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must be handled over with care. Next you are chased to stock barns, sheep pastures, pig sties, dairies and dog kennels, not only must you eye the animal but "handle" it well to see if it conforms to the scale of points. Not one lovers use but one adopted by a breeders' association. Feeds and feeding are also explained by him in a very able manner. In this study the student determines what food to give the cow to make her produce milk with the right per cent of water for his trade and plenty of salt for the butter. Soil physics too, he would have you know. The fertility of a soil, understand, is directly proportioned to the brains of its owner and increase in the same ratio that his bank account decreases. Breeds and breeding" is a subject for much speculation on his part. Of all the theories and pedigrees explained, the only essential is that the "young bloods" know that as a result either of heredity or environments every person who breathes the mint laden atmosphere of Kentucky has a tinge of sporting blood in them, and that there is a future for the "Graft" horse in the Blue Grass State.
Horticulture and Greenhouse management are treated at length by the Dean. These, if diligently studied, will enable the young farmer to distinguish between the true and bramble fruits, and if he applies himself overmuch he may be able to explain the difference between cucumber and watermelon vines.
The most instructive year, however, from an agricultural standpoint, is the Senior. During the whole of this year you are engaged in the study of
Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Geology and Astronomy. The first three, dealing so directly with matter in the various forms, are essential. Geology is important because it furnishes references to fertilizer works and adds polish. Astronomy is indispensable since upon the actions of the sun and moon depend the seasons and it is highly important to know how to central them. Thesis work is the climax of the four years' course and by the time it is finished the elated youth has learned how money (does not) grows.
Then, diploma in hand, he hastens back to the old homestead. And there, where he can listen to the voice of Nature and commune with Nature's God, he spends his life and strength in the "most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man."
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