New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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experience combine to offer and careers for the future Research becomes increasingK ' important to agricultur- alists. Dr. Jacques L. Auclair, left, of Botan ' and Ento- mologv, supervises the filtration of a chemical diet in a bacteriological glo e box. Jinim ' Raulston, a graduate student, is preparing the diet to feed to aphids, insects injurious to cotton and alfalfa. Classes offer practical experience to the student on judg- ing and selecting livestock for breeding and marketing. Knowledge in these areas is a prerecjuisite to success in livestock production and related fields. Agricultural Engineering and . gronomv go hand in hand on NMSU exiH-rimental farm plots. Deep plowing facilitates soil renovation as the two departments strive for top food production per acre. 19

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faculty, facilities, and practical educational challenges now A vocation related to agriculture or home economics offers a dynamic future in business, science, and production. It is a future that is chal- lenging, demanding, and rewarding. Now there is a new challenge within every phase of agriculture because America holds the key to the freedom of the world. That key is our ability to produce food for millions of hungry people. These are die people who will sit at a world peace conference only when their stomachs have been filled. Food — the key to freedom — originates with the rancher and farmer. Here some take part in one of the short courses that NMSU offers continually throughout the year. They cover such areas as management, artificial in- semination, and emergency veterinary work. Branch stations offer similar courses at their annual field davs. The dairy is a site for practical experience and experi- mentation. Operative since 1918, the dairy now milks 175 cows, raises its own replacement heifers, and breeds by artificial insemination. It supplies milk to the campus and some off-campus areas, has a fluid milk salesroom, and sells raw milk to the NM Milk Production Assoc. The dairy lab experiments in all phases of a dairy from feeding to production and processing.

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Wildlife majors study the habits of native animals such as these javelinas as they prepare their theses. U The Nortiieast Branch Station at TucmiK-aii is the site of New Mexico ' s bull testing program. The Home Management House on campus provides another opportunity for f ' ome Ec majors to gain exper- ience for a future in their own homes, or in the education of others through the E.xtension Service. 20