28 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



METHODS OF REGISTRATION', MEAT dTTIXG. AND COMMERCIAL LIVE STOCK. 



For seniors, specials and others. Winter term 20 men, 10 hours per 

 week for 12 weeks. 



STOCK BREEDIXG. 



For sophomores, specials and others. Winter term 54 men .5 hours per 

 week for 6 weeks. 



STOCK FEEDING. 



For juniors, sj^ecials and others. Spring term, 12 men 5 hours per week 

 for 12 weeks. 



SPECIAL LIVE STOCK SHORT COURSE. 



Seventy-eight men. 10 hours per week for 6 weeks. 



The work given in the live stock course has been greatly strengthened 

 since the subject of animal nutrition has been taken up by Prof. Keclzie, 

 as those taking this subject now not only receive lectures but conduct or 

 follow live stock experiments actually working out the essential features 

 in the form of laboratory investigations. 



In numbers the live stock ecjuipment is much the same as the preceding 

 year, though the general quality of the herds and flocks has been improved; 

 this is true of swine and sheep in particular, in both instances the breeding- 

 females have been carefully selected and new rams and boars of the various 

 breeds have been purchased. About the middle of the year twenty grade 

 cows were purchased as a foundation for the establishment of a grade dairy 

 herd to be used for breeding and feeding experiments. In order to properly 

 handle the grade dairy herd and their ])rogeny the original grade herd barn 

 and silo located within a few yards of the new dairy barn were moved and 

 the barn refitted with new floor and stall fixtures, so that it will now accom- 

 modate over fifty head of cattle, young and old. 



The farm building equipment consists of over a dozen structiu'es of vari- 

 ous shapes and sizes promiscuously located- Some of these buildings and 

 their fittings are very old, in some instances forty years or more. As a 

 result of their scattered locations the work of feeding and caring for the 

 animals is greatly increased, much fertilizer is lost because of excessive 

 yardage, and those who visit the institution seldom see but a part of the 

 live stock equipment or experimental animals. For these and several 

 other urgent reasons we felt justified in asking for a special appropriation 

 to move the barns back from the campus, centralize and reuKxlel them 

 with up to date practical equipment. As the last state legislature apjiro- 

 priated funds for this pur]>ose the plans have been prepared and the actual 

 work is about to begin. We regret that owing to the late date of the aji- 

 propriation this work cannot be completed during the present year. 



As a large amount of the college farm was fenced with woven wire and 

 other sorts of wire fencing at one time, some ten or twelve years ago or 

 more, we find that the earliest of this fencing needs replacement which is 

 being accomj^lished in part each year. This year nearly three htnidred 

 rods of new fence has been erected. 



Field Xo. 5 which was set aside last year to l^e used exclusively for forage 

 soiling and root crops has been more thoroughly underdrained and platted. 

 into two acre lots so that records relative to the various crops can be made 

 an<l kept. The various forage, soiling and root crops started in field Xo. 5 



