University of Nebraska College of Agriculture - Shucks Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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-H lliillklii ' li Zllibe winter Clinurse One hundred-sixty sons of the soil and sons of sons of the soil who were eager to absorb all the scientific methods of agriculture possible in six weeks, appeared on the University State Farm Campus January 2. One woman also registered for the course. Thevmen were of all ages, from sixteen to the age indefinite. The first day, registration, finding room and board, and sightseeing took all our time. Several Shorthorns found it difficult to find the place to register, but very few had any difficulty in discovering the treasurer's office. The Shorthorns had the distinction of being the first students to have classes in the new Dairy Industry building. Here Prof. Filley gave his series of lectures on Farm Management. He taught us the proper methods of putting the farm on a business basisg how to compute the cost of productiong what to debit and credit the farmg and how to manage the numerous marketing problems. His lectures made one realize that farming is a real business proposition. Numerous farm surveys wherein the business side of farming had been thoroly investigated made Prof. Filley especially competent to give this series of lectures. Prof. Hopt was our instructor in Crops. Here we found a man of the rapid-fire nature who never lost any time in introductory remarks, a man who always took up each lecture exactly where he left off with the preceding one. Prof. Hopt knew of the varied climatic and soil conditions of Nebraska in their relation to crops. He presented his subjects in a way that appealed to the practical farmer. The open discussion of the subject by the students should be especially mentioned. Interesting and valuable points were thus brought out. It was always a pleasure to attend this class. Q Prof. Young gave us a series of lectures on Soil, which dealt with the everyday problems regarding the relation of soil to crop production. He gave a brief survey of the different soils of Nebraska, the subject of soil moisture, soil erosion, drainage and irrigation, and such problems. Prof. Bruner came before us with many apologies as to the sanity C23 of the Bug-man. After a few lectures however, we realized that the Bug-men were rendering the human race, and especially the farmers, a service for which they should be given higher recognition . He gave us many interesting and valuable facts about the life and the control of insects. We all wished that we could have heard more of his lectures. Prof. Wilcox seemed to be cut for a chautauqua rather than a class room lecturer. His lectures on Plant Pathology seemed chiefiy to be based on a plant known as the Nebraska Gink. This plant seems to be afiiicted with a disease of not being able to distinguish between common things and higher artsg of not knowing how to properly spend his moneyg and of always wanting something for nothing. For example, he mentioned a case of a Gink who wrote in for information that would require ten dollars worth of work to obtain and enclosed a stamped envelope for a reply, After going over the shortcomings of the Nebraska Gink the professor showed us several lantern slides of other plants, their diseases, and then gave us literature on the methods of controlling these diseases. On the whole his lectures were very interesting f?J and rather restful, as they were quite a change from our daily work, ms