Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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' foel onjgfior ' rt ' urn THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXP ' T STATION A. B. Conner, M. S., Director ip ' HE Agricultural Research Division of the Agricultural and Mechanical iL College of Texas is the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station System, established in 1888. Through research the Experiment Station discovers and disseminates information vital to agriculture. It is a separate division of the College, although it is directly under the authority of the Board of Directors and the President. The Experiment Station permits the use of its data, records, and labora¬ tories by graduate students doing research work. It is organized into seven¬ teen different divisions, each having its special branch of scientific investigation. There are six field laboratories and fifteen substations located in the principal agricultural regions of the state. This department works with livestock, as well as with crops. On the experiment farm, near the College, is a dairy which permits the study of dairying. There are other species of livestock on this farm which are valuable in experimental w ' ork, such as poultry and swine. The Agricultural Experiment Station makes special contributions to Agriculture in Texas by introducing new methods of farming and improved methods of handling all types of livestock. Moreover, it is beneficial to the state in studying the diseases of the crops and of animals. At present there is under investigation such problems as the cotton root-rot disease, which is estimated to cause an annual loss of millions of dollars to Texas alone; the study of the loin disease of cattle; and the study of soil fertility. Page 27 OA2 o

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THE EXTENSION SERVICE f’Tp ' HE Extension Service is one of the major divisions of the College and it is the largest organi- zation of its type, in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Practi¬ ca lly all land-grant colleges have such organizations but there is not another in the country that has a separate building for its headquarters. A large number of graduates from A. and M. College find employment with this department when they complete courses in the School of Agriculture. At the present time there are more than three hundred agents, supervisors, and specialists employed in the work of this department. Mildred Horton W. H. Williams Home Demonstration Agent Vice-Director and State Agent Page 26

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THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE E. O. Siecke, B. A., B. S., Director Texas Forest Service has become a prominent division of the A. and M. College, since it ih was established by an Act of the Thirty-fourth Legislature. This department has super¬ vision over all forest interests and matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the State. The Director has charge of enforcing all laws pertaining to the protection of forests and woodlands, preventing and extinguishing forest fires, collecting data relative to forest conditions and assists in all types of forest preservation and restoration. The personnel of this department consists of five technical foresters and forty-four field men who assist in supervising and directing the preservation of the forests of Texas. Left to right —W. E. Bond, H. J. Eberly Page 28