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WORK AT THE DAVIS FAEM. 



The farm is situated 10 miles from Sacramento, tlie capital of Cali- 

 fornia, and the farm adjoins the railway line and the town of Davis. 

 The area of the farm proper is 779 acres, but 300 acres are rented, 

 making a total area of 1,079 acres. The original cost of the farm was 

 $125 per acre. It was a big grain ranch in 1906. 



Youths must be eighteen years of age before entry. 



The standard of education of the entrants varies. Some have only 

 a grammar school education. Others are graduates of the high school. 

 The course of training for high school graduates is two years, for others 

 three years. The students live in dormitories on the farm, and are 

 allowed to' govern themselves very much on the system of prefects at 

 our public schools. 



Under normal conditions, 175 to 200 students live in the dormitories, 

 and a number in the town of Davis. 



Greenhouse for Study of Plant Propagation at Berkeley, 



The University farm is divided into nine major divisions : — ■ 



(1) Agronomy, (2) annual husbandry, (3) agricultural engi- 

 neering, (4) poultry husbandry, (5) pomology, (6) viti- 

 culture, (7) irrigation, (8) dairy industry, (9) citriculture. 



All these divisions carry out experimental and research work. They 

 all have projects 'on a similar plan to that prescribed for Berkeley, and 

 report to Dean Van Norman, the Director, who in turn passes these 

 reports to Dean Hunt. 



I was informed at Davis that the total appropriation was $140,000 

 per annum. This is higher than the $73,900 given me by Dean Hunt, 

 but the discrepancy may be accounted for by taking the lower figure 

 as maintenance and salaries, and the higher figure as including perma- 

 nent improvements and buildings, and in addition to salaries. I could 

 not get segregated details of the cost of each division, and especially the 

 cost of running the farm, as Dean N^orman, the Director, was out of the 

 State, and his assistant did not have the details. 



