MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. II 



The School of Agriculture is divided into the following depart- 

 ments : 



1. Agronomy; one professor, one instructor, two assistants. 



2. Animal Husbandry;' two professors, one assistant professor, 

 two assistants, one herdsman. 



3. Horticulture; one professor, one assistant professor, one in- 

 structor, one assistant. 



4. Entomology; one professor, one instructor, 



5. Veterinary Medicine; one professor, one instructor- 



6. Agricultural Chemistry ; -one professor, one assistant professor. 



7. Dairying; one professor, one instructor, one assistant. 



8. Botany; one professor, two instructors, one assistant. 



9. Domestic Science; which at the present time is without a head. 



The Experiment Station is divided into Agronomy, including soil 

 fertility, plant propagation, crop rotation. Animal Husbandry, including 

 investigations in animal nutrition and animal breeding. Horticulture, 

 including the entire range of plant production, fruit growing, orchard 

 management and vegetable growing. Entomology, including a study 

 of the life histories and methods of combating insects. Veterinary 

 Medicine, including a study of the important contagious diseases of the 

 live stock of Missouri. Dairying, including the manufacture of butter 

 and cheese and the handling of city milk supplies. Agricidfural Chem- 

 istry, including the fertilizer control work, and the soil survey, which 

 is a co-operative effort between the Departments of Agronomy, Ag- 

 ricultural Chemistry and Geology, intended to point out ultimately the 

 exact chemical composition, value, adaptability to different crops, and 

 productive capacity of each type of soil in Missouri, and to point out 

 the best methods of handling the same. 



The officers of the Experiment Station are, in the main, the same 

 as the officers of the College of Agriculture, and divide their time 

 between instructional work and research work. Their salaries are 

 paid in part from the funds of the Agricultural College and in part 

 from the funds of the Experiment Station, provided by the Federal 

 Government. 



We find the buildings, grounds and live stock in good condition. 



We find a new, commodious and excellent cattle barn just being 

 completed for the use of the beef breeds of live stock. 



We find the old dairy barn of a character unsuited to the uses and 

 needs of an Agricultural College, and strongly recommend that the 

 Board of Curators include in its next request to the Legislature an 



