DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 69 



Meltzer as instructor in Butter making and Ice Cream making, Miss 

 Alison Ransford as instructor in Clieese making, Mr. John E. Burnett as 

 instructor in Dairy Production and as Supervisor of Advanced Registry- 

 tests, Mr. R. W. Wyant as instructor in Market Milk Management, and 

 Mr. F. A. Hagedorn as Assistant in Butter making. 



Mr. Meltzer resigned March 1st to take a position with a creamery 

 company in Canada, and his place has been filled by Mr. F. A. Hagedorn. 

 Professor H. E. Dennison resigned April 1st to take up farming in tlie 

 state of New York. Professor C. E. Newlander resigned June 1st to 

 take up extension work with the Daiiy Division of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



We are pleased to report that instruction has been given in all tlie 

 courses of study offered to regular as well as to special students. It 

 is our opinion that the character of the instruction and work accom- 

 plished by the students has been fully up to standard, and it has seemed 

 in some ways that we have even done better work than heretofore. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. C. ANDERSON, 

 Professor of Dairy Husbandry. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FARM CROPS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, East Lansing, Mich. 



Dear Sir — I submit herewith a brief report of the work of the Depart- 

 ment of Farm Crops for the year ending June 30, 1917: 



Professor V. M. Shoesmith, head of the department, resigned April 1st 

 to take over the management of a large tract of land near Grand Rapids. 

 His departure was marked by the regret of the entire department, and 

 hearty good wishes for success in his new field, 



A brief summary of courses, number of students enrolled, and in- 

 structors in charge, is herewith given : 



Farm Crops I, Cereal Crops, Freshman Course 216 students 



J. F. Cox. 

 Farm Crops II, Forage Crops, Sophomore Course . .148 students 



A. L. Bibbins. 

 Farm Crops III, Grain Judging, Senior Course ... .08 students 



V. M. Shoesmith, J. F. Cox, A. L. Bibbins. 

 Farm Crops IV, Special Mich. Crops, Senior Course. .78 students 



J. F. Cox, A. L. Bibbins. 

 Farm Crops V, Crop Improvement, Senior Course. . .72 students 



F. A. Spragg, Graduate Assistant Putnam. 

 Graduate Students 2 



During the summer session, Farm Crops IV was presented, and a 

 special two weeks crops course for rural teachers. 



Two crops courses were given during the winter to the two year Short 

 Course students, and two to the eight weeks Short Course students. 



