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apparatus has made it possible to accomplish tlie work planned for the 

 vear, but with the larger classes promised for the coming year our 

 facilities will be taxed to the utmost. 



Mr. O. O. Churchill did good service as Instructor in Agriculture 

 during the year till May 20, 1904, at which time he resigned to accept 

 the important position of Experimenter in Grain Improyement at the 

 North Dakota Experiment Station. During the remainder of the Col- 

 lege year Mr. L. B. McWethy, a Senior in the Agricultural course, de- 

 voted what time he could spare to taking up the work left by Mr. 

 Churchill. 



The amount of time devoted to lecture and laboratory work in 

 Agronomy and Soils during the year is as follows: 



Fall term — three classes requiring six hours daily 



Winter term— six classes requiring eight hours daily. 



Spring term — five classes requiring seven to ten hours daily. 



During the Winter term the Instructor has complete charge of one 

 class and during most of the Spring term, two classes. During the 

 whole year a part of the laboratory work was in charge of the Instructor 

 and an occasional lecture or quiz was given by him. 



Ill addition to the al)ove work, more or less investigation and experi- 

 mental work has been carried on. One very important line is that of 

 wheat improyement. In this work it is sought not only to increase the 

 yield of grain but also, especially, to increase the protein content. In 

 three years the protein content has been changed from 9.13% to 11.27% 

 in Dawson's Golden Chaff, while other milling qualities have been im- 

 proved. 



Numerous talks upon Agronomy lines have been given before insti- 

 tutes, granges, farmers' clubs, and other meetings. 



Tt\^o popular bulletins along the same lines have been prepared. 



The stands of corn in three of our College fields attest the importance 

 of rational methods in saving seed corn. 



DAIRY DIVISION. 



The work of the Dairy Division during the past year hns been partly 

 instructional and partly investigational. The amount of instructional 

 work is indicated below: 



Number Special Creamery Students, 33, time G weeks. 

 Number Special Cheese Students, 25, time 4 weeks. 

 Number Farm Dairy Students, 21, time 3 weeks. 



Number Sophomores, Ifi, time 10 weeks. 



Number Juniors, 3, time 10 weeks. 



Number Seniors, 4, time 37 weeks. 



Four creameries and ore cheese factory have been visited by request; 

 five addresses have been delivered at dairv meetings; one two-dav and 

 two one-day institutes have been attended; about 50 newspaper articles 

 have been written solely in the interests of the College. Fifty-two 

 creameries and 33 cheese factories in the educational scoring tests have 

 occupied a considerable portion of the time of this division through 

 correspondence. These tests have been of great value in educating but- 

 ter and cheese makers. 



The investigational work comprised: First, studies in cheese mak- 



