Si2 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURiJ. 



to give a course upou veterinary jurisprudence; the work was characterized 

 by its usual excellence and added materially to the high standard of the 

 veterinary course. 



While considering the work of the several departments I cannot em- 

 phasize too strongly the fact that, though undertaking to provide an in- 

 crease in the animal pathology work, there still exists limitation both in 

 its development in that of the department of veterinary anatomy because 

 of inadequate housing facilities. It is one thing to establish and to under- 

 take to develop a veterinary college, to consistently equip the same with 

 apparatus or other working tools, but we must insist withal that a division 

 can be no stronger than the weakest of its component parts; the college 

 is stagnating at this moment for need of a suitable building to house these 

 allied departments. 



The division at this writing has as component parts departments of 

 medicine, animal pathology, veterinary anatomy and surgery; we are 

 convinced that for efficient teaching on the related subjects of veterinary 

 physiology, materia medica, poisons and treatment of disease these sub- 

 jects should be included under the direction of one head, trained in 

 veterinary physiology and the physiologic, toxicologic and therapeutic 

 relations of medical material to animal medicine. To carry this to frui- 

 tion we recommend creating within the division a department of veterinary 

 physiology and pharmacology and appointment of veterinary physiologist 

 to develop this work. This suggestion like the preceeding is urged at this 

 time because of our knowledge of increasing responsibilities coming to" 

 State colleges. 



The progress in the science of veterinary medicine has been characterized 

 by a steady demand for an increase of the basic entrance preparation and 

 an increase in the length of the course of study. Though this institution 

 has consistently maintained a fifteen unit entrance requirement and out- 

 lined work covering four years, it has been in a class by itself; it is only 

 within the past two years that all veterinary colleges were placed upon a 

 four year basis. Many of the former privately owned veterinary 

 schools forced into a period of depression by this extended course re- 

 quirements are now obliged to discontinue as a result of the recent war 

 and elevation of entrance requirements as demanded both by the eligibility 

 requirements of the American Veterinary Medical Association; the War 

 Department of the Department of Agriculture; others are seriously con- 

 sidering this step and the State controlled schools will find it incumbent 

 upon them to supply the future essential veterinary material. 



At this time it is fitting to make public acknowledgement and expressions 

 of appreciiation of the gift of Dr. T. G. Himbaugh, a former graduate of 

 the Agricultural Division of this college, of his entire veterinary library. 

 The volume constitutes a fitting nucleus for a future veterinary library 

 in the veterinary division and one we would suggest be called the Him- 

 baugh Veterinary Library; may hope to see it added to and made available 

 and valuable at all times for student use. 



Besides the most efficient and appreciated work incident to training 

 veterinary students, members of the veterinary faculty have engaged 

 themselves with instruction to both groups of short course students in 

 agriculture, to the junior and senior classes in the four year 

 agricultural course; in summer school and one farrier school ^unit assigned 

 to this institution by the United States War Department for instruction 

 n shoeing an equine anatomy. A second unit was scheduled for November 



