. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 146 The American Florist. Atig. i6. the summer. About 800 students took this course in 1912-13. The general plan of the course and the equipment is such as to make it as thoroughly iSfactical as is possible in courses given during the winter. The third branch is the college of agriculture, including the colleges of forestry and home economics. The work of the college of agricul- ture is a regular four years' course, and is somewhat more advanced than the school of agriculture, the purpose jDeing to fit students fo
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 146 The American Florist. Atig. i6. the summer. About 800 students took this course in 1912-13. The general plan of the course and the equipment is such as to make it as thoroughly iSfactical as is possible in courses given during the winter. The third branch is the college of agriculture, including the colleges of forestry and home economics. The work of the college of agricul- ture is a regular four years' course, and is somewhat more advanced than the school of agriculture, the purpose jDeing to fit students for positions as teachers, farm managers, etc., while the school of agriculture fits the stu- dents to go directly back to our farms. In actual practice 70 to 85 per cent of the school of agriculture students return to the farm. The location of University farm was well chosen as regards landscape effects. It is probably naturally one of the prettiest college campuses in the United States and a half day or more spent in go- ing through the grounds, studying the shrubbery, trees and plants, and visit- ing the different college buildings, barns, laboratories, etc., should prove worth while to anyone interested in agricultural work. There are at pres- ent some 25 buildings, erected at an expense of about a million and a quarter dollars. Very little money has been expended on these for archi- tectural effect, practical use being the main requisite in construction. A very good dairy herd is to be found at the station, including animals of a large number of different breeds. A careful milking and food record of every animal of this herd has been kept for at least twenty years. From this has been compiled some very val- uable animal nutrition statistics. There are also good representatives of sheep, swine and beef stock on the station grounds and careful experi- ments are being conducted in all of these lines. The agronomy and farm manage- ment work of the station is another interesting
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