44 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



On account of the establishment of new courses during the past year 

 the teaching work of this department has increased materially. A total 

 of 926 students received instiniction throughout the year. This in- 

 cludes instimction in hoth long and short courses. There were 357 

 regular college students and 569 short course students. 



In January of this year the department offered a course for the field 

 men of the creamery manufacturing and milk distributing plants, and 

 this course was attended by 50 of these representatives. We feel that 

 this sort of instruction given in this type of course, is very beneficial 

 to the institution. These field men come in direct contact with the 

 farmer and by giving them instruction as to proper methods of feeding 

 and caring for cattle and handling milk, we are able to see that the 

 farmer gets the right kind of instruction from these men. It is planned 

 to continue such courses in the future. 



A number of short courses were given, including a two weeks' course 

 in testing for men desiring to conduct official testing. This course at- 

 tracted 50 students. 



A two week's course was given for ice cream manufacturers during 

 the month of March, which was attended bv 22 students. 



The College was represented last j^ear by a students' judging team at 

 the National Dairy Show. This contest created a great deal of interest 

 among the students and the team which was composed of four men met 

 in competition with 16 other agricultural colleges and succeeded in 

 winning third place. 



During the past year the M. A. C. creamery has been put upon a com- 

 mercial basis. This has been done in order to give our students instruc- 

 tion in a commercial concern. This is highly important, particularly for 

 the training of our short course students who are here far only a very short 

 time. They will not only get instruction as to methods of making butter 

 and handling other milk products, but have opportunity to study business 

 methods and the operation of a creamery. The plan that has been 

 adopted is to operate this creamery on a commercial basis and maintain 

 the output at the maximum of 25,000 pounds of butter per month. The 

 creamery was placed on this basis October 17, 1921. At that time the 

 total production of butter was 5,000 pounds and this has steadily in- 

 creased until in June the production was 20,000 pounds. 



The dairy herd has been increased considerably during the past year. 

 A large number of official records have been completed and the herd has 

 therelby been increased in value to a marked degree. The records that 

 are worthy of note are: Colantha Mutual Queen No. 256679 for 365 days, 

 24174.2 pounds of milk and 1026.7 pounds of butter. Pauline Colantha' 

 Fayne No. 460895 for 365 days, 19662.1 pounds of milk and 737.7 pounds 

 of butter. That was the State Junior two year old milk record for the 

 breed when it was made. 



During the past year improvements and additions have been made at 

 the dairy barn so as to produce and care for milk of high quality. The 

 object in establishing this sort of business is to enable the department 

 to give the 'best possible instruction in the care of milk on the farm that 

 is to be used for human consumption, and thereby stimulate the interest 

 in the production of clean, wholesome milk in the small towns and cities 

 of the State. This milk, produced at the barn, is regularly inspected and 



