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records completed their requirements with very creditable margins, 

 and a number of superior seven day official records were made. 



All the members of the herd are tested each year for tuberculosis. 

 The number of reactions secured from year to year has been steadily 

 decreasing. This year we are pleased to report that none of the dairy 

 animals responded to the test. 



The equipment of barns and cattle for dairy production is' compara- 

 tively satisfactory, but we are compelled to report that the present 

 building used for dairy manufactures is inadequate and poorly adapted 

 for the purpose. During the past year we have been compelled to hold 

 classes in milk separation and in Babcock testing in portions of the 

 basement. 



This basement is little more than a cellar and was never designed to 

 be used for any such purpose. We are trying to make the best of the 

 situation, but until some more adequate and sanitary structure is avail- 

 able for the dairy manufactures work that portion of the department 

 must suffer serious handicap. 



Kespectfully submitted, 



A. C. ANDERSON. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



To the President: 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the depart- 

 ment of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening for the year ending- 

 June 30, 1911. 



There have been no changes nor irregularities in the class work dur- 

 ing the year. Classes in all subjects have been larger than in any 

 previous year. This is especially so of the elective work which begins 

 in the fall term of the junior year. This increase in the number of 

 students electing the technical work, emphasizes the need for additional 

 equipment, and one of the most urgent needs is for a new range of 

 greenhouses. The present houses are not suited for purposes of in- 

 struction! A range of several houses should be erected in the rear of 

 the laboratory where they will be near the class rooms and gardens. 



These greenhouses are needed for the laboratory work of the follow- 

 ing classes: 



Fall Term for Seniors in Plant Breeding. 



Fall Term for Junior and Senior Women in Floriculture. 



Winter Term for Juniors in Greenkouse Industry. 



Winter Term for Sophomores in Plant Propagation. 



Spring Term for Thesis work for part of the Seniors. 



Spring Term for Sub-freshmen part of the term in Vegetable Garden- 

 ing. 



The lack of this equipment is a serious one for the department and 

 ranks us behind other colleges and universities that we have to com- 

 pete with in training students. It is hoped that provision can be 

 made at an earlv date to erect these houses. 



