Catalogue of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year (1910) (14593234968)

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Title: Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year ..
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Subjects: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Publisher: Hampton : Institute Steam Press
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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This is taught with special reference to agriculture. Work in the trade school (3 months, 40 hours each week) During this period the full working time each day is given to thevarious kinds of mechanical work mentioned on page 55. AGRICULTURE 59 Third Year Dairy husbandry (4 months, 5 periods a week) This will include a careful study of the dairy type of cow, the historyof dairy breeds and comparison of the same ; a study of the factors gov-erning milk production, such as care, feeding, stabling, and breeding. The composition and care of milk; milk testing for butter fat, sepa-rating, churning, butter making, and cheese making.
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REAPING WHEAT ON SHELLBANKS FARM Feeding and breeding (2 months, 5 periods a week) The science of feeding, including the calculation of balanced rationsfor farm animals; the physiology of mastication and digestion ; and therelative feeding value of various grains, hays, and fodders The general principle of breeding as applied to farm animals; selec-tion of breeding stock; the feeding, housing, and general care of femaleswith young, and the care of young stockPoultry ( 2 months, 5 periods a week) Breed history and types; housing, feeding for eggs and for meat;care of breeding stock, selection and care of eggs; incubation, artificialand natural care of young chicks ; killing, dressing, and trussing fortable or market Horticulture (6 months, 5 periods a week) Orchard fruits—Location and soil requirements of the orchard; thebudding, grafting, planting, pruning, and early care of the young trees; 6o HAMPTON INSTITUTE the cultivation, pruning, and fertilizing of bearing trees; insect enem