DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 75 



striicted during the year, but our needs in this line are still consider- 

 able. The general supervision of the farm work has been conducted 

 by Mr. Christopher Fick, farm foreman, in a very creditable manner. 



DIVISION OF AGRONOMY. 



Prof. Jeffery reports the following relative to his division: 



During the year just closed instruction has been given as follows : 



During the fall term to 91 regular students; during the winter term 

 to 180 regular and to 90 special students, and during the spring term 

 to 83 regular students. These students were handled in 14 classes. 



During the year Mr. McWethy has had complete charge of the work 

 in farm crops, and has helped as before with the other work. 



The head of the division has attended 19 institutes and farmers' 

 meetings, at nine of which corn judging was done in corn contests, 

 and from one to four talks given. Eight days were spent with the train 

 known as the "Corn Special," with which forty-six stops were made 

 and more than that number of talks were given. 



Temporary quarters in the old tool barn are being equipped for the 

 work in farm crops. In these our students will be better able to study 

 methods of saving, caring for and preparation of seed, as well as to 

 better study the characteristics of breeds of grains, seeds and corn. 



The field work with corn and grains as outlined a year ago is being 

 continued and enlarged. 



DAIRY DIVISION. 



Mr. F. O. Foster reports the following relative to his division: 



During the leave of absence in the summer of 1905, one month was 

 devoted to the study of the manufacture of ice cream, to the operations 

 of city milk plants in the cities of Baltimore, Buffalo and Detroit. This 

 work, together with the previous experience of the instructor, formed 

 the basis of a series of lectures that have been included in the advanced 

 dairy work in the senior year. The remainder of the time was spent 

 mainly in the cheese factories and creameries of Michigan, special at- 

 tention being given to the manufacture of Michigan cheese. During the 

 three months thirteen cheese factories, nine creameries and seven city 

 milk plants were visited. 



In the fall term instruction was given to a class of four senior 

 women in household dairying, and to a class of seven senior men in 

 advanced dairying. During the winter term the instructor was occu- 

 pied in short course work. Two seniors, six juniors, thirty-five sopho- 

 mores, and thirty-three freshmen took the dairy work offered their 

 respective classes during the spring term. The large class in elementary 

 dairying made it necessary to secure some assistance in teaching, and 

 in this capacity Instructors Norton and Anderson did very efficient 

 service. 



The free testing of milk and cream samples was continued through- 

 out the year, and the number of such samples is increasing. 



In order to give dairy students as much practical experience as pos- 

 sible before taking advanced work, an attempt was made to secure 



