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tatoes, sugar beets, and other root crops made up part of the course, but 

 during the coming year these crops will be covered in a new three-hour op- 

 tional course for juniors. This arrangement will give more time in the spring 

 for the consideration of forage crop problems and special crops, and enable 

 us to give a much stronger course in potatoes, sugar beets, and, other root 

 crops. The course was given by Professor J. F. Cox and assisted by In- 

 structor C. E. Cormany. Students enrolled thirty-four. 



Farm Crops 5- A, Advanced Genetics in Relation to Plant Breeding: — A 

 larger number of students than usual elected this course, which may be con- 

 sidered as sound evidence of the increased interest which is being taken in 

 plant breeding work, as developed by Professor F. A. Spragg and Mr. E. E. 

 Down. This course was given in the winter and was followed in the spring 

 by Farm Crops 5-B-Plant Breeding. Six students took this course, which 

 in view of its advanced nature may be considered a very satisfactory class. 



Farm Crops 6: — The first half of this course was given over to the study 

 of crop adaptation, ecological studies, and crop rotations and management. 

 This part of the work was given by Professor J. F. Cox, Mr. G. W. Putnam 

 and Mr. C. E. Cormany. The second half was given over to grain stand- 

 ardization and marketing work. Professor A. L. Bibbins gave this course 

 with assistance from other members of the staff. Students enrolled, thirty 

 eight. 



The short courses in Farm Crops were given by Assistant Professor C. R. 

 Megee, Mr. C. E. Cormany, and Mr. J. R. Duncan, and a special instructor. 

 Ninety sixteen weeks' men and sixty-nine eight weeks' students received 

 instruction in Farm Crops. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 J. F. COX, 



Professor of Farm Crops. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1921. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FARM MECHANICS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College. 



Dear Sir: 



I have the honor to submit the following report for the year 1920-21. 



That part of the report pertaining to Farm Buildings and Conveniences 

 is given in detail by Mr. Fogle, and the matter on Power and Farm Machin- 

 ery by Mr. Sauve. 



It has been found necessary to devote some time to reorganizing the work 

 of the department in order that it may be put in a position to render 

 better service in the wide range of subjects which fall to this department. 

 Agricultural Engineering includes applied matter from almost every field of 

 engineering, so it has been thought best to divide the work into three groups 

 in each of which the matter is more or less related, i. e.. Buildings and Con- 

 veniences, Power and Farm Machinery, Drainage and Land Clearing. 



Rearrangement of the office space into small offices for these lines of work 

 and also for extension work, has made concentration possible. 



Considerable time has been devoted to the reorganization of courses. It 



