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(3) Public Welfare: One of tlio most remarkable features of the 

 College of Agriculture is the extension work, which has grown very 

 rapidly during the past three years. 



The work of the Extension Department comprises farmers' insti- 

 tutes, the country farm advisers and farm bureaux, and boys' agricultural 

 clubs in rural and high schools. 



(1) Research, 



The School of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion are housed in the same buildings. Dean Hunt is head of the 

 College of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station. 



Most of the research work is done in the laboratories of Hilgard 

 Hall. 



Hilgard Hall is a magnificent block of buildings erected by the 

 people of California in memory of Professor Hilgard, the soil chemist, 

 who did so much for Californian agriculture. The money — $350,000 — 



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Hilgard Hall — University of California. 



was voted by initiative referendum by the people in 1914. In addition, 

 $25,000 was voted for equipment. Hilgard Hall comprises the second 

 of three buildings which will complete the agricultural quadrangle of 

 the School of Agriculture. 



The principal facade is 180 feet in length, and bears the inscrip- 

 tion : " To rescue for human society the native values of rural life." 



It has three main floors and a basement. 



It has six lecture halls, with seating accommodation for 428 students, 

 sixteen laboratories, each holding from 40 to GO students, 50 offices for 

 professors, assistants, and stenographers. 



In addition, there are rooms for students, and special equipment, 

 such as storage rooms, cold storage plant, &c. 



Hilgard Hall is the head-quarters of seven divisions of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station and School of Agriculture — Agronomy, 

 forestry, soil technology, pomology, viticulture, genetics, and citri- 

 ' culture. 



I have secured detailed information regarding the construction, 

 equipment, and research work conducted by each of these divisions, as 



