DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 49 



SHORT COURSES. 



Gas Engines and Tractors 33 



Gas Engines and Tractors 83 



Truck and Tractor (Special) 93 



Creamer}' Mechanics 30 



Horticultural Mechanics 35 



Farm Engineering (Special) 5 



Farm Conveniences 22 



Farm Structures 17 



Forge Shop 82 



Wood Shop 82 



Total 482 



The variety of work possible to offer has made a number of courses 

 necessary, especially to satisfy the short course men. The problem of 

 scheduling these courses with limited space and equipment has not been 

 an easy one. Our Senior Optional Courses, — Power Machinery, Farm 

 Structures, and Farm Drainage and Land Clearing have not had as high 

 an enrollment as might be desired, but as this is the first year these 

 courses have been given in the senior year, it is felt that the plan will 

 be better undei'stood next year. The'plan of bolding four tractor courses 

 of one month each has brought about the same number of students — 100, 

 ais the two courses of one uionth each iirevioaisly given, with a greatly 

 reduced teaching force and more effective individual work as well as 

 less difficulty in organizing for the use of space and equipment. 



All shop work will be gi\eu next year in co-operation with the Engineer- 

 ing Division. The razing of the Farm Mechanics Shop and the increase 

 in the amount of horseshoeing and repair work by the Farm and Horse 

 Department has made it seem desirable to transfer the blacksmith to 

 that department, and this has been done. It is perhaps worthy of note 

 that 3551 students, the greater majority of whom have been farm boys, 

 have had instruction in this building in either Wood or Forge work or 

 both. Work in this shop has always been kept closely related to farm 

 practice. Many of the short course men taking these courses have con- 

 sidered them the most practical for their needs that the College has had 

 to offer. The nigged manhood of Instructors Watt (deceased) and Shafer, 

 is known and respected in even,- corner of the State by the men who have 

 taken work in this building. 



An attempt was made this year to introduce some land clearing into 

 the course in Drainage. This cannot be handled in the moist efficient 

 way without seeing actual conditions and studying methods isomewhat 

 in detail from a practical standpoint. 



The equipment of the department is housed in various places about 

 the campus. Adequate sjoace where the equipment could be grouped 

 with central service and administration, would iu'creaise the efficiency 

 with which work can be given. We also need some show space for 

 exhibits, representative tools and machiner}'. Buildings, imiplements 

 and machinery with which tbis department is concerned represents one- 

 third of the investment in farms (1920 Census) of Michigan. It would 

 seem that a factor in the farm business of the magnitude represented by 



