North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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tv P. A ;k GENERAL AGRICULTURE Tlip wealth of our State is measured largely by the value of its farm crops, in the production of which the greater part of our population is engaged. This field naturally opens many opportunities to young men for service, not only in general farming, but in vocations closely related to it. The State needs well equipped young men as agri- cultural teachers in our liigli schools and colleges. It is calling for trained men to enter the agricultural extension service to instruct farmers in crop production, marketing, etc. It needs special research or experiment workers and trained men to .serve as cotton classers, grain graders, and seed in.spectors. Our commercial houses are constantly seeking well equipped salesmen who are specialists in farm machinery, fertilizers, and seeds. Moreover, as agriculture becomes more intensive, the need for the control of pests and diseases becomes more urgent. The State is constantly invaded by agricultural pests, which would destroy our wheat, cotton, cowpeas, soy beans, and garden beans. In addition to these already within the State, a number of stock farmers are improving their herds and flocks by the use of better sires and official testing. In livestock North Carolina stands twenty-third among the forty- eight States. The total value of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, and sheep in the State is eighty-seven millions of dollars. The production of butter and cheese is increasing rapidly. The manufacturers of dairy products are building new factories and installing modern macliinery. W. H. D. i!sT ANIMAL IIUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING The livestock industry of Nortli Carolina is lirmly establislied, and continued progress is being made in getting more and better animals. Students in this course have the opportunity to make trips of inspection, wliich are instructive and remunerative. Men technically trained for positions on the modern livestock farm and in the mar- ket-milk plant, creamery, ice cream factory, or city milk inspection service, are always in demand. Many of our graduates secure positions as county agents, teachers, and specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture and State Experiment Stations. Several of our graduates are now engaged as specialists and teachers of animal lius- bandry in foreign fields. The courses are planned to give the student a general knowledge of livestock, as well as specialized and teclinical training in livestock production and dairy manufacturing. The facilities for instruction are modern, and tliere are more than two hundred head of stock under the charge of comjietent herdsmen. Students have the opportunity of becoming familiar with problems of Animal Husbandry, in- R. H. Rri ' iNKK eluding the management of herds and livestock judging. I Twenty four

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ORTH Carolina is tlie fifth agricultural State in the Union. Its high rank has been at- ta ined as a result of the scientific investigations, demonstrations, and instructions promoted by State College in coriperation with the State Depart- ment of Agriculture. The majority of the people of the State employed in gainful occupations are devoting their energies to some form of agricul- ture, and the greater part of our wealth and pros- perity are derived from this great vocation. The art of cultivating the soil properly and living well at home, the value of selecting that form of agriculture which is in greatest demand, and the best method of turning the surplus prod- ucts into commercial channels that will be most profitable to the producer are matters of the great- est concern to the people of the State. The School of Agriculture has been reorganized for the pur- pose of rendering a much larger service to the State along these and other lines. The Experiment Sta- tion and the Extension Service have been more closely united with college instruction, and the courses of study have been so organized and the instruction so broadened as to offer much larger opportunities to young men entering college, and to farmers and other a.gricultural workers throughout the State. THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL The purpose of the School of Agriculture is threefold: (1) To secure through scientific research, experimentation, or demonstration accurate and reliable information relating to soils, plants, and animals, and to secure from every available source reliable statisti- cal, technical and scientific data relating to every phase of agriculture that might be of advantage to our State; (2) to provide instruction in College for young men who desire to enter the field of general agriculture, or who wish to become professionals in agri- cultural education, or specialists in any field of science related to agriculture; and (3) to disseminate reliable information through publications and through exte nsion agents, and through a wise use of this information to give instruction to the agricultural workers of the State in the scientific, experimental, and practical progress in the various lines of agriculture. B. W. KlI.GORE Twentl three

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HORTICULTURE J. P. PlU.SBUUY North Carolina has po.ssil)ilities as an important horti- cultural State. The resources of climate and soil, the range of elevation and the variety of native fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants give the State peculiar ad- vantage. Within the present rapid subdivision of large holdings into small farms and the consequent necessity for larger acre yields, horticultural crops, which produce per unit of acre more in value than any other, are being more and more widely grown. In Horticulture there are offered courses for the pom- ologists, or fruit growers, for the olericulturist, or vege- table specialist; and foundation courses for the prospective florist, forester, and landscape gardener. POULTRY SCIENCE IN The development of the Science of Poultry Husbandry has opened two professional Ifl fields: one for the commercial production of Poultry, the other for teaching and for further scientific investigation. In climate, in the cheapness of feeds, in the local demand, and in accessibility to larger markets. North Carolina has exceptional advantages for the commercial branches for the production of Poultry. The amount of capital needed is relatively small; the turnover is rapid. Poultry will always make, as heretofore, a profitable and pleasurable part of the average general farm, the profit increasing in proportion to the increase in scientific knowledge of the problems involved. The possibilities of Poultry as an exclusive industry, however, are not generally known. Successful ventures are already being made, and the opportunities are as yet far from being exhausted. Poul- try is an important cash crop in North Carolina and will become rapidly more important as scientific methods are B. F. K.vupp practiced. Twenty-five