28 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



The honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred upon W. W. 

 Daniels, 'G4, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Wisconsin. 



The general condition of the College is good and the future prospects of 

 the institution are bright. The best of feeling has prevailed in the Fac- 

 ulty, and all seem determined to make the College meet the highest 

 exi>ectation of its friends. 



Very respectfully, 



J. L. SNYDER. 



Agricultural College, Mich., ) 

 June 30, 1897. f 



DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. 



To the President: 



Sir — I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of the 

 Department of Practical Agriculture, for the year ending June 30, 1897. 



C. D. SMITH. 



CLASS INSTRUCTION. 



No change in the personnel of the teaching force of this Department 

 has taken place within the year, except that the Board, at the request 

 of the head of the Department, promoted Instructor H. W. Mumford to 

 the Assistant Professorship. The division of work has been so made 

 that the time of each instructor could be devoted to some special line, as 

 far as the general work of the Department would permit. The instruction 

 in live stock, the history of breeds, principles and methods of breeding, 

 stock judging and general management of the flocks and herds, has been 

 given by H. AY. Mumford. A. A. Crozier, while nominally connected alone 

 with the Experiment Station, has had the class work relating to field 

 crops. The immediate supervision of the student labor and the laboratory 

 work with soils has been placed in the hands of M. W. Fulton. He has 

 also devoted a large part of his time to the study of fences, farm ma- 

 chinery and dynamometrical tests. G. H. True has given the instruction 

 in dairy work both to the students in the regular course and to the special 

 students in the winter. To Clinton D. Smith has fallen the lectures and 

 other instruction in stock feeding to the regular and special students, 

 the general management of the student labor, the class-room work in 

 soils during the summer term of 1897, the lectures in senior agriculture, 

 the lectures and recitations in farm managements and accounts and the 

 general management of the farm. C. S. Brooks, in charge of the poultry 

 division of the Experiment Station, taught the sophomores and freshmen 

 the principles of judging and managing poultry. 



