Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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HOCL OF AGRICULTURE l The School of Agriculture, under the direction of Dean Anthony, has charge of the affairs of not only the regular Ag majors but also of between three to five hundred students en' rolled in short courses during the year. State has one of the most extensive and farfreaching agricultural prof grams in the country. '19 X wt br ig. 9 1.9 W A NB 1 il 1 LU! i A ini , L AY 4 .ff

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Une of the oldest departments is that of Animal Husbandry, which boasts modern barns and herds for its laboratory periods. Serving in fields of student instruction, research, and extension is Farm Crops. lt is through this department that numerous services are given to the farm' ers of the state. M. S. C. has one of the finest college farms of any agricultural college in the United States, composed of some three thousand acres and used as a laboratory for students in Farms. Taking a leading part in the rapid mechanization of agriculture is the role of the Agricultural Engineering Department. Plans are well advanced for the construction of a complete modern agricultural engif neering building as soon as the war ends. Other departments are those of Landscape, Poultry Husbandry, and Soils. There are two other main functions to the School of Agriculture other than that of offering courses to students enrolled at State. One is the Extension Service which carries to the farmers throughout the state the best and latest information in better farming. The county agricultural agents are members of their staff. The other is the Agricultural Experif ment Station which employs IHOIC than a hundred faculty members in research activities for new and better practices in agriculture. The Pubf lications department cofoperates with both these services in the dissemif nation of agricultural information throughout the nation by newspaper publicity and bulletins. P. A. Herbert, Forestry: E. B. Hill. Farm Management: C. P. Halligan, Landscape Architecture: R. S. Hudson, Farm and Horse: E. G. McKibben, Agricultural Engineering: C. E. Millar. Soil Science: E. J. Miller, Agricultural Chemistry: L. A. Schoenmann, Conservation Institute: R. W. Tenny, Short Courses: E. Weaver. Dairy. feifd ,. M 41 My if 2. . 'F Fmt I ! i i i x l al A N -Q cf' . as.. s s I X. sf- 'fn-4... l 51951 is-va - f