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 - Class of 1947

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Page 33 text:

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The Ag campus was as crowded as the rest of the University this year . . . but a well-knit de- partment kept the schoolis informal atmosphere . . . gave a record 1860 students extensive and thorough training in agriculture, forestry and home economics. Although nine out of ten students were vet- erans, the campus resumed a prewar aspect . . . most professors were back from war . dor- mant campus organizations mushroomed by the score . . . the Department of Forestry was back to normal size. It was the aim of the department to carry edu- cation to the farmer as well as teaching under- graduates . . . 4-H club leaders and home dem- onstration leaders of the Minnesota Agricultural extension service worked with county agricultural agents . . . the department published carloads of pamphlets on every phase of farming, forestry and homemaking . . . claimed it could answer almost any question . . . and found itself doing just that . . . short courses on a bewildering vari- ety of subjects were crammed . . . the department of Agriculture mapped a road to scientific and productive farming for the Minnesota farmer . . . and lightened his wife's work with helpful hints on homemaking. THE EVER-JOVIAL Dean Henry Schmitz of the College of Agriculture Forestry and Home Economics, exhibits his serious side. Dean Schmitz besides his regular duties, finds time to act as President Morrill's repre- sentative on the Board of Publications, and talre part in activities of the Ag Union Board, Senate Committee on Student Affairs, the Gen- eral College Advisory Committee, and the All-U Library Committee A FACULTY MEMBER dips into the punch bowl at the student-faculty reception held fall quarter at the Ag school. Page 27

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Page 34 text:

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WARILY examining some cactus plants is Mrs. Carol Youngren. A11 energy was directed toward research . . . with the addition of 1500 acres at Rosemount, agricultural research spurted . . . the land is being developed into a fertile field for research on farming problems . . . with special emphasis on the development of a disease resistant variety of oats . . . experimentation with new types of fertilizers . . . a study of methods of combatting diseases of potatoes . . . and raising a new Hax strain for linen. 534' Dr. L. E. Longlty tags a specimen in the horticulture building. Dr. Laurence M. Winters' research led to a supe- rior strain of hogs . . . over 250 have been bred on the campus and at branch stations throughout the state . . . careful breeding since last summer has developed the herd . . . the first of its kind in the country . . . work on insect physiology helped re- searchers to understand why and what killed the bugs . . . and gave leads on new types of insecti- cides. BELOW: Graduate student J. McCartney observes tomato plants, which are a part of his research project. Page 28 ABOVE: Employing a 'Fumigation chamber in insecticide research are Dr. A. G. Richards and Robert Keppel.

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