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STATE BOAIUJ OF AGRICULTURE. 



been procured as a result and the number of animals annually afifected 

 by this system of impro\ement now numbers over 25000 head. Six new 

 co-opoi'ative associations were organized durinf; the year in addition to 

 five <»rf;anizations where the sires are privately owned. 



During the year Mr. Raven visited 408 farms owning 3220 cows, spent 

 57 days as local adviser, 55 days as demonstrator and 158 days in other 

 extension Avoik. JIo delivered lt)(i lectures, attended three one-week 

 sehools of agriculture, and directed the three weeks' ti'i]> <»f the demon- 

 tration train over the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad in 

 the Upper Peninsula. 



During the year ^Mr. C. A. Tyler has de\"oted his energies largely 

 lo forestiw extension work intended to stimulate an interest in the 

 preservation and improvement of the ^Michigan farm woodlot. A few 

 count}' woodlot improvement associations have been organized and 

 some co-operative experimental ]>liintings made. ^fr. Tyler has given 

 more or less time to farmers' institute work, lecturing at one-week 

 scho(ds, demonstration trains and a number of other phases of effort as 

 well. 



About Jniu' 1st. Mr. Leo ^f. Geismar. extension representative of the 

 eolleg(; for the Upper Peninsula, gave nj) his work to become county 

 agricultural agent for noughton county. During the year or more Mr. 

 Geismar acted as extension Avorker, he organized a large number of 

 corn. ]H>tato, alfalfa and fruit growers' clubs. Tt is planned to ex- 

 tend this work as rapidlv as possible. 



R. S. SHAW, 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1018. Dean of Agriculture. 



Ri:rr)RT of the department of horticulture and land- 

 scape GARDENING. 



To the President: 



Sir — I herewith submit the following report of the Department of 

 Horticulture and Landscape Gardening for the vear ending June 30, 

 1913: 



It is a pleasure to report that no change has occurred in the personnel 

 of the department. Where all the members of a department can be 

 retained for several years, the work can be made to progress more 

 rapidly than where changes are frequent. 



The instiTiction work has been given during this year as outlined 

 in the college catalogue and may be here brietly sununarized : 



Fall Term. 



C\hss. 



Subject. 



No. of 

 course. 



Soph. Ag 



Junior Ag 



Senior Ag 



Senior Ag 



Senior Ag 



Senior Ag 



Junior and Senior Women . 



'Fruit Growing 



Pomology 



Plant Breeding 



Seminar 



Advanced Pomology 



Advanced Land.scape Gardening 



ILandscape Gardening and Floriculture 



2... 

 4... 

 7... 

 10 a 

 11a 

 12 a 

 14.. 



Hours per 



week each 



student. 



Number of 

 students 

 enrolled. 



133 

 46 

 46 

 46 

 .39 

 6 

 27 



