Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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Technical Dr. Clintdn R. Blackman I ' rofessnr ol Agronomy Agriculture Technical and scientific prof!;rcss has l)een so rapid during the past half century that many fields have felt its force. Agriculture in the United States has probably felt the force of progress more than any other single field. Lammont du Pont once said, What is funda- mental research today is applied research tomorrow. In modern agriculture it may well be said that today and tomorrow often meet. Agronomy Every farmer actively engaged in the production of field crops can be considered a practical, operating agronomist. Agronomy is that division of agriculture dealing with the study of environment, in regard to the basic and applied sciences in the skill of field crop production and soil management. The future welfare of the world ' s population is dependent upon an adequate food supply. Agronomy furnishes the farmer with the necessary information which enables him to produce not only efficiently and economically but permanently. The study of Agronomy prepares men to be practical agronomists and in addition offers a foundation for the many other careers in this field. Seated in the botany laboratory Ben Dillman uses a microsi-upe to examine the internal structure of grain specimens. Ben Dillman teenier) gives unileri lassmen Willis Thompson ilelt) and Paul Chechell a jew pointers on judging grain.

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rSTRATION Top row, from left to right are: Miss Elsie M. Belfield. Secretary of the college: Mr. Carl G. Roesler. Comptroller: and Mrs. E. F. Rogers, Pur- chasing Agent. Bottom row: Mr. Daniel Miller, Business Manager; and the office staff, sitting: Mrs. Virginia Wor- stall, Mrs. Helen Hobensack, and Mrs. Mary Mel- cher. Standing: Mr. John Rodgers, Mrs. Marjorie Lapp, Mr. Chester Lippencott, and Miss Gaile Clarke.

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Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry deals basicall) with the breeding, feeding, and management of livestock. Although many graduates in this field are engaged in the practical phases of purebred and commercial beef cattle, swine, sheep, and horse production a great variety of allied fields are also open to the graduates of this major. These allied fields may be government work in research, extension services, marketing, or inspection: in the meat packing or commercial feed industries: or in the profession of teach ing. Whatever the graduate chooses for his life ' s work he is well prepared. He receives his theoretical background from courses in the basic sciences and applied animal sciences, while he gains practical experience from actual work with farm animals. Dr. TilM.r F,lh Prnlrsscr ol Animal Hiisbandr Harry Hii|ikins Inslnivlvr ,n Animal Hiisbnmlr A rou i ol Animal Hnsbaniht men examine the tin points ol a lilark Aniens heiler. ' rW . % hinih-. l . ' run:,- itn jioi !uiir,- Ihn- a ruiiii ul senior norl, nilh some ol the s irc i al F irm A o. .!.