890 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 July, 1918. 



Kansas Agricultural College. 

 Organization. — The organization comprises: — 



(1) A Board of Control. — Three members, appointed by the 

 Governor, with the Governor ex officio Chairman. This Board 

 elects a business manager, who controls all purchases. The 

 Board chooses — 



(2) A President, and appoinis, on the recommendation of the 

 President, all employees, and fixes the stipends. The President 

 has absolute control of the internal administration of the College, 

 but the Board exercises a financial control, and can, to a large 

 measure, determine the policy of the institution. 



(3) The College is organized in three divisions — 



(1) College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



(2) Agricultural Experiment Station. 



(3) Division of Extension. 



The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is divided into five 

 Departments: — (1) Agriculture; (2) Mechanic Arts; (3) General 

 Science; (4) Veterinary Science; (5) Home Economics. Four- 

 year courses are given in each of these, leading to the degree of B.Sc. 

 In addition, there is a School of Agriculture of secondary grade, 

 with a three-years' course, which is a preparatory school for the 

 four-year College course. 



Tlie Extension Division consists of eight departments: — 

 (1) County Agents; (2) Institutes and Extension Si3hools; 

 (3) Boys' and Girls' Clubs; (4) Home Economics Agents; 

 (5) Ilural Engineering; (6) Home Demonstration Agent Work; 

 (7) Rural Organization; (8) Home Study and Service Depart- 

 ment (Correspondence). 



The Experiment Station is divided into : — Agronomy, Animal 

 Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture, Milling Industry, 

 Poultry Husbandry, Veterinary Medicine, and Engineering Depart- 

 ments, each with a chief and a staff of investigators. 



(4) Equipment. — The equipment and buildings of Kansas Agri- 

 cultural College are most elaborate. The value of the equipment at 

 Kansas was estimated at $2,000,000, made up principally of: — 



Buildings 



Apparatus, equipment, &c. 

 Value of campus and farm 

 Endowment funds 



$972,324 



$707,452 

 $261,500 

 $491,746 



Staff. — The Staff of the College consists of a total of 414, viz. : — A 

 President; 5 Deans; 31 Professors; 51 Associate Professors; 185 in- 

 structors. In addition, there is an Extension Staff of 135 graduates, of 

 which 8 are heads of departments; 56 county agents; 27 specialists in 

 Agriculture; 15 assistant county agents; 7 club-work agents; and 18 are 

 women demonstrators. 



