52 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FARM CROPS. 



Presiilent J. L. Snyder: 



Dear Sir — I wish to submit the following report of the Department of 

 Farm Crops for the year ending June 30th, 1913: 



The several courses offered by tlie department have been given prac- 

 tically as outlined in Ihe calalognc, but these have been somewhat 

 modilied and strengthened from year to yciw. It is desired to place 

 the ins( ruction of the department on as definite a pedagogical basis 

 as ])ossible and to make the instniction as practical as possible. Some 

 iiddiiionnl equipment and a largo number of charts and illustrations 

 have been acquired. 



The number of students to wliom instruction was given in the sev- 

 eral courses was as follows: 



Farm Crops I. Freshmen 197 



Farm Crops II. Sophomores 1.50 



Farm Crops III. Seniors 15 



Farm Crops IV. Seniors 18 



Farm Crops V. Seniors 27 



First Year Short Course 180 



Second Year Short Course 64 



Total 651 



Mr. C. L. Coffeen has had charge of the freshman and sophomore 

 classes and has assisted in the laboratory work of Farm Crops III, 

 and Ihe second year Short Course classes. Mr. F. A. Spragg has had 

 charge of Farm Crops V. I have had charge of the remaining classes. 

 Mr. ]M. A. Russell and A. T. Sackrider acted as student assistants in 

 the laboratory work of the second year Short Course classes. 



EXTENSION WORK. 



The deparlment has conlinued the distribution of the pure strains 

 of the more important crops developed by Mr. S])ragg. This work has 

 also included tlie testing of several commercial varieties of corn and 

 a few beans and oats which have seemed especially promising. The 

 niiiiiber of co-operators and the number of lots of each crop are given 

 below: 



No. Cooperators. No. Lots of Seed. 



Alfalfa 5 25 



Renns 8 25 



Sov beans 37 37 



Corn 1 01 157 



Barlev 3 5 



Oats 51 04 



Wheat 29 54 



Rve 9 22 



