New Jersey Agricultural College - Four Leaf Clover Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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GEN ERAL COURSE UN .X JSM!

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GENERALS

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General Course . HE General Course opened under most auspicious circumstances in the line new building which is just nearing completion. Unfortunately the first part of the term was mainly spent in an effort to keep warm, varied by the occasional fragments of lectures which could be heard above the roar of the patent heating and ventilating system. Two weeks of this caused an epidemic of colds and rheumatism, and a retreat te the old Short Course building, where the work has been carried on in more restricted quarters but in greater comfort. In spite of these drawbacks, the able corps of instructors, aided by the helpful and suggestive questions of McCracken, Bunce and ,l'arvin, have im- parted a vast fund of useful knowledge which will undoubtedly have a great infiuence on the crops of New Jersey. t Some of the boys have already learned to handle Old jerry quite fearlessly, but prefer to keep a safe distance when judging the other horses. McClave is still inclined to judge a pig along the same lines as a race horse, but otherwise gives indications of developing into an expert farmer. A few students prefer to pursue their studies of chickens at the opera house and report excellent progress. At least one interesting photograph has been secured, and it is hoped that others can be obtained. A A Shultise was edified to learn that sheep's milk is used principally for lanibsg McCracken now knows that throwing the manure over a fence will not keep the flies bred there from getting back to the barng and all the boys seem glad to know that Holstein milk is good for babies. Professor Minkler has cheered up a number of the students by showing them that their visits to the opera house have given them training in observa- tion along some of the lines most important in stock judgingg and l'rofessor App has taught us how to increase the corn yield by several years of selection, after which the dam corn is used for field planting. lt is fortunate that l rofessor Lewis gives but one lecture a week to the General Course, or there would be grave danger of many students abandoning their previous plans to go into the chicken business, which would naturally have a bad influence in the State by creating overfproduction in the poultry line and a shortage in general farm and dairy products. - 17 C23