DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 40 



llEPOKT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOILS. 



rresideut Ketlzie: 



There are certain cliaiiges and additions to our soils courses that 

 could be brouglit about with great benefit to the students. A five hour 

 elective course for students of Animal Husbandry and for Horticultural 

 students should be ottered. 



Although there is much progress to be made in extension work in 

 Soils the results obtained by the various members of the section are 

 gratifying. I do not consider that this line receives the financial sui)port 

 that its relative imixntance and tlie demands for it by tlie farmers of the 

 State justify. An additional assistant extension and experiuient station 

 worker sliould be engaged. This is so because the field projects have 

 been so developed tliat a leader sliould be respousible for and confine his 

 efforts to one of three proposed divisions of tlie State. 



The Soils department is badly in need of storage room for fertilizers, 

 soils and seed. The present arrangement is not only inadequate luit 

 also very inconvenient and unsatisfactory. ]\[uch time and energv ar(^ 

 wasted in transferring these materials from one ])lace to another. 



Our instructional Avork for seniors will nevel" be comjjlete and of maxi- 

 mum efficiency until adequate greenhouse facilities are provided. More- 

 over several of our experimental and research projects call for such. 



Again I desire to commend to you the s])lendid cooperative spirit and 

 enthusiasui of the various nu'nd)ers of the staff. Each of us appreciates 

 the interest you have taken in our endeavors and the support you have 

 aft'orded us. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



M. M. McCOOL, 



Professor of Soils. 

 East Lansing, :Mi(higan, June ^0, 1020. 



