Cal State Polytechnic College - El Rodeo Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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AGRICULTURE INSPECTION WEIR FETTERS, heads up Ag- ricultural Inspection department. Also supervisor of Bureau of Agri- cultural Education. Always has a smile and says hello. Interesting lectures, few tests. Busy. Sympa- thetic chaperone, ask the Ag. In- spection boys. WEIR FETTERS Ag. Inspection LEFT: Three potential Border Inspectors brush up on bugs. ' RIGHT: Mr. Fetters, Martin Strong and Leon Garoian, 1947 student pjexy. inspect a box ot lemons from Poly Grove.

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TOP LEFT: Amy gets a “bird’s-eye-view of Poly’s poultry breeding record. TOP RIGHT: These chicks have a long way to go, according to Bob Wcng. BOTTOM LEFT: Did you lay all those eggs. Day? BOTTOM RIGHT: Prize winning birds and their owners. T ASS another drumstick.” How about some more chicken?” Happy birthday, Mr. Leach!” Where did you say the ice cream was?” Those were some of the remarks heard when the poultry students were enjoying the annual turkey banquet, chicken fry, and special surprise birthday party for our sponsor Mr. Leach. The annual turkey banquet held No- vember 17 in honor of the poultry alumni, and the chicken fry held February 23, were the usual successful events with the feather mer- chants,” their wives, and girl friends gorging themselves on turkey and fried chicken. The surprise birthday party given for Mr. Leach was celebrated in El Corral where a good time was had by all. With 33 members in the poultry club this year it is the largest poultry club to date. Under the guidance of President Allen Ren- wick and Secretary Jay Chubby Tucker it has been one of the active clubs on the campus. Another event of major importance this year was the Poultry show during Poly Royal. Each member had an entry in this show. The Blow- out” this spring was a hilarious affair. At this time the student who had earned the most money in the poultry unit treated ‘The Gang' to a show. The second highest in earning bought the refreshments. This went on down to the last man who bought a stick of gum for the crowd. This occasion has always brought a pleasant ending to a year of hard work. Much has been accomplished by the poultry department this year including expanding the poultry breeding program and the hatching and sale of a large number of chicks to various poultrymen. Poly chicks were recently sent as far as Hawaii when Bob Wong, a sophomore poultry major, sent them to his parents farm in Hawaii.

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FIRST ROW (left to right): Gunnar Sondeno, Dick Dana, Howard Jakobson, Rolando Dericco, Marshall Lewis, William Aldridge, Lee Garoian, Raul Madge, I'ernon Fredricks, John GangI; SECOND ROW: Clem Crowley, Wilbur Mayhew, Charles IFatts, James Williams, Don Sommers, Fred Leavitt, Moe Edmundson, Dick Davis, Ed Boettcher, Ted Wales, Herb Chandler, Mr. Wier Fetters; THIRD ROW: Ray Garrett, John Smith, Ear! Arm- strong, Clifford Marcus, Eugene Schultz, At Gardener, Ralph Jones, Bill Mielly, Harry Wineroth, Darrell South- wick, Wally Clark, Gene Medzyk, Charles Gray. A LTHOUGH the Agricultural Inspection De- partment started off slowly this year, it was like a snowball traveling down hill; the farther it went, the bigger it got. The number of Agricultural Inspection students enrolled for the Spring quarter was double the number enrolled during the Winter quarter. This was largely because of the return of old students from various branches of the service, plus the enrollment of new students. At the start of the Winter quarter, a smoker was held in El Corral for the purpose of better acquainting the new students and returned vet- erans. An informal dance held in El Corral during the Winter quarter turned out to be practically a married couples affair, with very few single fellows present. The most outstanding affair of the Inspection Department was the field trip organized by Mr. Fetters and taken through the northern coun- ties. The group went up the San Joaquin Val- ley, through Sacramento and down the coast to the campus. Stops were made to see the agri- cultural commissioners of the various counties traveled in, to get the latest information con- cerning each county. The trip was very in- formative and thoroughly enjoyed by all the students. With a good group of students to choose from, two committees were formed to carry out activities for Poly Royal. A quarantine station was set up by one committee at the school en- trance to acquaint the public with quarantine procedures and also stress the importance of the state quarantine laws. The other committee made interesting displays showing the part agricultural inspection plays in agriculture. Club officers are: Charlie Borax” Watts, president; Jim Williams, vice-president; Jim Tecate” Bazzetta, secretary.