| Show plan home HOMO classes in practical agriculture ly EV 0 4 A plan chereb rAhe reb ten ton or more fari carmera mern or farra tarm women omon can III lorm home cl asmis ln in J agriculture or domestic and receive lie the textbooks lecture lectures lantern elides slides laboratory and cooking equipment necee sary to conduct them hae hals been devised by the united delm department dment ol 01 agriculture in operation cooperation co nith ath agri cultural colleges col loKoe of certain estates tto tte object of tho tile plan Is to make accessible at home to nigh cehand and m women ho he hao haie not the time or meana mentis to attend the regular courage at tho tile col COI leges practical short courses in agri 4 culture and home management dally adapted to their districts theeo these courses which will conaler of 16 1 to 20 lectures and will mill consume five or more weeks can bo be arranged to suit the spare time and anti convenience of each group grout of people the courses to be offered at first are poultry raising fruit growing solla soils cheese manufacturing dairying tig butter making and faim bookkeeping and for tho the women especially courses in the preparation cooking and use of vegetable ege table and cereal doodt the department will mill supply lectures and lantern slides co covering bering these thee subjects and the tile states which hae hatoe agreed to co operate in the plan will mill lend lond to each group lat laboratory oratory and cooking apparatus valued at and a reference library the textbooks and lectures will bo be made mude so 80 complete comple to that each group can safely appoint ono of ite its members roem bera aa an atud stud leader to direct the tile work mork of the course when a group has decided to take up tho the work the elate state which bich cooperates operates tes sends an agent with nith tho the departments representative to organize a simple class and assist the leader whom they elect in laying out tho work and in showing him tho best methods of procedure tho the classes commonly are held from eight to twelve in the morning and aiom ono one to four in the afternoon two or three daye days each week the sessions are not hold cory clary day so that the members will mill have liae lia e time to attend to their farm farin dittert dit dt atea lert in between the ile sessions ess lons aa as well as before belore and after tho instruction period tho the classes meet corum commonly only at the mort convenient farmhouse during the morning hours houm textbook work Is done in the afternoon laboratory work Is con ducted and nd the 11 women vho aho h haitt a elected to take the tile domestic IC course have practical lessons in cooking As soon As a class Is established the state organizer withdraw a to start a class in some other district 1 ahe he work thereafter ie to left in charge of the leader ler ioder who mho receives assistance by mall mail from the college or the department in car carrying ring on the work As there is no regularly paid instructor classes can be carried on all over the state as rapidly as tho the college organizer can lilt tho groups and as as its the laboratory sets supplied by the college become available the local leader will preside during the reading of the lectures and references tor for which full texts and lantern slides am aro supplied by tho the department ho lie all also be responsible for the laboratory equipment every one who completes the course will mill receive a certificate from the state college |
