Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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llliolltzlt its well organizetl extension services, the School of Agriculture touches every one of Pennsyivania's 67 eounties and practically every community in the Commonwealth. This School seeks to provide instruction in thc sciences that underlie the etticient cuitivation anti niarketing ot' crops, the production and marketing of livestock and their many aiiied products, and the hetter- ment of rural life in general. In eo-operation with the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, the teachings of the School are carried throughout the State hy county exten- sion representatives in agriculture and home eco- nomics. Farms and homes in 66 of the counties are visited reguiarly hy these reupresentatives. The work of the county extension representa- tives is suppienlented hy that of suhjeet-matter spe- eiaifists who, with the county representatives, hring to the Iieid the latest findings of research as related to agriculture and home economies. The research DILAN l lrIC'l'tIIll'Ilt

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omy, animal husbandry, liaeteriology, liotany, dairy liuslmandry, forestry, liorticultu re, landscape arcliitecture, medical technology, poultry llus- bandry, pre-veterinary, and zoology and ento- mology. A large numlier of tlie graduates in agriculture engage in commercial agriculture. lVlany Iind em- ployment in teclinical positions as college and experiment station specialists, workers in tlle led- eral and state departments of agriculture., 'pulilic school teachers, and teellnicians in industries allied to agriculture. In addition to tlle l'our-year work, the Seliool offers special two-year courses wllicli are primarily vocational. Included is a forestry course, itllllilllgll tllere is a regular four-year curriculum in this suliject. Rounding out the work ol' tlie Mscliool on tllc hill. are special short courses in practical, timely sulijeets, and a vast amount ol' correspon- dence work.