University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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AnillCULTimE X s Professor Demeritt, Forestry Professor Waring, Horticulture Professor Cairns, Animal Husbandr Agricultural Engineering Building The College l Agriculture, now housed in eight large buildings, possesses six hundred and fort) Five acres ol Farm land am! operates .1 modern dair) and poultry plant, lis facult) comprises |g members, and ii has .1 studeni enrollmeni ()l li(ll). lii ;i(l(liii«m to the regulai Foui yeai curriculum in Agriculture, .1 two-yeai count is available l i those who wi li t i„ come prat tical Farmers i Farm man agers, l m wli cannoi devote theii time to lull college training. A vei } impoi tani F .nun ol the Dt pan In( in ..I Agriculture is thai ol the Exten- sion Service, a d partmeni evei int r» as ing in us value to the welFare l tht Statt lis pi rsonnel is composed ol two groups ol agents, I he Count) Extension agents consist i Agricultural agents, Homt Demonstration agents, and Club agents having theii headquarters within the counties in whit h the) w rve. I he Statt in force consists l •• limited numbei ol specialists and leaden having theii headquarters at the University, but work ing with and assisting Count) Extension

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150,000 volt transformer and a complete broadcasting and receiving system. The College of Technology at the Uni- versity of Maine is now classed with the leading technological schools in the Easi on the basis of equipment and in- struction. The College lias a student en- rollment of 645, and a faculty of 38 members. The new addition to Aubert provides the much needed laboratories for chemical engineering courses. Professor Douglass, Chemistry Dept. I if

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Professor Smyth, Poultry Husbandry agents. I Ik- Extension Service, through these nun and women s ' NL direel assisi- ante to those people living on Farms and in the rural and urban anas ol the state. The Farm Bureau, an organization hav- ing a membership ol more than 10,000 Dean Arthur L. Deering nun and women, cooperates with the Extension Service in the determination and development ol its count) and com- munity program oi work. University oi Maine was established as the Siate College ol Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in i8(i: . Gradually, the agricultural curriculum developed into the College oi Agriculture and its exten- sive larm program. Sewing Laboratory, Home Economics 21