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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SPIUNG TERM. 



Class. 



Junior .\g 

 Senior Ar 

 Senior An 

 Senior Ag 

 Senior Ag 



Subject. 



Landscape Gardening 



Horticultural Practice 



Seminar 



Advanced Pomology 



"Advanced Landscape Gardening 



No. of 

 Course. 



6 



9 



10c 

 lie 

 12c 



Hours per 



week each 



Student. 



Number 

 Students 

 Enrolled. 



7 



10 

 1 

 6 

 (J 



25 

 24 

 27 

 23 

 3 



Til jiddilioii <(» tlicse rej^uljn- coui-ses, iiislnictioii m;is i;i\t'ii dm-iii^' tlie 

 suiniiior .scliool in I'laiit I'ropjigalion and Fruit Growing lo cigliteen 

 .studeiils, ]•") hours i»er weok. 



The short courses in liorticullnre were also ancII attended considering 

 llie laltor siluation e.xisting a( the time on (he I'arnis. 



Tiie special eight-weeks course in Fruit (li-owing was attended by 

 erghteen studcjits and it is interesting to iu)te tliat at least lialf of tliese 

 students came from fruit farms in the fruit sections A\'here they had had 

 tlie practical experience of laising fruit and came here to obtain in- 

 formation and training on the more scientific i)hases of their Avork. 



A very satisfactoi-y line of work that it has been our pleasure to per- 

 form this year has been that of teaching the "Federal Aid" students. 

 While there is less uniformity in the previous school training of these 

 students, their earnestness in the woi-k and the satisfaction of being able 

 to render them aid in pre])aring them for productive lines of work is an 

 incentive that is very gratifying. The department gladly offers its re- 

 sources to the education of the ''Federal Aid" students. 



A few important changes in the course of study in horticulture; were 

 made during the school year. The subject matter previously presented 

 in the fall and winter terms in IMant Breeding and Evolution Avas com- 

 bined into one five-credit course of the fall term and a new course in 

 Commercial Horticulture ])resented in the winter term. This course 

 was much needed and ]>rove(l very satisfactory. 



The students in Landsca])e Gardening were offered ten credits of land- 

 scape work each term whereas formerly the landscape students had but 

 five credits of landscajje gardening each term and were obliged to take 

 the work with the ])oniologists in Plant Breeding and Evolution. Even 

 this amount of time for si)ecializatiou in landscape gardening is insuffi- 

 cient to give a student the amount of training that should be received to 

 be properly prepared for landscape ])ractice. It is the opinion of the 

 Avriter that specialization in horticulture should begin at least by the 

 first term of the junior year. 



There are two important lines of horticultural practice in Michigan in 

 Avhich this department does not olfer inst ruction. The increasing 

 economic importamc in the State of vegetable gardening and floriculture 

 makes it advisalde that this deparlment develo]) courses to meet the 

 demand in Ihese lines. Very little can be done in either of these lines 

 nntil facilities are ]>rovidcd in the fttrm of a new greenhouse system 

 and a horticultural building in which to olTer this instruction. The 

 writer knows fhal these \\\\\ be forthcoming as soon as the funds are 

 available and (Ik^ present abnormal cost of construction subsides. 



The department also ai>iireciates the desirability of presenting a course 



