z Kiyet Why at Manhattan? _ The Board of Administration approved the organization of the School of Agriculture at the Agricultural College in order that the one and a half million dollars the state has invested in experimental farms, buildings, laboratory and shop equipment, pure-bred live stock, etc., might render the maximum amount of service to the citizens of Kansas. Thestate has, in the Agricultural College, one Of the largest and best equipped plants of its kind in the world. This fact gives to the students in the School of Agriculture rare opportunities for gaining a practical education. All courses in the School are under the direct supervision of heads of departments in the College. Requirements for Admission. Young persons who are at least 14 years old and who have completed the course of study prescribed by the state for the first eight grades in the public schools will be admitted without examination. Young persons who are 14 years old but who have not completed the work of the eighth grade in the public schools may be admitted upon passing a sat- isfactory examination in reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, English grammar, United States history, geography and physiology. Due consideration will be given to maturity of age and practical experience in determining the student’s qualifications for admission. Whenever there isa question as to one’s qualifications for admission the person in question should write to the School of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kan., for definite information concerning his particular case. The expenses depend, of course, very largely upon the student’s habits and tastes. The state requires a fee of $3 a term, or $9 for the school year. loard and room may be obtained for $3. 50 to $5 a week. A medical fee of $1.50a year, authorized by law, gives the student proper care if ill, and a phys'cian’s services without further expense Books will cost about $9. After these expenses it rests with the student and the parents to say how much money shall be spent. Some Work Their Way Through. . Excellent opportunities are presented for students to earn all or a part of their expenses by working during ther spare time. Special attention is given to getting work for those who desire it. Moral Standards in Manhattan. Manhattan takes special pride in being the seat of the State Agricultural College and the School of Agriculture. The city-commissioners, the board of health, and all clubs and other organizations work together to make Manhattan one of the cleanest cities in the country, both morally and physically. (3) U of | Library Champaign-Urbana oe Manhattan is well supplied with churches of almost all denominations, ministered to by broad-minded pastors. sf Students will find a hearty welcome in any of these churches. The President of the College and the Principal of the School urge every student to affiliate with the church of his preference while attending the School of Agriculture. Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. The students in the College and the School of Agriculture maintain large and active Young Men’s and Young Women’s 7 Christian Associations. These crganizations not only look after the moral and religious welfare of the students, but they . help to find employment for those who desire it. Athletics. The students in the School of Agriculture have their SS QQAAQ] sown athletic teams and contests. Interscholastic con- _ A tests will be held with the best high schools of the XG \ ‘| state. Students in the School have an opportunity to see some of the best intercollegiate athletic contests In the Missouri Valley Athletic Conference. Music. In so far as the facilities of the department will per- mit, all students who care to do so will have an oppor- tunity to elect vocal, piano, orchestra and band music. Literary Societies. The School of Agriculture maintains its own sepa- rate literary societies. Personal Supervision. One of the chief duties placed upon the Principal of the School by the President of the College is to give special supervision to the individual welfare of each student in the School. All students are urged to go to him for help and advice. Students will receive a. Studying farm machinery. hearty welcome in his office. . COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. The Arabic numeral immediately following the name of a subject indicates the credits, and those in parentheses the hours per week of recitation and laboratory, respectively. FIRST YEAR, Fall. Industrial Arithmetic A......... rs 4 (4-0) Generalcbiongey wl :/ 2 eg er 4 (2-4) POG IAs Liki ads ask ie em: 3 (0-6) Pee DONATY. tok. tay <2 a 12 anions 3 (0-6) PNSUSHE MEANING Bens coe es owt vic esc ais 4 (4-0) Peasant tc oe HG INS «Coie pha ae LAI ere LEM ers es eit ee Ons hong ets aes Winter. PPO OT ert Ge Ce 1s SRN otc. See 4 (4-0) Aee@HereissOlOey: LL i. ssarcsuh dckpie mc. o0s = 4 (2-4) Deming POULLPY in dace ties sas <9 6a 2s 3 (2-2) Farm: Blacksmithing... 6. foc2. 2s. os 3 (0-6) Grammar and Composition ........... 4 (4-0) i bitbader ss hart sia tess thine aie Oaians.s vhs PASTOR. Geen Sg ony eres wd Sie Spring Apolied Geometry: cnscc- +. 5 ses soe 4 (4-0) General-piolopy liT wo. so. pe Gates 4 (2-4) CREMIN SOLODS «en. Set eee RE Rie oe vate 4 (8-2) PEALE NER CINCY .ais-an cy. - =. bi eitee «<= 3 (1-4) Elementary Composition [............ 4 (4-0) DUI cee BAe Sot he Ss cine Assn o.0\ eee IIT BI Cis ep ccears kee eres Peete. Senter ie ee *Elective. SECOND YEAR. Fall. Elementary Chemistry I.............. 4 (3-2) Elementary English History.......... 4 (4-0) WeniiisntGassics lyon cs 2 hes ok 3 oon « 4 (4-0) CA BeM Ud Brae armen Cee gests aah nl 3 (2-2) NtOCK dUdeIng LE eects Sess ole ku 3 (0-6) Phiysicatsl raining eso sees ao ee ok. oe MGB O ras ate Soins meets: Sie oh alesis «Bie Winter. Elementary Chemistry II........:.... A (3-2) Americans Histor yic oss « nee.c aoe eae 4 (4-0) Elementary Composition II........... 4 (4-0) RuraleHicononiics!.cye- caer ee ee 3 (3-0) Breedssand (Breeding wrcsa..ce see aoe 3. (3-0) Phypiesl Training. v2 ows cscs kek 3 sacs os IMIS Cairne et nacre ee ete SEMI, conetains Spring. Elementary Agricultural Chemistry ..4 (3-2) CIVICS ese eacacinals <5 cs caeeeiamrnes ss 4 (4-0) Elementary Rhetoric................. 4 (4-0) Havin INSeC (Sader age ee heme eee Se states os 3 (3-0) Horse and Sheep Production.... .... 3 (38-0) Physical fraining: Spice coterie apis MUSIC gir. nid ie aes SPI Sottsye oe THIRD YEAR. 3 (2-2) Fall, Forareseropa-: «tse See Alco: ewan’ PHeEMerW Titing Ais Pocus eho. oo PNVSiCs Asliec ped: = Gare aps eee. oe Diseases of Farm Animals............ Gas? Rng inest c,h sci sar iniact Grainseroductss eect Winter. Farm Management and Farm Accts..4 (8-2) PhysteszAq lore aes ges oem cis Beef and Pork Production...... Bee Agricultural Bacteriology............ Handling and Curing Meats*......... Farms Wtitin osemer seis. Seeman ee oa BarmoBuildine sista eercceame erterccs, rose Spring. Soiscang:Werrilizerseace. 3... ote. . ae Physics?ASULG. Seis eee Ran 5s ane Daity: S35 eee ee tes ot ea eee Forestry and Ornamental Gardening,*3 (2-2) Irrigation and Drainage*............ Conference Pnglishys. % ..2%3\%..2.. 2. AGRONOMY. The student taking work in agronomy will be taught the most practical ~ methods of handling soils and growing crops. Hundreds of varieties of corn, Wheat, oats, kafir and other crops are grown in the experimental fields of the college. Here the varieties of all farm crops are studied and the student becomes familiar with those varieties best adapted to his home conditions. The green- house affords opportunity to make germination tests of corn and other crops during the winter, and to grow plants during that part of the year when field work can not be done. The agronomy farm, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres, is accessible to the student for work during the fall and spring terms. Here all Using corn is the textbook here. (6) Prize ears of corn raised on the College farm. the latest and most improved types of farm ma- chinery are used, and the student has opportunity to test for himself the different makes of farm implements. Hundreds of varieties of crops are grown, planted by different methcds and cultivated in different manners. The most practical methods of maintaining soil fertility are demonstrated. Barn- yard manure, green manuring crops and commercial fertilizers are used on different fields, and compari- sons made of the crops produced by the different treatments The student becomes familiar with all. this work in the courses in soils and crops. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Tae stock is the basis of a profitable system of agriculture in Kansas. The College therefore has provided the equipment necessary to give practical training in breeding, feeding and caring for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Many crops in Kansas can not be used to advantage without live stock, and there are no crops which can be used in their .entirety when live stock is disregarded. A combination of live-stock farming and grain farming seems best adapted to the larger part of the state. The instructional work in animal husbandry is given with a view to making live stock fit into the funda imental principles of plant production and other related farm subjects. Courses are offered in live-stock judging in which are used both pure-bred and grade animals that are handled for market or for breeding purposes; in the principles underlying the feeding of animals on crops that are especially adaptable to Kansas, and in the princi- ples of breeding animals that will make the best use of the products of the state. Special courses are offered in horse production, beef pro- duction, mutton and wool production, and pork production. Pure-bred breeding herds are maintained of Aberdeen- Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn cattle; Shropshire, Hamp- shire, Dorset Horn, Southdown, Cotswold, and Rambouillet sheep; Percheron and Clydesdale horses; and Berkshire, Duroc-Jersey and Poland-China hogs. The herd of prize- winning steers gives the students an idea of the beef animals fitted and finished to the highest possible degree of condition. They are especially useful in the study of animal form and type. Experiments are in progress in which both pure-bred and grade colts are used to determine the cost of producing horses under practical conditions, and there are usually from 50 to 100 market cattle in the experimental feed lots, used to determine the best methods of utilizing the crops of the farm. Fundamental work in the relation of feed to animal form and to animal growth isin progress in which are used twenty Hereford steers and from twenty to thirty hogs. The students in the courses in animal hus- bandry have the opportunity at all times not only to receive primary instruction in breeding, feeding and managing live stock, but are able to watch the progress of the various experiments which are conducted especially in their relation to profitable sys- tem of farming. The history of the state of Kansas shows that the most profitable farms in the state are those devoted to live- stock production, hence the Animal Husbandry course is given the greatest possible prominence in the organization of the School of Agriculture. © Prize beef cattle leaving the campus for the International Stock Show. @% Judging dairy cattle. DAIRYING. The instruction in dairying is intended to meet the needs of the boy who wants to follow dairy farming. The work will include the selection of cows, using the cows in the College herd for this purpose. The College herd consists of four breeds of dairy cattle—Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, and Ayrshire, and the highest producing cows in Kansas are to be found in this herd. Instruction will also be given in testing milk and cream, the principles of separation and the feeding and managing of the herd. Practice will be given in testing milk and cream with the Babcock tester, separating milk, keeping records on cows, and com- puting rations for the dairy herd. POULTRY. The practical points in increasing the profits from farm poultry are emphasized in the work in poultrying. A well equip- ped poultry plant is provided, showing excellent specimens of the various farm breeds and the different types of incubators and brooders. Those wishing to give particular attention to poultry raising may arrange to take special practice courses in capon- izing, killing and dressing, egg candling, incubating, brooding and feeding. HORTICULTURE. In horticulture and forestry the students work in planting, grafting, cultivating, mixing and applying sprays to keep out codling moth, San José scale, etc., fertilizing, storing and marketing fruits and vegetables. In the college orchard, wood lots and gardens the students study the kinds of trees that should go into the farm wood lots of the various sections of the state, from the standpoint of economical fence-post production, the proper planting and propagating of windbreaks ‘and shelter belts, as well as the planning of home grounds with reference to convenience and attractiveness. (8) COURSE IN MECHANIC ARTS. The Arabic numeral immediately following the name of a subject indicates the credits, and those in parentheses the hours per week of recitation and laboratory, respectively. FIRST YEAR. SECOND YEAR. Fall. Fon liste Vicwnwcsen cores facie rks oe oe eres 3 (3-0) Geometry leeq.e.. 212 matte nc aes oe 4 (4-0) PAY RICGIE Te eters cc ce omieeoe aot se 4 (2-4) SHOP MITA WINS tee a ce areas ery wes 3 (1-4) STAGE Practices: faeces nies. cent 6 (0-12) Physicals train pete oc en soc es Winter. Hin grlish aVisctecvttes sticccss sita cc. fe) ote 3 (3-0) Geometry: Kher ins. castrate: a5 tae cede 4 (4-0) BPivgeica:1 lt osone oe Reet ae oe: 4 (2-4) Shop Drawing........ Ss AR Sere 3 (1-4) PeAUeSPTaChiCecr ct 5 toate © atlas oc 6 (0-12) ENVSICAMLTAIMING: Oc caaei vs cee es. Spring REDD UES GIV A tere tere nas atin keer oie ta since cintis 3 (8-0) Geometry: lL ieeccess ta ano cae aehas 4 (4-0) EDYSICS LAL eee ota cece se obaece> tyes « 4 (2-4) SHAD LA Wives oss eee ee Sia al 3 (1-4) PPA" PPACLLEO en ats amine tose fis ais «3 6 (0-12) PisveiGal training secs. c25 arent -. Sensis ey se Trade Practice may be elected from any one of the following trades: Steam Engines and Boilers. Fall. TOUS germ eather ae eA ead yas 4 (4-0) TN CGS! FES ogi Ray Oe, a eR eae 4 (4-0) SVG Oka al GON ESP wah an ee a 4 (4-0) Free-hand Drawing .................. 3 (1-4) WOO WOER Mie Ln teh is «a8 ca eae wa e's 4 (1-6) Vocational Guidance.................. 1 (1-0) 1a) NES oe A a Winter. |S TL OS eae yl ri ie a ee 4 (4-0) Tate sy a 62 YS een grein PUM ane pe ae oem 4 (4-0) Be PSST ey I UR Min at tr pear te Or eo RS 4 (4-0) OMeChara WIN 1 ok ch. tated do veeg 3 (1-4) POUNGE VA nasa ene aien oro nate wrk ee 4 (1-6) Vocational Guidance.................. 1 (1-0) Drille.. ss, She hs Oe eee Spring ora AB 0 0 ae er ane eee eae ae 4 (4-0) PV ISCOLAG ELL Si Peete s ieee Sst ee 4 (4-0) PLSiOryanll. > 2502s. «oe 5 Sat ae ak 4 (4-0) Geometrical Drawing................. 2 (0-4) Bache mitming U ccs.) o. Seae ss uces 3 (1-4) Trade Practice....... ee: fel apteteetRicss + slip: 3 (0-6) MRL Ai eck aes soe eed ine Wis we eas - Carpentry. Blacksmithing. Cement and Concrete Construction. Gas Engines. Traction Engines. (9) THIRD YEAR. Fall. HCOnOMICS ti ake oe Meee ores 4 (4-0} Alpepraei a 4 .e oreo eters ae. 4 (4-0) PLAGELErACtiCb pet ern fad 12 (0-24) Winter. Civics eee ee ico ste ies 4 (4-0) Trade: Calculations eassserer eee 4 (4-0) Tradeseractice sacar rier coir ent 12 (0-24) Spring. Conference; Ene lishmaee s4-6 Genie os 3 (3-0) Industrial Historyscaeees wick erat ba see 3 (3-0) Drader Practice orc aaa a, ces 4 ee 14 (0-28) MECHANIC ARTS. The course in mechanic arts is intended to fit young men to perform the ordinary mechanical operations re- quired on the farm, or to work at a trade with but little, if any, shop or field experience in addition to that given in the school. Instead, however, of devoting all of the time to trade practice, sufficient attention is paid to other subjects, such as mathematics, trade drawing, and trade calculation, to prepare the young man to advance in his chosen trade to the position of foreman, superin- tendent, or contractor. Carpentry. In carpentry enough practice in woodworking is given to enable a student intelligently to design and construct the decorative and auxiliary features of build- ings. Instruction and practice are given in vehicle and - — : ——— farm implement building and repairs. Making things used in the home and on the farm. Blacksmithing. The work in this subject is intended to train students in all kinds of iron and steel work for the farm and the factory. Partic- ular attention is paid to the subject of welding, and students will be required to turn out a sufficient number of welds to insure facility at that work. Cement Work. The use of cement on the farm and in the various industries has increased so rapidly that cement and concrete construction is a profitable occupation for a man well trained in the use of these materials. Students will have practice in constructing bridges and culverts, tile, watering tanks, and other concretestructures, Instructions will be given also in the use of reinforcing materials. | Steam Engines. The course in steam engines and boilers is intended to fit young men to operate engines on the farms or to act as assistant engineers in large or small plants. Combined with the practice work in the engine and boiler room, instruction and practice (10) ~ are given in the foundry, blacksmith shop, and machine shop, and in steam fitting. This shop work enables the student beginning work in a power plant to turn his hand to any class of repair or installation to which he may be assigned. . Gas Engines. - The work in gas engines is intended to ground the student thoroughly in the care and operation of all types of gasoline and other internal combustion engines rang- ing from the smallest size up to those of 100 horsepower or larger. Among other things the student learns to as- semble, adjust and put into working order an engine previously. taken apart by an instructor. Steam and gasoline engines for practice work. Making farm tools at the forge. Traction Engines. The course in traction engines comprises some of the work given in the course in steam engines and boilers, and in the course in gas engines. In addition to this the principles and practice of traction engineering are taught. Through the courtesy of manufacturers the college is kept supplied with the latest types of traction engines, both steam and internal combustion. The students are required to operate these under all conditions likely to:be met with in practice. These engines are used for threshing, grinding feed, filling silos, plowing, grading roads, moving buildings, hauling trucks, and, in fact, for any purpose to which a traction engine can: be put, (11) The Arabic numeral immediately following the name of a subject indicates the credits, and those in parentheses the hours per week of 3 recitation and laboratory, respectively. FIRST YEAR. Fall. English Readings .. Industrial Arithmetic .... Physiology and Hygiene... Color and Design..... ... DOWANG: Love k Aconc ate Physical Training ........ Winter. Grammar and Composition Alpes tac: Pi te ae Seas gt ee Home Sanitation......... Color and Design......... Sewing lh wee Be nee Physical Praining’’. -c.ieeoke eee Spring. Elementary Composition.. Applied Geometry........ Home Management..... . Home Decoration......... SewingwlL.<.\ceeee sire SeePuSp Gol ale sue | IMUSIC An ee eae ee eres «fafa ss: a) ait tale) en Physical Training ........ ehh eee ISUSICT Ree... is os Sue: cies Ree * Elective. (4-0) (4-0) (4-0) (0-6) (0-4) (4-0) (4-0) (4-0) (0-6) (0-4) (4-0) (4-0) (4-0) (0-8) (0-4) COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS. SECOND YEAR. Fall. English Classies-] tccns-% facts count 4 (4-0) Elementary English History.......... 4 (4-0) PBYSICS Hak iia ct au. RES cease eres 4 (3-2) Household-Insécts:. see...) eee 2 (2-0) CIOO RING. Les he accents. kote pnp pr heen 2 (0-4) Sewinged. V creer nL ars neen. bs bone ene 2 (0-4) Physical Tramingy 2 i. ica sea ee MUSIiGh esas te oe la Meek Aas eee ee Winter. Elementary Composition II........... 4 (4-0) American History soi opens nasad wena 4 (4-0) Physics “HeFt core en eiccee ae 4 (3-2) Elements of Poultry Keeping......... 2 (2-0) Cooking Il sss (air esen ae a ee 2° (0-4) Shirt: Waist Suit. sane ors ee oreo 2 (0-4) Physical Training a=. ache see ca ere MUSIC Ts. 2.52 otic eee mais ee eee Spring. Elementary Rhetoric................. 4 (4-0) CiViéss <7. gear ee, ne eee 4 (4-0) Household*Physies (22055... 5 ean ee 4 (3-2) Dairying’ 12 tite, ita 5 ct ceemntes 2 (0-4) Cooking. LLP saci tie seen as ee eee ee 2 (0-4) Dressmaking >’ 2... arcane no ae 2 (0-4) Physical: Training 2:.°-26.. 37s. ee ee Music*.. =ioms panera. eee THIRD YEAR. Fall, ; Theme: Writing: >... 3 4 (4-0) - Elementary Chemistry I.............. 4 (3-2) Heonomics ..3.5.0.5. 5. .ds00 eee 4 (4) Cooking TV. sce... Pa ae 2 (0-4) Textiles.o 20 i... 020 + 50 See eee 2 (2-0) Art Needlework... /.... 20