UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA agricultural Experiment Station 
 
 College of agriculture e - j - wickson, director 
 
 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 
 
 CIRCULAR No. 57 
 
 (September, 1910) 
 
 Announcement of Farmers' Short Courses 
 
 in 
 
 Animal Industry and Veterinary Science 
 
 at the 
 
 University Farm, Davis, California 
 
 October 17th — November 4th 
 
 DAIRY BARN. 
 
ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
 
 INSTRUCTING STAFF. 
 
 E. W. Major, B.Agr., Associate Professor of Animal Industry. 
 C. M. Haring, D.V.M., Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science. 
 Howard Phillips, B.S.A., Instructor in Animal Industry. 
 
 F. D. Hawk, B.S.A., Instructor in Animal Industry. 
 
 J. I. Thompson, B.S.A., Instructor in Animal Industry. 
 
 C. L. Roadhouse, D.V.M., Veterinary Expert for the San Francisco 
 County Medical Milk Commission. 
 
 ENTRANCE TO FARM. 
 
 SPECIAL LECTURERS. 
 W. B. Herms, B.S., Assistant Professor of Entomology. 
 C. B. Lipman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Soil Bacteriology. 
 F. H. McNair, D.V.M., City Veterinarian of Berkeley, Calif. 
 A. S. Almeida, D.V.M., Dixon, Calif. 
 
ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
 In agricultural lines California 's greatest need, at the present time, 
 is more and better live stock. There is probably no other state that 
 has the natural conditions that fit her to become a leader in this work 
 to a greater degree than has California. Feed, climate, and markets 
 all combine to make the business a profitable one, and yet in every 
 branch of the industry we find a scarcity of animals. Pure bred 
 cattle, particularly females, can hardly be purchased anywhere in 
 the State. The same is true of sheep, swine and horses. Why this 
 should be so is hard to understand, but that it is so needs no proof. 
 
 To the farmer no line offers more certain returns, nor more 
 enjoyable work than does live stock. In order to succeed, however, 
 one must be well posted on the various breeds and breed types, their 
 adaptability to conditions that surround his farm, and their value 
 on the market. The proper feeding, care, and handling must receive 
 attention, because it is only by a thorough study of these subjects 
 that economical production can be brought about, and a study of the 
 principles of breeding that govern the mating of individuals will aid 
 a man to so pair the individuals in his herd or flock that satisfactory 
 results will follow. 
 
 The object of the Short Course, therefore, is to enable those 
 students who can not devote sufficient time to take one of the longer 
 courses to become familiar with the more important breeds and their 
 tj^pes, and to become acquainted with the literature that deals with 
 the subjects of breeding, feeding, and management. Lectures will be 
 given covering these subjects so as to enable the students to secure 
 in a condensed form the best practices along these lines. 
 
 DAIRY CATTLE. 
 
 The great importance of the dairy industry in California, and its 
 possibilities as a means of producing greater returns from the land, 
 demands that considerable attention should be given to this subject. 
 One of the more important factors in the profitable conduct of a dairy 
 farm is that the cattle handled there should be of such a character 
 as to insure high production. How many of our dairymen know what 
 their cows are doing, or can tell which are the profitable ones and 
 which are the boarders? A good deal of attention will, therefore, be 
 given to the selection of dairy cattle and the judging of dairy breeds. 
 There will be practice work twice a day along this line, and lectures 
 
will be given each morning which will cover the subjects of feeding, 
 breeding, and improvement of our dairy stock. In the evenings 
 illustrated lectures will be given dealing with the history of the dairy 
 breeds and breed types. 
 
 BEEF CATTLE. 
 Until within the past few years the raising of beef cattle has been 
 confined largely to the big ranches. Conditions, however, are changing 
 and California will, without question, soon be raising large numbers of 
 beef cattle on smaller farms. The cutting up of the large ranges and 
 the high price of beef are indications that this will surely come about. 
 Attention will be given especially to that phase of the beef cattle 
 industry. Two judging periods daily, and lectures will give the 
 student a good opportunity for becoming well posted on beef type 
 and familiar with some of the leading breeds ; also with the best 
 methods of handling them under California conditions. 
 
 SHEEP. 
 
 Greater profits usually come from increased production on the same 
 area, consequently sheep-raising is attracting more and more attention 
 every day from the smaller farmers. No class of live stock produces 
 gains so economically as does sheep, when the kind of feed they 
 consume is taken into consideration. The average ranch has an 
 abundance of coarse feed, but this is generally wasted when no sheep 
 are kept to consume it. 
 
 Wool has been selling at a price that has netted a considerable profit. 
 and the scarcity of beef has kept and undoubtedly will keep the price 
 of mutton sufficiently high to make sheep-raising a profitable line to 
 follow. Fitting in as they do, where other live stock are kept, stock- 
 men are beginning to see the necessity of studying the origin, history, 
 and types of the various breeds of sheep in order that they may be 
 better able to select the breed best suited to their fancy and conditions, 
 or that they may more intelligently handle those already at hand. 
 
 The lectures and judging work in this course have been arranged 
 with these facts in mind, and an effort will be made to give some time 
 to the consideration of each breed. 
 
 SWINE. 
 A study of live stock statistics shows that California is very 
 deficient in the number of hogs that are raised on the farms. Every 
 year train loads of hogs are brought into the State from the Middle 
 West, and there is no reason whatever why California farmers should 
 not supply all or the greater part of these. The demand for pure bred 
 stock is such that the few breeders in the State are unable to supply it 
 
and breeders in other states are reaping the reward. Many of the 
 newcomers to this State are men who come from sections where hog- 
 raising is an important industry and they are good judges as well as 
 good buyers. It is essential, therefore, that the young breeder should 
 have a clear idea in mind of what constitutes breed type and also the 
 best way to develop his young stock. 
 
 Practice periods in judging and lectures will be devoted to these 
 subjects, and good opportunity given to students to become well posted 
 on them. 
 
 HOUSES. 
 
 A few years ago it was predicted that the street car would eliminate 
 the horse from the cities. Then the automobile and gasoline engine 
 promised to crowd him off the farm, but these predictions certainly 
 went wide of the mark, for never before have horses brought more 
 money under average conditions than they are bringing to-day. 
 Buyers for the large firms in the cities have hunted the country over 
 for the right kind and have not been able to find them. The prices 
 of mules, too, have kept pace with that of horses, and the demand is 
 still far ahead of the supply. Whether these prices will stay where 
 they are can not be foretold with certainty, but the supply for the 
 next five or six years is surely inadequate. 
 
 While all classes of horses are profitable now, the good ones pay 
 the best, and breeders should always make an effort to keep posted 
 on the types the market demands and the characteristics of the several 
 breeds. Better methods of handling the stallions, mares and foals are 
 being worked out and breeders will find this both interesting and 
 profitable. These, and similar subjects, will be taken up and studied 
 during the Short Course, and good specimens of the leading breeds 
 will be available for class work. 
 
 VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
 
 The lectures and clinical work for this course have been arranged 
 to meet a demand for instruction in this subject. The course is not 
 intended to qualify men to practice veterinary medicine or surgery. 
 The State law requires that professional veterinarians shall have com- 
 pleted a thorough three-year course of seven months each at a 
 recognized veterinary college. This Short Course aims to give in the 
 time available as much information as possible concerning animal 
 diseases and farm surgery. A limited number of students will be 
 privileged to perform such operations as castrating, spaying, dehorn- 
 ing, and caponizing. Prospective students who especially desire to 
 obtain this privilege are advised to write to the Veterinary Science 
 Division, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, previous to October 17th. 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA— COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 
 UNIVERSITY FARM, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA. 
 
 SHORT COURSE 
 
 IN 
 
 ANIMAL INDUSTRIES AND VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
 
 APPLICATION FORM. 
 I desire to attend the Short Course in Animal Industries and 
 Veterinary Science. I am particularly interested in the following line 
 
 of work 
 
 (Signed) _ ,.. 
 
 Home Address : 
 
 Date of Application : 
 
 It will be helpful to us to know approximately the expected attendance in 
 the course before the time of beginning, and we thus ask all to fill out and mail 
 the above application as soon as the decision to attend is reached. Address: 
 Superintendent of University Farm Schools, Davis, California. 
 
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 ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
 
 LECTURES. 
 Mornings, 10-11 o'clock. 
 
 M. 
 
 Oct. 17. 
 
 Tues., Oct. 18. Feeding Dairy Stock. 
 Wed., Oct. 19. Improving the Dairy Herd. 
 
 Thur., Oct. 20. Management of the Dairy Herd. 
 
 Fri., Oct. 21. Dairy Barns and Sanitary Milk 
 Production. 
 
 Mon., Oct. 24. Feeding Beef Cattle. 
 Tues., Oct. 25. Feeding Steers. 
 
 Wed., Oct, 26. Economical Method of Starting 
 a Flock. 
 
 Thur., Oct. 27. Feeding and Management of 
 the Flock. 
 
 Fri., Oct. 28. Feeding the Breeding Herd. 
 
 Sat., Oct. 29. Fattening for Market. 
 
 Mon., Oct. 31. Barns and Houses. 
 
 Tues., Nov. 1. Feeding Work Horses. 
 
 Wed., Nov. 2. Care and Management of 
 (a) The Stallion. 
 (&) The Mare and Foal. 
 
 Thur., Nov. 3. How to Improve Our Horses. 
 Fri., Nov. 4. 
 
 VETERINARY SCIENCE 
 
 LECTURES. 
 
 Afternoon, 1 o 'clock. 
 
 Useful Facts Concerning the 
 Anatomy and Physiology of 
 Cattle. 
 
 Common Diseases of Cattle. 
 Bovine Tuberculosis. 
 
 Diseases of Cattle and Hogs 
 of Importance in Meat In- 
 spection. 
 
 Hygiene of Dairy Animals. 
 
 Simple Medicines Useful in 
 the Treatment of Cattle. 
 
 Useful Facts Concerning the 
 Anatomy and Physiology of 
 Sheep. 
 
 Diseases of Sheep. 
 Diseases of Swine. 
 
 Poultry Anatomy and Physi- 
 ology. 
 
 Useful Facts Concerning the 
 Anatomy and Physiology of 
 Horses. 
 
 Common Unsoundnesses of 
 Horses. 
 
 Simple Medicines Useful in 
 the Treatment of Horses. 
 
 Veterinary Obstetrics and 
 Breeding Troubles. 
 
 Common Errors in the Treat- 
 ment of Domestic Animals. 
 
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 Monday, 
 
 Oct. 1' 
 
 Tuesday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18 
 
 Wednesday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 19 
 
 Thursday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 20 
 
 Monday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24 
 
 Tuesday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 25 
 
 Wednesday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26 
 
 Thursday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 Friday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 28. 
 
 Monday, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31. 
 
 Tuesday, 
 
 Nov 
 
 1. 
 
 Wednesday, 
 
 Nov 
 
 2 
 
 Thursday, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3. 
 
 EVENING LECTURES. 
 
 The Relation of Bacteria to Agriculture. (Illustrated.) 
 By Professor Lipman. 
 
 Jersey, Guernsey. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Holstein, Ayrshire. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Beef Cattle. (Illustrated). 
 
 Sheep. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Control of Infectious Diseases in Cattle. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Parasites of Sheep. (Illustrated.) By Professor Herms. 
 
 Swine. (Illustrated.) 
 
 California 's Greatest Need — More and Better Live Stock. 
 
 Light Horses. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Draft Horses. (Illustrated.) 
 
 Infectious Diseases of Animals. (Illustrated.) 
 
 The Marketing of Pure Bred Live Stock. 
 
 AUTOPSY OF A TUBERCULOUS COW. 
 
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 OTHER SHORT CQURSES IN 1910 AT UNIVERSITY FARM. 
 
 General Agriculture, two weeks, September 26th-October 8th. 
 
 Irrigation, soils, fertilizers, cereals, green manure crops, forage crops, 
 farm management. 
 
 Dairy Manufactures, eight weeks, October 3rd-November 22nd. 
 
 Butter and cheese making, milk, cream and butter testing, separators, 
 and creamery machinery. 
 
 Market Milk and Cream Supply, October 17th-28th. 
 
 Milk and cream testing, separators, pasteurizers, bottling machines, care 
 of milk and cream, breeding and judging dairy cattle. 
 
 Poultry Husbandry. 
 
 Incubation and Brooding, seven weeks, October 3rd-November 19th. 
 Lectures and Demonstrations, two weeks, October 17th-28th. 
 How to establish a poultry plant, breeds, breeding, judging, feeding, 
 incubators and brooders. 
 
 Horticulture and Viticulture, two weeks, November 9th-23rd. 
 
 Nursery work, bench grafting, pruning, spraying, cultivation, irrigation, 
 fertilization, fungous and other diseases, insects, methods of marketing. 
 
 Farmers' Week, October lOth-loth. 
 
 Lectures and demonstrations in all lines of agriculture. Live topics 
 discussed by experienced men and women. Household economics and 
 demonstrations in cooking. All for the farm and home. 
 
 For circular giving details of all courses at University Farm, 
 address 
 
 Leroy Anderson, 
 
 Superintendent University Farm Schools, 
 Berkeley, California.