Bulletin . ction and care and management consist-ent with the successful growing of live stock,receive attention. Time is given to the judg-ing of horses and dairy cattle. The work ismade practical throughout. Five exercises aweek; four weeks. 3. Modem Dairying. Professor Lockwood This course is designed to give an idea of modern dairying. Itis practical rather than theoretical, and covers briefly; compositionand secretion of milk; principles and methods of creaming; abnormalmilk and causes; proper handling of milk and cream on the farm;value of milk as food; relation of milk to public health;
Bulletin . ction and care and management consist-ent with the successful growing of live stock,receive attention. Time is given to the judg-ing of horses and dairy cattle. The work ismade practical throughout. Five exercises aweek; four weeks. 3. Modem Dairying. Professor Lockwood This course is designed to give an idea of modern dairying. Itis practical rather than theoretical, and covers briefly; compositionand secretion of milk; principles and methods of creaming; abnormalmilk and causes; proper handling of milk and cream on the farm;value of milk as food; relation of milk to public health; handling andcare of milk in the home; methods used in production of sanitary andcertified milk. Five exercises a week; four weeks. 4. Dairy Laboratory. Mr. Coons Consists of First week—Two 2-hour periods in Babcock week—Two 2-hour Market milk work. Third week—Two 2-hour Separator work. Fourth week—Two 2-hour Butter making. Students taking this course are required to take. Course 3. 8. THE AMHERST MOVEMENT 5. Poultry Breeding and Management. Professor Graham This covers: Poultry house construction; incubation and brood-ing; care of poultry in summer; winter egg production; marketingeggs and poultry; poultry diseases. Laboratory work consists ofcaring for incubators and brooders and managing young chicks,killing, picking, dressing and caponizing. As much practical work aspossible is given; this includes poultry carpentry, caring for breedersand layers, also some elementary work in judging. Four lectures andone laboratory period a week; four weeks. 6. Farm Management and Farm Accounts. Professor Foord This course consists largely of a discussion of some of the prob-lems that confront the farmer, and the factors which govern successfulfarm management; the principles of farm accounting. Five exer-cises a week; first two weeks. 7. Farmers Exchanges. Professor Damon Consists of ten lectures on the possibilities, methods and benefitsof farmers exchanges for purc
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