DEPARTMENT OF FARM MANAGEMENT AND FARM 



CROPS. 



I. TEACHING. 



There were 169 registrations of undergraduate students in this 

 department last year, and 9 graduates. The total number of hours 

 of work taken by undergraduates was 595. 



The courses for the coming year have been rearranged so as to 

 gjve more time to farm management. Two courses are now offered 

 in farm crops, one for those who can spend only a short time on 

 the subject and one for those who can take the work for an entire 

 year. When the teaching force is large enough, it will be desirable 

 to make the same division of the farm management work. 



The farm management courses are now entirely separate from 

 farm crops. They are not much more closely related to farm crops 

 tlian to animal husbandry, farm mechanics, horticulture and other 

 courses. The separation will make the distinction clear. It will also 

 make it possible for students to have more of the above courses 

 before taking farm management. 



II. INVESTIGATION. 



Much of the work in this department combines extension and 

 investigation. This is particularly true of the agricultural survey 

 work and pasture studies. One other piece of important investi- 

 gation during the past year was a study of the best methods of 

 laying out field experiments. The results of this work are given in 

 a thesis by E. G. McCloskey. 



III. EXTENSION. 



Over one-third of the time of the members of this department 

 is spent in extension work, including the answering of letters, 

 lectures at farmers' meetings, co-operative experiments and survey 

 work. During the past year, 85 per cent, of the funds of tlie de- 

 partment have been expended on extension work. 



The most important piece of extension work is the Agricultural 

 Survey. This work is completed for Tompkins county and records 



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