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IV. RECOMMENDATIONS? 



As soon as possible we should have at least two men devoting 

 all their time to the hay and pasture questions, two men for cereal 

 crops and potatoes, and two men for the Farm Management work. 

 This will make it possible for one of the men to be absent on ex- 

 tension work while the other looks after the teaching. 



The best way to arrange this work will probably be to have three 

 independent departments ; one for Farm Management, one for 

 Forage Crops, and one for Cereal and Miscellaneous Crops. Each 

 of these departments should have at least one professor, one assist- 

 ant professor and one instructor. Until such a change is made we 

 cannot do the work that is expected of the College ; nor can this 

 work be put on an equal basis with other departments in the 

 College. 



The demand for advice on these subjects cannot be met until one 

 man can be in the field all the time. For instance, it would take 

 2.11 of one man's time to visit farms and give advice on farm 

 management subjects. Farmers are usually not able to hire ex- 

 perts as are manufacturers. If this expert advice is to be given, 

 it must be given at State expense. 



The laboratory equipment in farm crops is provided for fifty 

 students, but during the past year 113 students were working in this 

 room at one time. The equipment should be doubled at once if 

 the teaching work is to be efficient. 



As soon as possible, the proposed agricultural garden should be 

 e.stablished. This would be one of the best educational features for 

 the public as well as furnishing illustrative material for all the plant 

 industry work. This work was started two years ago but was 

 abandoned for lack of funds to pay for cultivating the soil. 



G. F. WARREN, 

 Assistant Professor of Farm Manage- 

 ment and Farm Crops. 



