44 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Dopartmcnt staff has been as follows: 

 Harry J. Eustace, Professor of Horticulture. 

 Charles P. Hallip;an, Professor of Landscape Gardeninji. 

 Thomas Ouiison, Assistant Professor of Horticulture; Superintendent 



of Grounds. 

 R. E. Loree, Assistant Professor of Horticulture. 



Bespectivelv submitted. 



H. J. EUSTACE, 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. Professor of Horticulture. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 



To the President of Ihe Michigan Agricultural College. 



Sir: — Any departmental report for the academic j-ear, July 1, 1918to June 

 30, 1919, niust of necessity take cognizance of the unusual conditions oc- 

 casioned by the war. The story of the year's activities, therefore, is 

 the history of retrenchments and adaptions rather than the usual 

 narrative of increased student registration and departmental expansion. 



From the beginning of the training of the Motor Transport Units to 

 the end of the Students' Army Training Corps the responsibility for pro- 

 viding a suitable milk supply for the detachments was placed upon the 

 Dairy Department. Inasmuch as the demands were rather erratic, 

 it was necessary for the department to secure suitable milk supplies and 

 see that these were properly clarified and pasteurized and delivered to 

 the mess halls. fe** 



With the opening of the fall term about 3,000 pounds of milk were 

 supplied daily for the soldiers in training. This was the approximate 

 equivalent of two quarts per day for each individual in training. By 

 careful attention to the details sin-rounding the milk supply the training 

 units were adequately protected from milk-born diseases. 



THE DEPARTMENTAL STAFF. 



The department numbered ten men on its teaching and investigational 

 staff at the beginning of the war. This number was reduced to four dur- 

 ing the fall of 1918 and some of these were prepared to leave for military 

 service at anj^ time. The securing of proper help to care for the dairy 

 herd and to conduct the necessarj^ operations in dair}' manufacture and 

 dairy distribution became a very serious problem and at times it was 

 necessary for the instructors to lend a hand in order to make out. We 

 are pleased to report, however, that the close of the fiscal year sees us 

 with the following personnel in the department. 



A. C. Anderson, Professor of Dairy Husbandrv. 



H. W. Newhall, Associate Professor of Dairy Husbandry. 



J. E. Burnett, Assistant Professor of Dairy Husbandry. 



F. T. Riddell, Investigator in Dairy Production. 



Stanley J. Brownell, Investigator in Market Milk Distribution. 



R. W. Wyant, Instriictor in Dairy Manufactures. 



INSTRUCTION. 



Beginning with the winter term the regular courses in daily manu- 

 facture and the short courses for dairy manufacture students were given 

 on the regular schedule. The numbers taking these courses, however, 

 were less than in former years. 



