enable the children of Jewish farmers to attend the short winter courses offered by the agricultural colleges in the States in which they reside. The scholar­ ships are awarded by competition, which consists in the writing of a brief essay on an agricultural topic. Children of Jewish farmers living and working on the farms of their parents are eligible to com­ pete for these scholarships. The number of scholarships is not limited. For the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, a number of these scholarships have been awarded each year since their establishment. Application should be made to the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society, 174 Second Avenue, New York City. Prizes. The various winter-course clubs compete every year for the Morrison Trophy Cup, the contest ordinarily being a series of WINTER COURSES ii debates. There is also a silver cup offered by Mrs. Florence M. Nevin as a prize for proficiency in public speaking. Admission The winter courses are business and occupational courses, not academic; hence there are no examinations for admission. How­ ever, in order that the student may be able to make the best use of the instruction it is necessary that he should have had a good commonschool education. Winter-course students are sometimes seriously handicapped in their work by being deficient in arithmetic and in English. Persons who are planning to take a winter course are advised to review these subjects before coming to Ithaca. Applicants for admission to the winter courses should, by way of preparation, read carefully some of the best books, bulletins, and other literature on the subject to which their attention will be chiefly directed while at Cornell University. Women who desire to pursue one of the winter courses should correspond with Professor Martha Van Rensselaer, Ithaca, New York, in regard to rooms and accommodations. All women students registered in any of the winter courses are under the supervision of Professor Van Rensselaer during the period of the courses. Age. All the courses are open to both men and women of at least eighteen years of age. There is no limit to the age above eighteen; some of the best winter-course students have been mature men and women, owners of farms or managers of dairy or poultry plants. Application. This circular contains an application blank for admission to the winter courses and a schedule sheet for courses to be taken. Both of these should be made out in full and forwarded to the Secretary at once by any person who is planning, as yet even indefinitely, to attend any one of the winter courses. The filing of an application for admission does not constitute an obligation to attend, and applications may be withdrawn at any time. Any one who has graduated from the common schools of the State, orwhohas an eighth-grade certificate, should be able to do the wintercourse work satisfactorily. When making application, candidates for admission should give a description of their school training and if possible should send a certificate or a statement from the teacher of the school last attended. Applicants for the professional course in poultry husbandry must have had at least six months’ active and consecutive work on an 12 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE approved farm or poultry plant. A statement signed by the employer stating the kind, amount, and quality of work done, must accompany the application for admission. Arrival at Ithaca. Students who desire advice concerning rooming and boarding places are invited to come directly to the College of Agriculture on their arrival in Ithaca. It is desirable that all housing arrangements should be completed before registration day. Registration On Wednesday, November io, beginning at 9 a. m., all students must report for registration at the office of the Secretary of the College of Agriculture, Roberts Hall, room 192. After registering here, students will go at once to the headquarters of their particular winter course or to their faculty supervisor, as assigned. The headquarters of the several professional winter courses are as follows: Course in dairy industry, Dairy Building, room 132 (first floor); course in poultry husbandry, Poultry Building, room 325 (third floor); course in fruit growing, Roberts Hall, room 202 (second floor); course in flower growing, Roberts Hall, room 212 (second floor); course in vegetable gardening, Poultry Building, room 253 (second floor); course in game farming, Poultry Building 325 (third floor). Students in the course in agriculture will be assigned to their faculty supervisors at the time of their registration. Study cards. After the student has registered he may not change his schedule of courses in any respect except on the recommendation of the head of the winter course concerned, or of his faculty supervisor, and with the approval of the Secretary. The schedule sheet, which the applicant fills out in advance, may subsequently be changed at the request of the applicant, and is not to be confused with the study card, which is made out when the student registers. Methods of Instruction Instruction in the winter courses is given by lectures, by such practical work (laboratory practice) in the various agricultural operations as can be conducted at the time of the year, and sometimes by trips or excursions to points of special interest. The lectures are given in large part by the regular staff of the College of Agriculture. The lectures are plain and practical, in the style of farmers’ institute talks. So far as possible, collected material WINTER COURSES 13 is used for illustrating the subjects; when this is impossible, lantern views are often used. Free discussion by the student of the subject under consideration is encouraged. Further opportunity for general discussions is afforded in the meetings of the winter-course clubs. Special lectures for winter-course students are given in Roberts Hall 131 at 9 a. m. on Friday of each week, and all students are required to attend. These lectures will be given by members of the university faculty and by men of successful experience in agriculture. The winter-course students are welcomed at the various addresses given by eminent men before the University in general. Practical work is made a special feature in the winter courses. The student is expected to perform all the various operations as carefully as if he were working at home as a practical farmer. In the courses in dairy industry, poultry husbandry, game breeding, and home economics, the instruction is in large part practical, and the students have an opportunity of becoming familiar with all the essential operations in these enterprises. In the courses in agricul­ ture, fruit growing, flower growing, and vegetable gardening, there is necessarily a smaller amount of practical work; advantage is taken, however, of the greenhouses, barns, and laboratories, in demonstrat­ ing to the students some of the operations that would naturally be conducted in the summer season. Whenever possible, the aim is to make the practical work take up as large a part of the student’s time as do the lectures. Excursions to points of special interest have been made a feature of the course in poultry husbandry. Such excursions are conducted in other courses also whenever practicable. The word hour in the following schedules means one lecture of one hour each week, or one period of two and one-half hours of laboratory or practice each week during the term; in the case of the professional dairy course, during one-half of the term. The City and the University Ithaca is situated in Tompkins County at the head of Cayuga Lake. It is a city of about seventeen thousand inhabitants. It is reached by the Lehigh Valley, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and the Auburn Short Line Railroads. The University stands on a plateau about four hundred feet above the lake. The officers of instruction and administration at Cornell University num­ i 4 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ber nearly eight hundred. The campus and farms cover 1436 acres. The New York State Game Farm, recently established under control of the University, lies adjacent to the university farm and comprises 166 acres. The buildings of the University are more than thirty-five in number providing quarters for the several colleges of the University. These are Agriculture, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Civil Engineering, THE UNIVERSITY IS ON A PLATEAU ABOUT 4OO FEET ABOVE CAYUGA LAKE Graduate School, Law, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine. The New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University occupies buildings erected by the State subsequent to 1904. These buildings are large and well equipped, and afford an attractive home for the College. Social and Religious Advantages Every year the students in each of the several winter courses have formed clubs. These societies meet once a week and debate subjects of special interest, discuss various problems, sing college songs, and indulge in other forms of social enjoyment. Every wintercourse student is urged to attend these meetings. WINTER COURSES 15 The winter-course students are welcomed at the meetings of the Agricultural Association, the Dairy Club, the Lazy Club, the Poultry Association, the Round-Up Club, and the other organizations of stu­ dents in the College. The meetings of these societies are devoted to discussions of live agricultural subjects and to the promotion of friend­ ship among the students. Religious services, provided for by the Dean Sage Preachership Endowment, are conducted in Sage Chapel throughout the college year, by eminent clergymen selected from the various religious denominations. These services are supplemented by the Cornell University Christian Association, a voluntary organization of stu­ dents and professors formed for their own religious culture and the promotion of Christian living in the University. The Christian Association has its home in Barnes Hall. It has a permanent secretary. It has also a carefully-selected Biblical library and comfortable reading and recreation rooms. Courses in Bible study are conducted throughout the year, and special courses are provided for students in the winter courses. In addition to the Young Men’s Christian Association there is a. flourishing Young Women’s Christian Association, with quarters in Barnes Hall. The students of the University are welcomed by the numerous churches in the city of Ithaca at all their services. Positions The College does not promise to find positions for students reg­ istered in any of its courses, but it has opportunity to recommend students for a large number of positions. Thus far it has been difficult to find students for all the places which the College has been asked to fill. Some students who have completed a winter course have obtained an increase in salary in the following season sufficient to pay the entire cost of the course. Such results, while of course not guaranteed, show that there are excellent opportunities for trained men. A student desiring a recommendation from the College must fulfill the following conditions: (1) He must be of good character; (2) his previous record must be good; (3) his work in the winter course must be satisfactory. l6 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE In the case of the course in dairy industry, previous experience in a well-conducted dairy plant is strongly advised for those who expect the College to recommend them for positions. In the case of the course in poultry husbandry, it is recommended that persons inexperienced in the handling of poultry spend at least a year in acquiring practical knowledge of the business before entering this course. Students who have not previously had a considerable amount of farm or poultry experience cannot, as a rule, be recom­ mended to positions of responsibility until they have spent a season on an approved poultry farm. This is particularly true for the better' positions, in which managers or superintendents are wanted to take charge of poultry farms. DESCRIPTION OF THE WINTER COURSES I. COURSE IN AGRICULTURE Most of the young men who come for a winter course expect to engage in general farming or hope to obtain positions as superin­ tendents of farms on which diversified agriculture is practiced. It is for these that the general course in agriculture is especially designed. Persons who plan to specialize will register in one of the professional courses or groups. On the other hand, the course in agriculture can be taken with advantage also by those who plan to do special work in agriculture later. It gives an. opportunity for laying a broad foundation of general knowledge as a basis for subsequent specialization. This course gives a general survey of agriculture in practically all its phases. It is strongly advised that persons desiring to pursue one of the special winter courses should first take the course in agriculture and postpone their special work to the following winter. Choice of subjects. Students may choose from the following courses such subjects as they desire to take and are able to schedule without conflict. No student may take less than twelve or more than a total of eighteen hours without special permission, and sixteen hours is as much as the average student can carry satisfactorily. [For definition of hour, see page 13.] So far as students in general agriculture are concerned, the courses in agricultural chemistry, farm crops, and soils form a unit, and these courses cannot be selected separately unless one or more of them have been passed in a previous winter course. Agricultural Chemistry 100. Agricultural Chemistry. Two hours a week. Lectures, Section A, T Th, 8; Section B, T Th, 9. Caldwell Hall 100. Professor C ross and Mr. An elementary course dealing with some fundamental chemistry and its rela­ tions to agriculture. Attention is given to the composition and chemical proper­ ties of plants, soils, fertilizers, feeding stuffs, insecticides, and fungicides. Animal Husbandry 1. Feeds and Feeding. Two hours a week. Lecture, S, 10. Practice, Section A, F, 11-1; Section B, S, 11-1. Animal Husbandry Building A. Pro­ fessor Sa v a g e and assistants. (1 7 ) i8 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The principles and practice of compounding rations and of feeding farm animals. 2. Breeds and Breeding. Three hours a week. Lectures, M F, 4. Animal Husbandry Building A. Practice, Section A, W, 11-12.30; Section B, S, 8.30-10. Animal Husbandry Pavilion. Professor W ing and assistants. The principles of breeding farm animals; the history of breeds; the adaptation of different breeds for certain purposes; the care of farm animals. Dairy Industry 8. General Farm Dairying. Three hours a week. Must be preceded or accompanied by course 10. Lecture, W, 2. Dairy Building 222. Laboratory practice, Section A, T, 1-6; Section B, W, 8-1. Limited to fifteen students in a section. Dairy Building. Professor-------- and Mr. -— ------ -—■. This course will deal with the manufacture and handling of farm dairy pro­ ducts, including the care and handling of milk; operation of hand separators, making butter, starter making; manufacture of some of the farm cheeses; ice cream; storing ice; judging dairy products; use of the score card for judging dairy barns. Laboratory deposit, $3 (part returnable), will be required to cover breakage, and laundering of white suits. 10. Milk Composition and Tests. For students in general agriculture only. Two hours a week. Lectures, Th, 2. Dairy Building 222. Laboratory, M, 10-12.30. Dairy Building 232. ProfessorTROY, Assistant Professor M c I n e r n e y and Messrs. P e r r y and -------- . The course includes the composition and secretion of milk; the Babcock test for fat in milk and its products; acid tests, salt tests, moisture tests; use of the lactometer; some of the simple tests for preservatives and adulterations. Labora­ tory deposit, $2 (part returnable), to cover breakage and for rental of laboratory apron. Entomology 1. Injurious Insects. Two hours a week. Lectures, T Th, 3. Roberts H a ll 292. Professor H e r r ic k . The common insect pests of farm, garden, and orchard will be discussed, and measures of control will be carefully considered. Specimens of the insects dis­ cussed, together with examples of their work, will be shown to members of the class whenever possible. Opportunity will be given for questions and discussions, with the hope of bringing out obscure points and clearing up all phases of the problems. The lectures and discussions will be illustrated by lantern slides and by charts. Extension Teaching 1. Extension Work. One hour a week. Lecture and discussion, W, 4. Roberts Hall 131. Criticism by appointment, daily, 8-1. Professor E v e r e t t and Messrs. D u nn an d -------- . A study of the problems of university extension in agriculture. Practice in the oral and written presentation of topics in agriculture, with criticism and individual conferences on the technic of public speech. The course is designed to acquaint students with parliamentary practice, to encourage interest in public affairs, and to train for effective self-expression in public. Open to all students in the winter courses. th' D“ y D'P,rtm“ ' STUDENTS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE CHEESE 18" V .S JSSrSSn,' * -"»>«*» -<•« 20 COLLEGE OP AGRICULTURE Special training will be given to competitors for the winter-course prize in public speaking. This prize is a silver cup given to the College by Mrs. Florence M. Nevin, of the winter course of 1918-19. It is to be retained by the College, and the name of the winner is to be engraved upon it. Competition is open to all winter-course students. Farm Crops 1. Farm Crops. Four hours a week. Lectures, M W F, 8. Roberts Hall 131. Laboratory, Section A, W, 11-1; Section B, Th, 11-1; Section C, F, n - i . Poultry Building 350. M r .-------- and assistants. A study of field-crop production with special emphasis on the culture, uses, and distribution of the principal farm crops. ' Students taking this course must take also Agricultural Chemistry 1 and Soils 200. It is recommended that they take also Animal Husbandry 1 and 2, Farm Management 1, and electives to total sixteen or eighteen hours. Laboratory fee, $1. Farm Management 1. Farm Records and Accounts. Two hours a week. Lecture, W, 3. Dairy Building 222. Laboratory, M W F, 10-12.30. Farm Management Building 102. M r.-------- . Farm inventories; cash accounts; income tax reports; single-enterprise cost accounts; complete farm cost accounts; other farm records. Special emphasis is given to the interpretation of results and their application in the organization and management of farms. Laboratory fee, $1. 2. Farm Management. Three hours a week. Lectures, M F, 3. Dairy Building 222. Laboratory, M T W or Th, ib-12.30. Farm Management Building 101. Assistant Professor-------- . Lectures, recitations, and laboratory practice. Farming as a business; types of farming; balance of business; size of business; rates of production; farm la y ­ out; building arrangement; labor management; machinery; marketing; ways of starting farming; forms of tenure and leases; choosing and buying a farm; use of capital and credit; planning, organization, and management of specific farms. Laboratory fee, $1. Floriculture 3. Amateur Floriculture. Three hours a week. Lectures, T Th, 3. Flori­ culture Building. Practice, T , 10-12.30. Greenhouses. Mr. P r a t t . This course is designed primarily for persons interested in growing plants in the house. Plants best suited for house culture will be considered, also plants for indoor and outdoor Window boxes and veranda boxes. Methods of prepara­ tion of soil, propagation, potting, and seed sowing will be studied. This course will not be given unless there is a registration of at least five persons. Laboratory fee, $1.50. 4. Gardening and Garden Flowers. Three hours a week. Lectures M W Th, 9. Greenhouses. Assistant Professor L u m sd en . A course designed to study the methods of propagation and growing of outdoor annuals, and herbaceous perennials. Studies will be made, so far as possible, of individual garden problems. The culture of outdoor roses, asters, peonies, phlox, iris, and bulbous plants, will be considered. Occasional laboratory periods, which are optional for the students, will be held. Laboratory fee, $1. Remove this application without separating the pages NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO WINTER COURSES Name of applicant IN F U L L ..................................................................................................................................... Last name First name Middle name Permanent home address (number and street, or R. F. D .)........................................................................................... Place................................................................................................. County...............................State....................... Date of birth, month............................................................................................................. day............ .............. year. Nationality....................................... .......................... Married............................... Date of this application............ Name of parent or guardian, or person to be notified in case of serious illness or accident....................................... Address of parent or guardian......................................................................................................................... Name of school or college last attended.............................................................................................................. Place...................................... State...................................................When?.......................... How long? .. Have you ever before registered in this or any other college?................................................ :........................ When?...................................... Where?............................................... In what course?................................ Have you received any degree or certificate?...............................What?............................... Where and when?. OVER What has been your practical experience in farm work and in the special work covered by the winter course in which you are registering?............................................................................................................................................ ................................ What has been your residence and occupation during the pastfive years? Occupation 1916.......................... Place................ State.. Occupation 1917............................................................... Place................ State.. Occupation 1918............................................................... Place................ . State.. Occupation 1919............................................................... Place............... . State. Occupation 1920................. Place...................................... State. What church do you attend?. REFEREN CES *— I am personally acquainted with the above applicant and know...................... to be of good moral character, industrious, studious, and physically and otherwise capable. Name......................................................................................... Name............................................................................ Position..................................................................................... Position........................................................................ Address..................................................................................... Address....................................................................... *Two endorsements are necessary, and should be preferably by your teacher and your pastor or a public official, not a member of your own family. These persons should sign the application themselves. NOTE.— The applicant must answer ALL the questions asked on both sides of this application blank. When the blank has been answered in full, mail it to Robert P. Sibley, Secretary, College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Name Last name First name Middle name SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS IMPORTANT: Before filling out the blanks on this page, make out a form such as is given on the reverse side . Indicate by a check mark ( v ) the one of the following eight courses in which you desire to register. Do not check more than one course. 1. Agriculture 2. Dairy Industry 3 • Poultry Husbandry 4- Fruit Growing 5■ Home Economics 6. Flower Growing 7- Vegetable Gardening 8. Game Farming If you desire to specialize in either the professional course in dairy industry or the professional course in poultry husbandry, it is not necessary for you to fill out the remainder of the blanks on this page. I f you are registering in any one of the other six courses, write here the number and the name of each subject that you desire to take, using the number given in the catalog. Example: No. 2. Subject Farm Management. Without special permission, no student is allowed to take le$s than twelve or more than eighteen “ hours” of work. For definition of “ hour," see page 13. No...........................Subject Lecture, required of all students No...........................Subject............................................... No........................... Subject....... ...................................... N o........................... Subject.............................................. No........................... Subject............................................... No........................... Subject............. :................................ No........................... Subject............................................... No...................... Subject.............................................. No........................... Subject............................................... No........................... Subject.............................................. No........................... Subject.............................................. After filling out this schedule completely according to directions; mail it, with your application for admission, to Robert P. Sibley, Secretary. OVER GUIDE FOR THE APPLICANT Before filling out the previous page the applicant should make sure, by means of a form similar to the one shown below, that the subjects he desires do not conflict in time. Most of the courses offer options in laboratory periods so that with the exercise of care one can generally arrange tt> include the subjects desired. Students in general agriculture should note that Agricultural Chemistry ioo, Farm Crops i , and Soils 200 form a unit to be taken at the same time. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY F R ID A Y SATURDAY 8-9 9-10 Required Lecture IO-II 11—12 12—I 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 STUDYING LABOR-SAVING DEVICES OF FARM AND HOME All types of farm machinery can be operated, taken apart, and put together again 22 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Forestry i. The Farm Woodlot. One hour a week. Lecture, M, io. Forestry Building 210. On three Saturday afternoons there will be field trips or laboratory periods. Mr. G uise. This course is designed to present certain sides of forestry that are of value in farm work. The course covers the methods of identifying the principal trees of this region; the care of the woodlot, including tree planting for timber and wind­ breaks; thinning, and cutting mature timber; methods of measuring the amount of standing and felled timber; protection from fire and other enemies; preserva­ tive treatment of posts; the making of maple sugar. Home Economics Any of the following subjects from the course in home economics may be taken by students registered in the course in agriculture, as far as laboratory accommodations permit: 1. Foods and Nutrition. (See page 34.) 10. Elementary Clothing and Design. (See page 34.) 11. Dressmaking and Dress Design. (See page 34.) 15. Elementary Millinery. (See page 34.) 20. Household Management. (See page 34.) 25. Home Environment. (See page 36.) 30. Civic Responsibilities of Women. (See page 36.) Landscape Art 6. Landscape Planning and Planting. Three hours a week. Lecture, W, 10. Practice, M, 9 - 1 1 , W, 2-5. Landscape Art Building. Mr. P o r t e r . A discussion of the principles underlying simple arrangements and planting in home grounds, school grounds, and village-improvement work. The course will consist of lectures to illustrate fundamental principles and of practice and field trips to observe land conditions; making small surveys; prepar­ ing simple plans; learning the common plants, and utilizing them in planting practice. Meteorology 1. Elementary Meteorology. One hour a week. Lecture, M, 9. Roberts Hall 292. Mr. M ordoff. This course is designed to present the more essential phases of meteorology and climatology and their relations to agriculture. Some time will be spent in studying the principles and methods of practical weather forecasting from weather maps and local observations. Plant Breeding 1. Plant Breeding. Two hours a week. Lectures and discussions, T Th, 9. Forestry Building 210. Assistant Professor F r a se r . A consideration of some of the general biological principles concerned in repro­ duction in plants, and the better-known facts of heredity and variation, followed by discussion of the methods of plant breeding as applied to certain types of crops. STUDENTS LEARN TO KNOW AND JUDGE VARIOUS BREEDS They are given opportunity to learn the history and characteristics of the different breeds and how to select individual birds 24 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Plant Pathology 1. Plant Diseases. Three hours a week. Lecture, S, 9. Stone Hall 192. Practice, Section A, for students in fruit growing, T, 11—1, Th, 10-1; Section B, for students in general agriculture, W, 11-1, F, 10-1. Bailey Hall, West Basement. Professor B a r r u s and Messrs. K ir b y a n d -------- . The first two weeks will be spent in studying the structure and development of the lower plants, slime molds, bacteria, and true fungi. The more important diseases of commercial crops will then be studied carefully in regard to their symp­ toms, cause, and control. Laboratory fee, $1.50; breakage deposit, $3. Pomology 2. General Fruit Growing. Three hours a week. Lectures, T W Th, 9. Roberts Hall 292. Professors R e e s and H e in ic k e . This lecture course is designed for students who desire a general knowledge of fruit growing. It covers practically the same topics as course 1 in fruit growing (page 33), but in less detail. Poultry Husbandry 11. Farm Poultry. Four hours a week. Lectures, M W F, 5-6. Poultry Building 375. Practice, T, 10.30-1. Poultry Building 300. Professors R ic e , B e n ja m in , and K e n t , Assistant Professor H e u s e r , and Messrs. B a n n e r and C ard. A discussion of the domestic breeds of poultry; hatching and rearing; the principles of breeding, feeding, and management; marketing; diseases of poultry; the building of poultry houses; related matters. Laboratory fee, $3. Rural Engineering 1. Farm Mechanics. Three hours a week. Lectures, T Th, 2. Roberts Hall 292. Practice, Th or S, 10-1. Rural Engineering Building. Professor R il e y , Assistant Professor F a ir b a n k s and assistants. A study of the principles of operation, details of construction, and practical operation and care of: (a) Machinery, including gasoline engines, devices for transmitting power, hydraulic rams, pumps, spray nozzles, spraying outfits, water-supply outfits; (b) implements, including plows, mowers, grain binders, and binder attachments; discussion of the special mechanical features of some of these implements now on the market. Laboratory fee, $2. Soil Technology 200. Soils. Two hours a week. Must be preceded or accompanied by Agricultural Chemistry 1. Section A, Lectures, T Th, 2. One demonstration period a week, T or F, 11-1. Caldwell Hall 100. Professor B u c k m a n . Section B, Lectures, T Th, 4. One demonstration period a week, M or W, 11-1. Cald­ well Hall 100. Professor W o r th e n . An elementary course dealing with those physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil that have special practical applications. The use of lime, manures, and fertilizers will be an important phase of the work. Vegetable Gardening 1. Principles of Vegetable Gardening. (See page 38.) 2. Vegetable Forcing. (See page 38.) PROSPECTIVE MILK TESTERS AT WORK A completely-equipped laboratory offers facilities for those who wish to study milk composition and milk tests 26 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Veterinary Medicine i. Diseases of Dairy Cattle, and Veterinary Hygiene. One hour a week. Lecture, S, 9. Veterinary College, Small Lecture Room. Doctor H a y d e n . This course includes a discussion of the commonest diseases of dairy cattle, the prevention and cure of these diseases, ventilation of stables, and genera) questions of animal hygiene. H. COURSE IN DAIRY INDUSTRY The course in dairy industry is intended especially for persons who plan to operate commercial dairy plants, and students expecting to enter this field professionally should register in this course. The work of the course requires the student’s entire time. This course is not intended for persons who plan to follow dairy farming. Those wishing to study the manufacturing side of dairy farm work should register in the farm dairy courses outlined on page 18. If there are more applicants for the course than laboratory space will allow, students will be accepted according to their previous dairy experience and the order in which the applications are received. There will be a meeting of dairy-course students and teachers in lecture room 222 of the Dairy Building at five o’clock on the afternoon of registration day, November 10. All students registered in the winter course in dairy industry are required to attend this meeting. Special Expenses Laboratory fee (to pay in part for materials used). . . . $15.00 Laboratory deposit (part returnable) to cover laundry and breakage............................................................... 8.00 Books, about.. ............................................................. 10.00 One suit of blue overalls, about..................................... 3.00 Three white suits, with caps, about.............................. 10.00 One rubber apron, about............................................... 1.00 Waterproof footwear is necessary for workin the dairy laboratories. Books, notebooks, and clothing can be purchased in Ithaca. Methods of Instruction Instruction, although partly by lectures and recitations, is largely by actual practice in the different kinds of dairy work. The class assembles daily at 8 a. m., and the class work continues for twohours. The students are then assigned, in sections, to different kinds of practice for the remainder of the day. These assignments are so made that in the course of the term each student has a due amount of work in each of the various divisions. WINTER COURSES 27 The lectures and recitations are given in one-hour periods. Fre­ quently they are replaced by examinations; often, also, a part of the hour is occupied by informal discussions of former lectures or of topics previously assigned for study. The lectures are supplemented by references to dairy literature, books, current periodicals, and experiment station publications. The first six weeks of the term will be occupied in studying the composition of milk, and methods of testing; the bacteriology of dairy products; preparation of starters from bacterial cultures; dairy chemistry; dairy-cattle feeding; veterinary hygiene; dairy arithmetic and bookkeeping; dairy mechanics. Required Subjects The subjects of the required lecture and practice courses for the first half of the term are as follows: 200. Milk Composition and Tests. Three hours a week. Lectures, W S, 9, F, 8. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment, W Th F, 10.15-12.30, 1.30-4. Dairy Building 232. Professor T r o y , Assistant Professor M cI n e r n e y , and Mr. P e r r y . This course includes the composition and secretion of milk; the Babcock test for fat in milk and its products, acid tests, salt tests, moisture tests; use of the lactometer; calculating milk solids; some of the simple tests for preservatives and adulterations. A thorough drill will be given in making all the above determina­ tions. The testing laboratory is furnished with all necessary equipment. 201. Dairy Bacteriology. Four hours a week. Lectures, W S, 8. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment, W Th F S, 10 .15-12.30 . Dairy Build­ ing 122. Professor Sto c k in g and Messrs. W h itin g and D o w n s. This course considers the nature of bacteria and their relation to dairy work, including their sources, action on milk, butter, and cheese, and the methods of con­ trolling their growth. The laboratory is equipped with modem apparatus for the preparation and sterilization of glassware and media, the plating of samples, and the incubation of organisms. Studies are made of the various bacteria commonly found in milk. Students are given practice in plating samples, counting organisms, and making microscopic examinations. 202. Starters, Laboratory Course. One hour a week. Practice, by appoint­ ment, S, 10.15-12.30, 1.30-3.30. Dairy Building E 132. M r .-------- . Under the direction of the instructor the students prepare starters from various commercial cultures. Methods of control and the effects of different ripening temperatures are considered. 203. Dairy Chemistry. Two hours a week. Lectures, T Th, 8. T, Dairy Building 222, Th, Roberts Hall 392. Mr. W h it e . The elementary principles of chemistry are explained in order that the student may better understand the composition of dairy products and the chemical changes connected with and influencing dairy operations. 204. Feeds and Feeding. Four hours a week. Lectures, M T9. Practice, M T, 10-12. Animal Husbandry Building C. Professor Sa v a g e and assistants. 28 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The principles and practice of compounding rations and of feeding farm animals. 205. Dairy Arithmetic and Bookkeeping. Two hours a week. Practice, by appointment, M T Th S, 1.30-4.30. Dairy Building 119. Professor Ross and M r .-------- . A thorough drill is provided in such problems as are constantly arising in all kinds of dairy work and in the keeping of factory accounts. 206. Dairy Mechanics. Two hours a week. Lecture, M, 8. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment, M T W F, 1.30-5. Dairy Mechanics Labora­ tories. Mr. A y r e s . Students receive practice in the firing, care, and operation of boilers, and in the care and operation of steam and gasoline engines, cream separators and other dairy machinery. Practical work is also given in the installation of shafts and pulleys, pipe fitting, belt lacing, and soldering. In the last six weeks of the course the student will be given labora­ tory practice, supplemented by lectures, in such branches of dairy manufacturing as he may choose after consultation with the Depart­ ment. The number of days in a week that will be devoted to each branch of the work cannot be determined until the proportion of students wishing to take each subject is known; therefore no schedule is given. 207. Butter. Four hours a week. Lecture periods, to be arranged. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment. Dairy Building E 151. Messrs. A y r e s a n d -------- . This course deals with the principles and practice of butter making, from the receiving of the milk and cream to the judging and marketing of the finished product; construction and arrangement of creameries; accounts and business methods. The creamery is furnished with apparatus such as is found in a well-equipped commercial plant. The milk is received, weighed, sampled, and separated, and the entire process of ripening cream and of churning is carried through in the most thorough manner. Special attention is given to the use of starters. Every step of the work is performed by students under the close supervision of the instructor. 208. Cheese. Four hours a week. Lecture periods, to be arranged. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment. Dairy Building E 152. M r .-------- ■. The work includes the principles and methods of making Cheddar, or American, cheese. Attention is given to the making and use of starters; the judging and marketing of cheese; factory accounts; the construction and equipment of cheese factories. The cheese room is equipped with all necessary apparatus, such as is used in large factories for making Cheddar cheese. All the work is performed by students and every step is carefully observed and reported by them on blank forms provided for the purpose. Special attention is given to judging the quality of milk for making cheese, and to judging the cheese when itds ready for market. W INTER COURSES 29 209. Fancy Cheeses. Two hours a week. Lecture period, to be arranged. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment. Dairy Building E 132. Mr. The best methods to be used in making the various kinds of soft cheeses, the commercial possibilities of these products, and marketing methods, will be discussed in these lectures. The students will make a variety of cheeses, including cottage, baker’s cream, pimento, club, neufchatel, and camembert. 210. Ice Cream. Three hours a week. Lecture periods to be arranged. Dairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment. Dairy Building E 122. Assist­ ant Professor F is k and Mr. — — . The subject matter covered in the lectures consists of the successive steps in the making of ice cream; and will also include allied subjects, such as types of machines; refrigeration; quality of materials used; marketing; business manage­ ment ; factory construction and equipment. The laboratory is equipped with both hand and power freezers. There are two types of the latter, one using ice for freezing and hardening, and one using mechanical refrigeration. Various kinds of ice cream are made, including custards and puddings. In the laboratory the student becomes familiar with the actual commercial business. 211. Market Milk. Three hours a week. Lecture periods, to be arrangedDairy Building 222. Practice, by appointment. Dairy Building E 121. Pro­ fessor Ross and M r .-------- . This course includes the sanitary construction of dairy barns; score cards for dairy barns and market milk; food value of milk; standardizing milk and cream; legal standards for milk and cream; dairy utensils; the general production and handling of clean milk. The laboratory work includes bottling; milk pasteurization; different methods of cooling milk; clarification; standardization of milk and cream; judging milk and cream for sanitary quality; the use of the sanitary score card in judging dairy bams and dairy plants. Certificate of Proficiency A student who has completed all of the work of the winter course in dairy industry and has passed all the required examinations, may become a candidate for a certificate of proficiency in the kind of dairy work in which he is engaged. The candidate must complete one year of satisfactory work in a responsible dairy position approved by the Department of Dairy Industry, though a longer period than one year may be required by the Department if conditions seem to warrant it. He must have his plant in readiness for inspection by a representative of the Department at any time, and the inspector’s reports must be satisfactory to the Department. A certificate will not be granted on a year’s work if a part of the year is spent in making one product and a part in making another. For example, six months in a cheese factory and six months in a butter factory will not entitle a man to a certificate; but two seasons of 30 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE six months each in any one line of work will be accepted as one full year, if the factory does not run for a longer time. If the candidate is regularly employed in the manufacture of more than one kind of dairy product— for example, if he is making both butter and cheese— he may become eligible to work for a certificate of proficiency in each of these lines by complying with the require­ ments, which, stated briefly are as follows: (i) Satisfactory comple­ tion of all subjects studied in the winter course in dairy industry; (2) occupying a position of responsibility in dairy work, in a manner satisfactory to the Department, for at least one year; (3) satisfactory reports of plant and product by the departmental representative who makes the inspections during this period. m . COURSE IN POULTRY HUSBANDRY The winter course in poultry husbandry is one of the means by which the College of Agriculture attempts to meet the needs of farmers. The course is intended also to assist in supplying the large and growing demand for trained poultrymen to take charge of poultry plants owned by others. Although it is manifestly impossible in twelve weeks to give full preparation for so exacting a business as poultry keeping, this course will start the student in the right direc­ tion, enable him to avoid many mistakes, and offer him facts and principles of value gleaned from the lifelong experience, study, and observation of others. Persons expecting to take up poultry raising professionally should register in the course in poultry husbandry, not in the course in agriculture. Applicants must furnish satisfactory evidence of having had at least six months experience in working on an approved farm or poultry plant. A meeting of all winter-course students in poultry husbandry with the staff of the Department will be held at five o’clock on the afternoon of registration day, November 10, in Poultry Building 375. Special Expenses - .. i i A ' Laboratory fee (to pay in part for material used) . . . . $12.00 General supplies .................................................. 12.00 Excursions........................................................... ......... 35-°° Besides these expenses, about $5 worth of books are usually bought and retained by the student. For cost of board and other expenses, see page 9. If the prospective student owns a set of drawing instru­ ments, he should bring them and thereby save part of the expense for general supplies. W INTER COURSES 3i Required Subjects 1. Poultry Husbandry. Six hours a week. Open only to students in the -professional course. Lectures, M T W Th S, 9, F, 8.15, and by appointment. Poultry Building 375. Examination, W, 10-12.30. Poultry Building 300. Professors R ic e , B en ja m in and K e n t , Assistant Professor H e u s e r , and Messrs. B a n n e r and C a r d . The lectures include discussions of subjects of special interest to poultrymen; •opportunities in poultry husbandry; advantages and disadvantages of various types of poultry keeping; laying out and estimating the cost of poultry plants; poultry-farm management; history and characteristics of breeds; feeding for egg production and for flesh; feeding young chickens; incubating and brooding; principles of poultry-house construction; capons and caponizing; diseases; preparing eggs and poultry for market; marketing poultry products. Assign­ ments for reading will be announced. 2. Special Lectures. Two hours a week. Open only to students in the pro­ fessional course. T Th, 4.45-5.45, F, 9. Poultry Building 375, and Roberts Hall 131. A course of lectures, not limited to the subject of poultry husbandry, given by members of the staff of many of the departments of the College of Agriculture and -of the Cornell Medical College, and by men of experience outside of the University, 3. Laboratory Practice. Four hours a week. Open only to students in the professional course. T W Th F, 2-4; F, 10-12.30. Poultry Building 300. Professor B e n jam in and M essrs.-------- a n d --------- . This course includes the designing and drawing of plans for poultry buildings mid colony houses; laying out poultry plants; selecting fowls for mating; killing, dressing, picking, and marketing poultry; testing, grading, and packing eggs; study of the formation and structure of the egg; anatomy of poultry; caponizing; ■ study of poultry feeds; mixing rations; balancing rations; fitting fowls for exhibition; judging and scoring for fancy points and for utility; sanitation. 5. Flock Management. One hour a week. Open to students in the profes­ sional course or to those who have taken or are taking course 11 (page 24). Prac­ tice periods and extra time arranged by appointment. Practice, reporting three times daily (including Sunday) for four weeks, 7.45-8.15, 12.30-1, 4-4.30. Poul­ try Plant. Messrs.-------- a n d --------- . Practice in record keeping, and management of fowls for egg production and for fattening, including preparation for market. 6. Poultry Mechanics and Appliances. One hour a week. Open only to students in the professional course. Practice, S, 10-12.30. Poultry Building 125. M essrs.-------- a n d -------—. Demonstration in the use of gasoline engines; power bone-cutters; a feed mill; a. power saw; a feed mixer; other equipment. Making shipping coops, catching hooks, and other poultry appliances. 7. Incubator Practice. One hour a week. Open to students in the profes­ sional course or to those who have taken or are taking course 11 (page 24). Prac­ tice periods and extra time arranged by appointment. Practice, reporting three times daily (including Sunday) for four weeks, 7.45-8.15, 12.30-1, 4-4.30. Poul­ try Building I. M essrs.-------- a n d ---------. Practice in operating incubators; testing eggs, keeping records, and comparison o f results. 32 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 8. Brooder Practice. One hour a week. Open to students in the professional course or to those who have taken or are taking course n (page 24). Practice periods and extra time arranged by appointment Practice, reporting three times daily (including Sunday) for four weeks, 7.45-8.15, 12.30-1, 4-4.30. Poultry Plant. Messrs. C a r d , and------— -. Practice in the management of a brooder and a flock of chickens; keeping o f temperature, food, and growth records. 9. Poultry Accounts. One hour a week. Open only to students in the pro­ fessional course. Th, 10-12.30. Poultry Building 300. Professor B e n j a m in and Messrs. -------- and --------- . Comparison of various methods of poultry-farm accounting, and practice in recording a set of transactions. A study will be made of the summarized results to determine the profit or loss in the various poultry-farm operations. Excursions. One or more excursions will be made to neighboring poultry farms, and one three»day trip will be taken, during the three days following the Christmas vacation, to visit successful New York State farms, and the New Y o rk City markets. These excursions are required, and every student must take them in order to receive full credit for the course. The total expense is about $35. Certificate of Proficiency On the completion of the required course, seventeen hours, with no­ deficiencies, a student in poultry husbandry may become an applicant for a certificate signed by the Dean of the College and the Professor o f Poultry Husbandry, under the following terms and conditions: A candidate must spend one full year in successful work at an approved poultry plant. He must present regularly, on blank forms furnished for the purpose, such information in regard to the work as may be required, and he must hold his plant in readiness for inspection at any time. Under certain conditions a longer period than one year of practical work may be required. On satisfactory completion of these requirements a certificate will be granted. IV. COURSE IN FRUIT GROWING The course is intended to meet the requirements of persons engaged in commercial fruit growing. Lectures will cover the rela­ tion of the fundamental sciences to the various orchard operations, and a digest of experimental work bearing on fruit growing. Special' emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of experimental work with reference to New York conditions. In the laboratory exerciseseach student will be given opportunity to perform all the orchard operations which the season will permit. The course should be o f value to men who are preparing to become managers or foremen o f fruit farms. Unless the student has had considerable previous experience, the course will not equip him for such a position. WINTER COURSES 33 Required Subjects All students in this course who have not already satisfactorily completed the winter course in agriculture are required to take the subjects that follow. Those who have completed the winter course in agriculture may elect other subjects, but should consult with their faculty adviser before making the election. i. Commercial Fruit Growing. Six hours a week. Lectures, M T W Th, 9. Practice, M W, 10-1. Roberts Hall 202. Professors R e e s and H e in ic k e . This course includes a study of methods of propagation; principles of budding and grafting; soils, varieties, and planting plans for the orchard; cultivation; cover crops, fertilization, and pruning, as practiced in orchard management; picking, grading, packing, storing, and marketing fruit. The course considers the apple, pear, quince, cherry, plum, peach, grape, raspberry, blackberry, currant, gooseberry, and strawberry. Laboratory fee, $2. 1. Plant Diseases. (See page 24.) 1. Injurious Insects. (See page 18.) 100. Agricultural Chemistry. (Seepage 17.) 200. Soils. (See page 24) Certificate of Proficiency When the student has completed the course outlined, he may become an applicant for a certificate of proficiency in orchard prac­ tice. Before this certificate is granted, however, the candidate must have spent a year in work on a fruit farm that has been approved by the Department. The applicant must present reports of his expe­ rience on the farm and a statement from the proprietor or manager that he has done a satisfactory year's work and has had experience in all phases of orchard work, particularly pruning, spraying, harvesting, and packing. V. COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS The winter course in home economics was first given in 1906, before the Department of Home Economics was organized.. The course is not a professional one with university requirements, nor does it give university credit. It meets the growing interest in house­ hold efficiency of those who are managing their own homes. In­ creased interest is given to the housekeeper through a knowledge of the principles affecting the management of food, shelter, and clothing. The aim of the course is to help the housekeeper to solve the problem of expenditure for food and clothing. The course includes lectures and laboratories, with the same instructors and equipment as are provided for the regular courses in the College. Opportunity is offered through these courses to persons who wish to qualify for volunteer leadership in clubs and other groups. 34 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE i. Foods and Nutrition. Six hours a week. Lectures, M, 9, T Th, 11. Home Economics Building 265. Practice, M W F, 2-5. Home Economics Building 205. Total laboratory registration limited to twenty students. Those whose major course is home economics will be given the preference. Professor R ose and Assistant Professor B o y s . The course includes the study of food composition; food values; methods of selection, preparation, and preservation of food materials; principles of nutrition; dietaries; the care and feeding of children. Laboratory work is given for appli­ cation of the principles studied, and includes practice in the preparation and serv­ ing of food. Laboratory lee, $15. 10. Elementary Clothing and Design. Three hours a week. Should be taken by students who have had little experience in sewing. Total laboratory registration limited to fourteen students. Practice, M W F, 10.30-1. Home Economics Building 300. Miss A l l e n . This course includes hand and machine sewing; the use of commercial pat­ terns; designing of garments from a foundation pattern; household mending; simple embroidery. Emphasis is placed upon the design in every process. The work consists of demonstrations, discussions, and practice. Students provide all dress materials, subject to the approval of the instructors. Estimated cost of dress materials, $10. Laboratory fee, to cover cost of laboratory materials, $3. 11. Dressmaking and Dress Design. Five hours a week. Open only to those students who are particularly interested in costume design and dressmaking, and who have a practical background of dress construction. Persons having had experience in making clothes for others should find this course particularly valua­ ble and should be able to use it as a basis for further commercial work. Total laboratory registration limited to fourteen students. Practice, M T W Th F, 2-4.30. Home Economics Building 265. Miss A l l e n . In this course dress design and technique are emphasized. The problems include making a simple cotton dress; using a commercial pattern; designing a pattern; making a lingerie waist and a wool skirt. The last problem will depend upon the ability of the student. Students provide all dress materials, subject to the approval of the instructors. Estimated cost of dress materials, $20 to $30. Laboratory fee, to cover cost of laboratory materials, $3. 15. Elementary Millinery. Two hours a week. Practice, W, 8-10, F, 8-9, 10—11. Home Economics Building 265. Total laboratory registration limited to twenty, students. Miss H ill h o u se . This course considers method of manipulation in the construction of straw and fabric hats; use and renovating of old materials; preparation of trimmings; study of design in hats, their becomingness and cost. Students provide all hat materials, subject to the approval of the instructor. Estimated cost of materials from $6 to $10. Laboratory fee, to cover cost of laboratory materials, $3. 20. Household Management. Three hours a week. M T Th, 8. Home Economics Building 265. M iss-------- . This course includes a study of the source and division of the income of the household; making of the budget; cost of food, shelter, and clothing; cost of equipment; family welfare; standards of living; elimination of waste; methods of saving; problem of domestic service; marketing; personal and household accounts, bank accounts, savings, and investments. MJOUS l a b o r a t o r y in t h e hom e e c o n o m ic s b u il d in g H gki^vepne risnSs^trluv c^tiporne^mentht^ebcyu^lirnoabrkymarst^i^n^foorokd^s na^ndhccroaoek^icnognloamboirca^tnorayturaHyy * £ e£rS ?aro*un* d* co°^king. Young *w*omen are 36 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 25. Home Environment. One hour a week. Th, 10. Home Economics Building 265. Professor Y o u n g. A series of lectures dealing with the arrangement, design, and furnishing of the home. 30. Civic Responsibilities of Women. Three hours a week. Lectures, T Th, 9. Home Economics Building 265. Conference period by arrangement. Pro­ fessor H a z a r d . The course is planned for home makers and volunteer civic group leaders. It includes a study of the political, social, and industrial phases of community, state, and national life, and an appreciation of international relations. It aims to make women understand the civic responsibilities they are assuming, so as to become more efficient voting citizens and future office holders. A third lecture hour and an intensive program of reading will be added for those who plan to undertake the leadership of volunteer civic groups. VI. COURSE IN FLOWER GROWING New York is distinctly a flower-growing State. The financial interests of the industry are greater in this than in any other State in the Union. There is keen competition among flower growers, and progressive young men realize that they must equip themselves with all the information possible if they are to make a success of the busi­ ness. Two courses are offered for those especially interested in com­ mercial floriculture. These, with other required subjects, should give the student a broad knowledge of the subject and equip him well for his work. Interest in flower growing, however, is not confined to men engaged in the commercial industry. There is an increasing demand from amateurs for information regarding the culture of plants to be used about the home or the school grounds. Courses have been arranged with a view to meeting this demand. These courses are outlined on page 20. Those following are planned especially for persons who intend to engage in commercial floriculture. Course 2 is equally well suited for those interested in vegetable forcing under glass. Required Subjects 1. Commercial Floriculture and Greenhouse Practice. Five hours a week. Lectures, M T Th, 2, W, 8. Floriculture Building. Practice, S, 10-12.30. Greenhouses. Professor W h ite and Mr. P r a t t . A study of the methods of growing standard florists’ crops, such as roses, carnations, violets, sweet peas, orchids, and plants for bedding. So far as possible, laboratory practice in growing these crops will be given. The course is designed to familiarize the student with the ordinary work of the greenhouse and the garden. Laboratory fee, $3. 2. Commercial Greenhouse and Conservatory Construction and Heating. Three hours a week. Lecture, F, 2. Floriculture Building. Practice, T, 11—1. Th, 10 -1. Floriculture Building. Mr. P r a t t . This course considers the details of the construction and heating of glasshouses for growing plants and vegetables; choice of location; water, soil, and light; WINTER COURSES 37 glazing; all the conditions found in well-appointed modern ranges. The con­ struction and care of hotbeds and coldframes are also studied. Laboratory work consists of drawings of construction details; the making of plans and speci­ fications; preparation of estimates; any practical work in construction that may be available. Laboratory fee, $ 1.50. 100. Agricultural Chemistry. (Seepage 17.) 200. Soils. (See page 24.) 1. Plant Diseases. (See page 24.) . 1. Injurious Insects. (See page 18.) Elective Subjects 4. Gardening and Garden Flowers. (See page 20.) 1. Extension Work. (See page 18.) 6. Landscape Planning and Planting. (See page 22.) 1. Plant Breeding. (See page 22.) Certificate of Proficiency Certificates are available to students who satisfactorily complete courses 1 and 2 in floriculture, also the courses in agricultural chemis­ try, soils, plant diseases, and injurious insects, and who subsequently spend one full season in floricultural work. A statement is required of the work for the season, approved by the proprietor of the establish­ ment in which the student has been employed and satisfactory to the Professor of Floriculture. VII. COURSE IN VEGETABLE GARDENING With the rapid growth of cities and with vegetable food occupying a place of constantly increasing importance in the dietary, the demand for vegetables has undergone a great development within the past few years. An ever-increasing number of persons are looking to the growing of vegetables as a source of all or part of their income, not only on highly specialized vegetable farms and in connection with other less intensive types of agriculture, but also in home and school gardens. In view of this wide and growing interest in vegetable culture, the Division of Vegetable Gardening offers two courses to meet the needs of those who are not able to take a regular college course but who desire to obtain in a short time a fundamental knowledge of the principles and practices of vegetable growing. The principles underlying successful vegetable production are discussed, and methods of applying these principles in different types of vegetable gardening are described. Care is taken to so shape the work that it will be of service to persons who have already gained field experi­ ence, although it should be of value also to those interested in home and school gardening. 38 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE It is suggested that the following courses be combined with the work in vegetable gardening: 200. Soils. (See page 24.) 100. Agricultural Chemistry. (See page 17.) 1. Injurious Insects. (See page 18.) 1. Plant Diseases. (See page 24.) 1. Plant Breeding. CSce page 22 ) Required Subjects 1. Principles of Vegetable Gardening. Four hours a week. Lectures, M T F, 2. Poultry Building 350. Laboratory, T, 10-12.30. Poultry Building 350 and vegetable greenhouses. Assistant Professor Sc h n e c k . A study of the principles underlying successful vegetable production; choice of location; equipment; management of soil and crops; seed and seed growing; plant growing; pests and their control; marketing. Each crop is considered individually as regards importance and adaptation; fertilizers; culture; special requirements; varieties; enemies; harvesting; marketing. The laboratory work includes planning; seed and seedling studies; seed testing; descriptive work. Plants are grown under glass as for outdoor setting. Laboratory fee, $ 1 .5 0 . 2. Vegetable Forcing. Three hours a week. Open only to those who are taking course 1. Lectures, M F, 4. Poultry Building 350. Laboratory, S, 10.30-1. Poultry Building 350, and vegetable greenhouses. Assistant Professor Schneck. Vegetable production under glass; management of vegetable greenhouses; greenhouse crops and their requirements. In connection with the laboratory, each student will be assigned space in the greenhouses for the growing of crops. The class will participate in a one-day excursion to Rochester in December to visit vegetable greenhouses; cost, about $6. Laboratory fee, $1.50. VIII. COURSE IN GAME FARMING The course in game farming is intended to supply the growing demand for the training of practical gamekeepers and wardens, and those who wish to take up the propagation and care of wild fowl as a commercial pursuit. Although it is manifestly impossible to give full preparation for such work in twelve weeks, this course will start the student in the right direction, enable him to avoid many mistakes, and offer him facts and principles of value, gleaned from the lifelong experience, study, and observation of others. In this course the work in poultry husbandry is used to a considerable extent as a basis, not only because of its intrinsic value but also because in this closely related field both practical and educational methods are already well established. Methods of Instruction. The required work listed below includes lectures at 9 o’clock, five days a week, and others will be announced for 10 o’clock. The special public lectures which short-course stu­ dents are required to attend, will usually come at 4.45, although some WINTER COURSES 39 will be in the evening. One or more trips will be made for inspection of a few well-managed game farms and estates. Required Subjects 1. Game Farming. Eight hours a week. Lectures, M T W Th, 9, Poultry Building, 375; and 10, Poultry Building 325. Professors R ic e , N eed h am , K e n t , B en jam in and E m bo d y, Assistant Professor A l l e n and Messrs. K rum and C ard. The topics will include fish culture, the pheasant, the mallard and other ducks, native and introduced upland game; fur and meat bearing mammals; feeding, breeding, hatching, and rearing; buying and selling; handling and shipping; wintering; vermin and diseases; field and cover maintenance; the history and present development of game farming; the domestication and habits of wild species. 2. Special Lectures. Two hours a week. Lectures, W F, 4.45. Poultry Building 325. Speakers from within and without the College. The topics of the special lectures will include: Wild life conservation; attracting and protecting wild birds; the organization of conservation work; opportunities in this field. 3. Laboratory Practice in Game Farming. Two hours a week. T Th, 2-4.30. Messrs. K rum and -—■— — . Identification of species, feeds, plantings; study of anatomy; diseases; methods of marketing; materials for construction; appliances; coops; bills of material; designing; farm layouts; farm types; accounts. 4. Practice in Game Flock Management. One hour a week. Practice periods and extra time by appointment. Practice twice daily (including Sunday) for six weeks, 8-8.30, 4.30-4.45. Poultry Plant. Messrs. K rum and ---- — ■. Practice in handling and feeding pheasants and mallards in winter quarters. A series of tests will be carried out by the students. 5. Practice in Natural and Artificial Incubation. One hour a week. Prac­ tice periods and extra time by appointment. Practice three times daily (including Sunday) for six weeks, 7.45-8.15, 12.30-1, 4.30-5. Poultry Building 1. Messrs. K rum a n d -------- . Practice in hatching eggs with hens and incubators; testing eggs; keeping records; comparison of results. A series of tests will be conducted by the class. 6. 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