Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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y, i AGRONOMY Men who actually manage land, or who direct its tillage, usually call themselves farmers. However, the farmer engaged in production of field crops or management of grasslands also is an agronomist — a practical operating agronomist. The Department of Agronomy is engaged in preparing men to be practical agronomists, educated in the basic and applied sciences and skilled in the art of soil management and crop production. In addition, this depart- ment prepares men for many other careers in which agronomy serves as the foundation. ifd, a Senior Agronomy Training m the expert handling of a problem in plant animals is an important part of the Animal Husbandrv curriculum. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Animal Husbandry is ,i combination of the science and art of selection, breeding, feeding, management, marketing, and processing of livestock and livestock products. The An. Hus. graduate may specialize in the fields of pure bred or commercial production of beef or dual purpose cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or horses. He may also work with meats, wool, or animal by-products in research, processing, distribution, or utilization. Many majors in animal husbandry are livestock breeders, herdsmen, farm managers, research workers, market reporters, livestock salesmen, packer buyers, fieldmen for bre ed associations or farm organizations, and feed salesmen. 4 ' P-it '

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The Scope of Agriculture When somebody uses the word agriculture you arc hkely to think about farming and the grow- ing of food crops. You think of driving a tractor or raising chickens or growing fruit. This, in general, is correct: of course the basis of agriculture is farming. But it is only part of the story because agriculture is an umbrella that covers many interests and many jobs. The seven majors listed here are basic areas in which agricultural graduates work, but the possibilities are almost endless. With practical agriculture stressed. 7»ie7i in erery fte]d gam tlie necessary experience tiiat will help them m an agricultural career. a complete understanding of the chosen field Four Seniors comprise the Animal Husbandry Judging Team which is shown here looljnig over a Blac ( Angus heijer. From left to right are Art Force. Hou ' ard Kemnierer, Cloyd Knoiise and Lee Hari ' ev.

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DAIRY HUSBANDRY The Dairy Husbandry major may enter the fields of commercial dairy farming, dairy farm management, breeding purebred dairy cattle, or dairy supervision. With college training, a Dairy major may find many more fields of interest and employment in teaching, administration, research and sales. Examples of such employment include work with dairy cattle associations, milk proces- sors, feed manufacturers, breeding establishments and the federal Government. Accurate production records are ept for each dair aiumal Here frjti Veideman?i weighs mtl as n comes from the iiaciium 7nii i7ig machines. a competent handling of the best technique Sliejrmg a fersey. this Dairy major gdins experience in one phase of dairy cattle maintenance. At the Middletown Grange Fan in BucXs County. Dairy majors annually show stock, m outside competition.