Ix Department of Plant-Breeding 



During the past year, Cornell University has awarded advanced degrees 

 for work done in plant-breeding by graduates who came from the fol- 

 lowing institutions: Ph.D. (Major): Virginia Polytechnic Institution, 

 Utah Agricultural College, Illinois Wesleyan (2), University of Florida. 

 Ph.D. (Minor) : New Hampshire College. M.S.A. (Major) : Iowa State 

 College, North Dakota Agricultural College, Kansas State Agricultural 

 College. M.S.A. (Minor) : North Carolina College of Agriculture and 

 Mechanical Arts, Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Special attention has been given in this Department in the past year 

 to methods and materials used in teaching graduate and undergraduate 

 courses, in the latter case with reference to laboratory work. The 

 graduate students have undertaken a systematic indexing of articles on 

 genetics in above seventy publications both in this country and abroad. 

 The Department has cooperated with other agencies in the University for 

 stimulating work in genetics. The recently organized Eugenics Club of 

 Cornell University has received much assistance from the Department. 



The following articles, written by Professor A. W. Gilbert, have 

 recently been published and are intended to be of assistance to persons 

 teaching the subject: 



The Present Status of Plant-Rreeding Instruction in the United States. 

 Annual Report of the American Breeders' Association, Vol. VII. 



Suggestive Laboratory Exercises for a Course in Plant-Breeding. 

 American Breeders' Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3. 



Suggestions for an Undergraduate Course in Plant-Breeding. Annual 

 Report of the American Breeders' Association, Vol. VI. 



Another article by the same writer, on graduate instruction in plant- 

 breeding, will soon appear. 



Recommendations 



The Department wishes to express with renewed emphasis the recom- 

 mendations of former years. Lack of room greatly handicaps the work, 

 especially the instruction to graduate students. Larger funds should be 

 allotted for the purchase of books with which to build up a department 

 library. The facilities of the university and agricultural libraries are now 

 very inadequate for the use of such large numbers of students as come 

 to us for instruction. 



A strong course should be developed in seed-growing and seed-pro- 

 duction, with an expert in charge. The seed business of this country 

 has become enormous and some definite instruction should be given here in 

 that line. We have had in our classes in the last few years a large 

 number of young men who have been sent to us from very prominent 

 American seed houses. 



