DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 53 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FARM CROPS. 



President F. S. Kedzie: 



Dear Sir — The following is a l)rief rei»oit of the Department of Farm 

 Crops for the fiscal year ending June 30, 191G: 



The courses of study offered by this department and the number of 

 students in each are given below : 



Farm Crops T 291 



Farm Crops TI 215 



Farm Crops III 53 



Farm Crops IV 54 



Farm Crops V 44 



Farm Crops IV, Summer Session 6 



First year, two-year course 99 



Second year, two-year course 67 



First year, eight-weeks course 106 



Second year, eight-weeks course 16 



Graduate Students 2 



Total 953 



Mr. Joseph F. C-ox has had charge of tlie freshman and sophomore 

 classes and the second-year class of the two-year course, and has assisted 

 in Farm Crops III and IV. 



Mr. Frank A. Spragg has had charge of Farm Crops V, and I have had 

 charge of Farm Crops III and IV, the first-year class of the eight-weeks' 

 course and one section of the first-year class of the two-year course. 



Mr. A. L. Bibbins, who was appointed as instructor in Farm Crops 

 September 1, 1915, has had charge of the second-year class of the eight- 

 weeks' course and one section of the first year class of the two-year 

 course and has assisted with several of the other courses. 



Mr. E. E. Cushman. Mr. M. R. Freeman, Mr. G. I. Hobbs, Mr. B. W. 

 Householder, Mr. L. R. Luther, Mr. E. B. More and Mr. H. M. VanAken 

 have acted as student laboratory assistants in the various courses offered 

 by the department. 



I wish to express my appreciittion of the hearty co-operation received 

 from all of the members of the department, and also from the the student 

 assistants, which has made it possible to efficiently handle the work. 



The instruction work of the department is now well systematized, 

 printed laboratory sheets being provided which encourage individual 

 study on the part of the student and help to give a comprehensive under- 

 standing of the n)ore important factors of crop production. The great- 

 est need is more instructional plats, crop samples, exhibits, charts, and 

 other illustrative material. Additional material of this character will 



