Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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TDean Lipscomb The School of Agriculture Agriculture has been and will be the basic industry of Mississippi, and in the past half century the School of Agriculture of A. and M. College has contributed generously to the growth and improvement of that in- dustry. Due to its importance in this respect, the School of Agriculture has caused the location here of the Experiment Station and the Extension Department. The Agricultural School includes the Departments of Rural Education, Agricultural Economics, Agricul- tural Engineering, Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry and Veterinary Science. The agri- cultural student may take the degree of Bachelor of Science in either Rural Education, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horticulture, Poultry, General Agriculture, or Agricultural Commerce. These men can hold their own anywhere, but they are specially fitted to cope with the problems and conditions in Mississippi, Grad- uates in Animal Husbandry are prepared for livestock farming, which is coming forward as one of Missis- sippi ' s chief occupations. The graduates in Dairying are preparing to take part in the rapidly growing industries of dairy production and dairy manufacturing, which promise much in the future of the state and, indeed, in many districts have already furnished the means to a new prosperity. Milk condenseries, cheese factories, and creameries open new avenues to the young Mississippian interested in Dairying. In the De- partment of Agricultural Economics the students receive training in accounting, statistics, marketing, banking, and the general economic situations to be met in farming, with a general course in agriculture as a basis. They are thus prepared to run farms of their own on a sound financial basis or, through co-operative mar- keting, banking, and other methods, to improve the financial status of the farmer. The Agricultural Club, composed from students from all branches of the School of Agriculture, is the tech- nical organization of that school. It demonstrates its activity and alertness through the columns of its monthly publication, The Magnolia Farmer. The Experiment Station at A. and M., with its branches in various towns throughout the state, is con- tinually conducting experiments to determine the best methods of scientific farming. These research projects total eighteen hundred annually, and furnish valuable information in all lines of agricultural endeavor.

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The triple lamps that light the door foretell The work of those who serve their fellows well.