Some facts concerning the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Presented to a hearing of legislative committees. Albany, April 5, 1910/Instruction at the College
INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE.
The Four-Tear Course in Agriculture. This course is of equal academic rank with other courses in Cornell University and leads to the degree B. S. in Agriculture. It offers a thorough theoretical and practical training in agricultural and country-life subjects. The equivalent of a high school training is necessary for admission. The following subjects are offered in the college: Botany, agricultural chemistry, soil technology, plant physiology, plant breeding, farm crops, farm management, horticulture, farm mechanics, farm practice, plant pathology, general biology, entomology and general invertebrate zoology, animal husbandry, poultry husbandry, dairy industry, rural economy, drawing, rural art, home economics, meteorology, extension, and nature-study.
Rural Art Course, comprising the junior and senior years in the four-year course, providing instruction in landscape gardening and related subjects.
Home Economics Course, comprising the junior and senior years in the four-year course, with facilities for practical work.
Nature-Study Special Course. For those who desire to prepare themselves to teach elementary agriculture and nature-study. Open to teachers or students in the University who are fitting themselves for teaching. Two years.
Special Work in Agriculture. For those who are unable to take the full four-year course. There is no examination for admission, but the students must have finished satisfactorily the common school studies. Special students take those studies which will be most valuable to them in the various departments, and which they are qualified to pursue. This work is designed especially for those who wish to fit/themselves for successful farming, but who cannot take a four-year course. About two years can be profitably spent in such work. The applicant must present full credentials and testimonials, and each case is considered by itself on its merits.
Winter-Courses, five in number: 1, General Agriculture; 2, Dairy Industry; 3, Poultry Husbandry; 4, Horticulture ; 5, Home Economics.
These courses are for 12 weeks, beginning the first week in December and closing the last week in February. Non-residents of the State pay a tuition fee of $25.
Scholarships and Fellowships in Agriculture. For Regular and Special Students. The Roberts Scholarships are five in number, for students who show ability, tact and application, who are of good moral character, who are in need of financial assistance, and especially for those from rural districts. No examination is required and the value of each is $240. A fellowship worth $500 is awarded to the College of Agriculture and the Veterinary College combined.
For Winter-Course Students. Twelve scholarships are given each year by the New York State Grange.. Value $50 each. Given only to Grange members, and to the twelve who attain the highest average in a competitive examination.
Mr. H. L. Beatty has offered for the year 1909-1910 a scholarship of $75 in value, "open to any farmer residing in Bainbridge, or to any boy over 16, residing in Bainbridge, who shall have attended the Bainbridge High School for one full term."