DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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Other States represented. 



Florida — 



Illinois 



Indiana . . . 

 New York 

 Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



Utah 



Vermont 



Wisconsin . . . 

 Nebraska 



For further information, please consult the reports of the various de- 

 partments of the College, as found in the following pages. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. L. SNYDER. 



Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June 30, 1903. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. 



President Snyder: 



The annual report of the Department of Practical Agriculture is here- 

 with submitted. In September. 1902, I assumed the duties of the head 

 of the Department of Practical Agriculture. In taking up any new work, 

 it necessarily follows that some time must be spent studying the condi- 

 tions before formulating any permanent method of procedure or at- 

 tempting new work. During the College year, then, about to begin, a 

 large amount of time was given to lecture and demonstration work in 

 annual husbandry. In this work the assistance rendered by Mr. George 

 Humphrey, instructor in animal husbandry, was of great value, and we 

 deeply regret his loss; but at the same time we are glad that such a wide 

 field of usefulness has opened up to him as the newly appointed head 

 of the Animal Husbandry Department of the University of Wiscon- 

 sin. In addition to the direct demands of the department, seventeen 

 addresses were delivered before farmers' and live stock organizations 

 in various parts of the State, 



To the course of instruction in animal husbandry one or two new 

 features were added during the year. In the winter term a series of 

 lectures dealing with the commercial side of the live stock industry was 

 delivered to members of the senior class. In this work the following 

 topics were discussed, viz: Domestic and foreign markets, influences 

 affecting markets, transportation of live stock, the frozen meat trade, 

 inspection of live animals, dressed meats, etc., quarantine regulations, 

 and the effect of legislation in foreign countries in regard to the restric- 

 tion of the American export trade. 



In the spring term a series of lectures on animal nutrition was also 

 given the seniors. There is perhaps no subject connected with the live 

 stock industry which is deserving of more careful attention than this 

 one. 



