Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1918 — EIGHT WEEKS’ WINTER COURSES AT PURDUE [ARTICLE]

EIGHT WEEKS’ WINTER COURSES AT PURDUE

Lafayette, Dec. 4.—'With the return of Purdue university to a peace basis and the regular courses being given again, Dean J. H. Skinner of the College of Agriculture, announces that the usual eight weeks* winter courses in agriculture, commercial dairying and home economics will be .given from Dec. 30 to Feb. 28. These are given each year in addition to the one week’s farmers’ dhort course, which will be held Jan. 13 to 17. These courses are offered free to residents of Indiana above 16 years of age who are graduates of common schools and only $lO is required to cover cost of materials used. A tuition fee of $1 is charged residents of other states. The enrollment last year for this work exceeded 200 and with men returning from the army this number will be greatly increased, it as thought, especially, with the wider interest in all phases of better farming. Plans are going ahead for the farmers’ short course which will be held the third week in January and one or more members of the national agricultural commission to ■ Europe will be on the program. In addition to the eight weeks winter course and the fanners’ short course, a two weeks’ course in poultry husbandry and another in dairying will be given from Jan. 20 to Feb. 1. These are new courses and are designed for those who ate unable to get aiway for eight weeks’ work at the university. ' A two weeks course for tractor operators and another course of a week or two on seed bed preparation will be given in March, definite dates to be announced later.