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necessary at the beginning of the College year to employ an 

 additional instructor, who was placed in charge of the soils 

 division. 



The old soils laboratory was outgrown several years ago but 

 by dotmbining several rooms in the basement of Winslow Hall. 

 a new and very much enlarged lalboratory has been provided. 

 The outdbor laboratory used by the crop section was moved to 

 a more convenient location and considerably enlarged, and is 

 jused for plbt work, and for growing material for class use. 

 The farm management section is in great need of suitable 

 laboratories for teaching farm mechanics and farm machinery. 

 The farm crops laboratory has 'been remodelled to some extent 

 and made imore efficient. It needs to be enlarged but this does 

 n'ot appear possible at the present time, since all the available 

 s'pace in Winslow (Agricultural) Hall is now being used for 

 other and equally important purposes. 



The equipment oif the department has been materially in- 

 creased, especially in the crops and soils sections. A new de- 

 parture was made the present year, by requiring of all major 

 students in soils, practical field experience in making a soil 

 survey. The survey was begun in Somerset county last sum- 

 mer, prior to the beginning of the fall semester and will be 

 continued next year. It is believed that this plan will result 

 to the material advantage of the students and also to the farm- 

 ing industry in the section surveyed. 



ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Th animal indusitry department comprises the divisions of 

 Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husibandlry, and Poultry Husbandry. 

 A major course of study is ofifered by each of these divisions. 



At the beginning of the College year, the dairy manufactures 

 seotion of the department was separated from the dairy produc- 

 tion section and an instructor placed in charge. One of the 

 important events o'f the year in connection with this depar't- 

 ment was the establishment of cooperative arrangements with 

 the Experiment Station, whereby breeding experiments for the 

 purpose of determining the inheritance of milk production, 

 were begun with the college hefd. As an aid to these experi- 

 ments as well as for teaching puriposes, a foundation herd of 

 beef cattle, the Aberdeen Angirs, consisting of three pure 



