48 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



others Avlio niiniinizc agricultural education by writing and speaking to 

 the effect that we know how to farm is ignorant of the broad relation- 

 ships that exist. In view of these conditions it is doubtless true that 

 the extension activities along soils lines should be carefully, but greatly 

 increased. 



In order to provide constantly information to be extended it is essential 

 that the experimental and research work be supported both morally and 

 financially. In this connection I desire to call your attention to that which 

 has been accomplished by the staff with a relatively small amount of funds 

 at its disposal. 



The^educational phases at^the College have been improved. Much re- 

 mains to be accomplished and it is proposed to revamp certain of the 

 courses that are offered. 



We, as members of the Soils Section, express our gratitude to you for 

 the interest taken in our work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



M. M. McCOOL. 



Professor of Soils. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. 



Lawrence Clifford Wheeling. 



Drafted at Mason, Mich., Nov. 21, 1917 and assigned to Co. C, 338th 

 Inf., 85th Div., Camp Custer, Michigan. Entered 3rd 0. T. S. January 5, 

 1918; completed April 19, 1918 and returned to Co. C, 338th Inf. as Ser- 

 geant. Transferred to Inf. Repl. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., May 27, 1919. 

 Commissioned 2nd Lieut, of Inf. June 1, 1918. Transferred to 160 Depot 

 Brigade, Camp Custer, July 16, 1918 and attached to Co. C, 1st Dev. Bn. 

 Transferred to 32nd Co. 8th Bn. August 6, 1918. Transferred to 10th Inf. 

 14th Div., August 22, 1918 and assigned to Co. H, 2nd Bn. Discharged 

 January 29, 1919, as Second Lieutenant, 10th Inf. 



George John Bouyoucos. 



Red Cross Agricultural Commission — Balkan States — October 1918, 

 October 1919. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, East Lansing, Mich. 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to submit the following report of the 

 Department of Animal Husbandry for the year ending June 30, 1919. 



The instruction work during the past year has been conducted as out- 

 lined in the College catalog. The work of the staff and the enrollment 

 in various courses is summarized in the accompanying table. 



It is a pleasure to report continued progress in the improvement of the 

 herds and flocks. The Hereford herd of fourteen females are all de- 

 scendants of one cow purchased in 1910 at a cost of $150. There are, at 

 the present time, eight daughters and six grand-daughters of this cow 

 in the^herd, all of them showing a remarkable uniformity of type. The 

 Aberdeen Angus herd consists of .'eight females, most of them descend- 

 ants of one cow purchased in^l910 at a cost of $150. During the past 

 year a Hereford sire was purchased from J. E, Thompson of Martins- 

 ville, III., and a Shorthorn sire from J. F. Prather of Williamsville, 111. 



