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A Short Course In Agriculture. A Short Winter Course of In struction in the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is arranged especially for the benifit of farmers’ sons, many of whom cannot afford Uie time and money necessary .or a full college course of study, and yet desire a better preparation for their lito work than can be had on the farm. It will be given in the winter, when the work on the farm is least pres sing and when the time can be host spared.lt is hoped that many farmers’sons will avail themselves (if this opportunity to utilize the comparative leisure of the winter to make themselves acquainted with the fundamental principles underlying the art which they practice for a livelihood. The course is open to all over 15 years of age. No examination for admission is required, and a good common school education will en able any one of average ability to take the course with profit. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR TUITION OR OTHER FEES. The course in 10)2 begins Mon day, January 0th, ends Saturday, March 29th, and is divided into two terms of six weeks each, eith er or both of which may be taken. 'Phe studios embraced are: FIRST TERM—JANUARY CtII, TO FEB RUARY 15th. English—Five hours a week. English Grammar, Composition and Literature. MATHEMATics-Five hours a week Arithmetic, Algebra,Plano Geom etry. A o rtoultu r a l Che mistr y—F i ve hours a week. Lectures in the field,laboratory and lecture room. Agriculture—Ten hours a week and the whole of each Saturday devoted to practical exercises in the field, barn and dairy. Instruc tions will be given in the best methods of preparing land, of pitching, gathering and marketing crops; and of housing and caring for stock and cattle. SECOND TERM—FEBRUARY 17tH TO MARCH 29tH. English —Five hours a week. English Grammar, Composition and Literature. MathEmatics—Five hours a week. Bookkeeping and Farm Account ing. Horticultue—Five hours a week. The cultivation, production and marketing of Orchard and Small Fruits and Truck Crops. Dairying and Veterinary Science —Ten hours a week and the whole of each Saturday. Instruction will be given by a competent spec ialist in the best methods of mak ing Butter and Cheese and of pre serving them for homo consump tion and for market, and a course of lectures on tho diseases and care of stock and cattle will be deliver d. Farm Engineering—Five hours a week. Instruction in the lec ture room and exercises in the field in the use of instruments and methods of surveying, plot ting and levelling. This course will be offered during the School Term to those who may wish to substitute it for one of the other courses of the same number of hours. It may be extended, if desired, so as to qualify the stud ent to become a proficient survey or, competent to do tht, work of a County Surveyor, Road Overseer, &.c. The Winter Course will be edu cative, while at the same time seeking to impart valuable infor mation in the subjects studied. As few text books as possible will be usod, and arrangements will be made by which these can be purchased at a low price. Students in this special course will be subject to the general reg- ulati ms of the University and will stand upon the same footing as to discipline and privileges as other students of the University. The libraries, laboratories and regular lecture courses will be open to them under the restrictions gov erning other students. Yovng men desiring to enter upon this course should give posi tive notification to that effect as far in advance as possible. On reaching Athens they should re port at once to the undersigned. Table board on the co-operative plan can be had in the new Den mark Dining Hall from $7.5Q to $8.00 per month; elsewhere at $10.00 per month and upwards. Rooms in the dormitory known as Old College, free. Furniture at students’ expense. Rooms in Can dler Hall (the new dormitory) $1.00 per month. Necessary fur niture supplied. Board and lodg ing $12.50 per month and up wards. Intending students should correspond with the undersigned in order to obtain full and specific information in reference to board and rooms. Attention is called to the state ment which follows, giving infor mation respecting tho full course in Agriculture. Full Collage Courae In Agricultuo, Load ing To Degree of Bachelor of Science. This course, which extends over four full years, is designed to give the student a thoroughly scientific and practical training for the pro fession of agriculture. During the Freshman year his training is general in nature, by way of preparation for the strict ly professional training which fol lows. It includes instruction in Mathematics, in History,in Draw ing, in English, and in one foreign language, either Latin or German. The onlj subject directly bearing on agriculture is Botany, which is taught in the second term of the Freshman year. In the Sophomore class the stu dent continues his general train ing in Mathematics, History, and a foreigh language, and takes also instruction in Pnysics, Chemistry and Surveying. Two hours per week in the first term, and four in the second are devoted to Agricul* turn proper, the work of the year being a study of Plant Production, including a thorough study of soils: their nature and treatment, the effects of moisture, drainage, (fee.; tho preservation and renova tion of soils, tillage and fertiliza tion, and rotation of crops. In addition to the time devoted to the subject in the lecture-room, practical demonstrtions are held in the field each week during the year. This course extends also through most of tho Junior year, three hours per week being devoted to it. In addition to the topics treat ed above, the student takes up in detail each of tho staple crops,and examines tho problems involved in tho production of each. The practical demonstrations continue each week. In April and May the subject of tho treatment of Insect Pests is studied. During the Ju nior year also three hours per week are devoted to the study of Horticulture, including all ques tion!' in connection with Orchard Fruits, Small Fruits and Truck crops. The course concludes with a short course in Landscap ing and Forestry. Meantime, the student continues his study of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, with one foreign language, During the first term of the Se nior year the subject treated is Animal Industry, covering the principles of Breeding and the Feeding. Care, and Management of Live Stock, six hours per week being devoted to the subject. In tho second term, also six hours per week, the study of such sub jects as Dairying, Fruit Evapora tion and Canning, Syrup and Wine-Making, is continued, the student meanwhile studying also Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psy chology, Astronomy and Geology. Catalogues and information re garding any of these courses, oh application to WalteB. PIill, Chancellor of the University of Georgia, Athens. —»o«- REMARKABLE CURE OP CROUP A Little Boy’s Life Saved. 1 have a few words to say regard ing Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It saved my little boy’s life and I feel that I cannot praise it enough. I bought a bottle of it from A. E. oteere of Goodwin, S. D., and - when I got home with it the poo>* baby could hardly breathe. I gave the medicine as directed every ten minutes until lie §“threw up” aud then I thought sure he was going to choke to death. We had to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in great long strings. 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