Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . stration in the growing of farm, truck and garde ^In the new Domestic Science Building, the department of a,riculture has six large rooms, a museum and lecture room, a labor,tory for chemistry and physics, a laboratory for botany hortcture, and entomology, a farm laboratory, a dairy, and a farm-engneering room. The department has also two greenhouses. Aside from these the Institute has two large farms, which ts gether cover about seven hundred acres, equipped with buildingdairy stock, h
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . stration in the growing of farm, truck and garde ^In the new Domestic Science Building, the department of a,riculture has six large rooms, a museum and lecture room, a labor,tory for chemistry and physics, a laboratory for botany hortcture, and entomology, a farm laboratory, a dairy, and a farm-engneering room. The department has also two greenhouses. Aside from these the Institute has two large farms, which ts gether cover about seven hundred acres, equipped with buildingdairy stock, horses, hogs and poultry. For details of Special Agriculture Course, see page 65. II A M p T ON ins T [ T U T E /I ELEMENTARY AGRICULTUREThis course is required of all students who take the academic The details of the course will be found on pages 25-37For the benefit of those who are unable to spare the time forthe three years course in agriculture a number of shorter coursesin agriculture and dairying have been arranged. For summer course in agriculture, see Summer Institutecourse of study. r ? - - .. The Barn Belonging to the Model Farm CATALOGUE OF TRADE COURSES ARMSTRONG AND SLATER MEMORIAL TRADE SCHOOL The Trade School offers courses in the followingCourses departments-Carpentry. Painting. Wheelwright-Offered ing. Blacksmithing. Machine work. Plastering. Shoemaking. Harness-making. Steam Engineering. Tinsmithing. The advantage of entering the Trade School is that one cantake up a trade by logical and systematic steps from beginning toend Each department is free to teach fundamental principles, bythecareful application of which to commercial work, and by con-stant drill in the use of tools, it is believed the student has a far bed ?ter chance of well-rounded training than under the apprenticeship ^naddition to the above there is large opportunity for ex-^perience in the various productive industries on the schoolgrounds. These industries are directly
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