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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 1. ANIMAL TYPES.—A critical study of the types of animals best suited to the production of meat, milk, and wool, and to the requirements of labor and ordinary driving, together with the characteristics of the principal breeds and their recognition at sight. Each student will make a careful study of the history and characteristics of a single breed and will be given practice in tracing lines of breeding in pedigree records. Practice in judging three days per week, supplemented by lectures and reference readings, designed for students not specializing in animal husbandry. //., second half; daily; 4 and 5; (2}/i). Mr.

KENNEDY.

2.

LIVE STOCK MANAGEMENT.—The housing, feed, and .manage-

ment of flocks and herds, and the care and surroundings of work horses and ordinary drivers. //., first half; daily; 3; (2Y2). Mr.

KENNEDY.

3.

SHEEP, MUTTON, AND WOOL.—Exhaustive study of mutton

cuts and of grades of wool and their uses in the manufactures, together with the history, development, and character of the several breeds, the location of the principal flocks, the methods of the most successful flock masters, and the economic production of mutton and wool for the markets of the world. Lectures and assigned readings, with practice in judging, three days per week. /., first half; daily;

4 and 5; (2%). Mr. KENNEDY.

4. BEEF, CATTLE, AND SWINE.—The cuts of meat, their comparative quality and cost, with the economic production of beef and pork and the by-products of the slaughter-house; followed by the history, development and characteristics of the beef breeds and of swine, together with the location of the great breeding herds and the methods of the most successful stockmen. Attention is given to the nonspecialized and dairy breeds as beef producers. Practice in judging three days per week, supplemented by lectures and assigned readings. /., first half; daily; 6 and 7; (2V2). Mr. KENNEDY.

5. DAIRY CATTLE AND OTHER BREEDS.—The same critical study

of dairy cattle and dairy breeds as is outlined for beef, followed by a study of non-specialized breeds. Practice in judging, three days per week, supplemented by lectures and assigned readings. /., second half; daily; 6 and 7; (2lA)- Mr. KENNEDY.

6. DRAFT AND COACH HORSES.—The horse market and its de-

mands, followed by a critical study of draft and coach horses, and