10 July, 1918.] Agriculture in America. 391 



Students. — The students enrolled in 1916-17 were: — 



Agriculture (for four years' course B.Sc.) . . 598 



Agriculture (Secondary School, three years' course) 422 



Home Economics (women) . . . . . . 643 



General Science . . . - . . . . 311 



Mechanic Arts . . . . . . . . 171 



Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering . . 146 



Veterinary Science . . . . . . . . 91 



Others . . . . . . . . . . 104 



2,466 



Farmers' Short Courses, Traction Engine Courses, 



and Summer School . . . . . . 873 



Total . . . . . . 3,339 



N'ow, these attendance figures should be compared with Dookie, Longere- 

 nong, and the University, to obtain a contrast between the success 

 obtained in teaching Agriculture in Kansas with that obtained in 

 Victoria. It is interesting to note that the area of Kansas is almost 

 exactly equal to that of Victoria, and the population almost the same, 

 1,650,000 (1915 figures). The area of Kansas is 53,000,000 acres. 

 The total agricultural and live stock production for Kansas was, how- 

 ever, $371,000,000 last year, as compared with $190,000,000 for Victoria 

 in 1917. 



I cannot hope to describe the details of the courses and work done 

 at these institutions. The catalogue and literature forwarded last mail 

 will enable you to get an idea of the work carried on by the institution. 

 You may be interested to know that, at the time of my visit, there were 

 40 horses, 230 cattle, 320 pigs, and 350 sheep on the farm. A large 

 number of investigations in feeding steers, cattle, dairy cows, and hogs 

 were in progress. Among the milking cattle were the following cows : — 



Melrose Canary Bell (Ayrshire). — 13,000 lbs. milk, 505 lbs. of 

 butter-fat, at two years old. 



The Owl's Design (Jersey).— 14,600 lbs. milk, 650 lbs. fat. 



Maid Henri/ Pontroy (Holstein). — 14,000 lbs. milk, and 519 lbs. 

 fat. 28 lbs. butter in seven days, official test. 



Eighty-three cows were being milked. The average production of 

 the herd was over 900 gallons (9,000 lbs. milk), and the average of 

 butter-fat just exceeded 400 lbs. The standard ration is alfalfa, hay, 

 and corn silage. For concentrates, 4 parts corn, 2 parts bran, 1 part 

 cotton-seed meal, was mixed, and 1 lb. of mixture given for every 4 lbs. 

 of milk given by Guernseys and Holsteins, and for every 3 lbs. of milk 

 given by Jerseys and Ayrshires. 



