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completed or well under way makes
the work of the student of agriculture
both interesting, pleasant and profit
able
Department of Study
The departments of study and facul-
I ty have grown rapidly until wide
choice and range of subjects is offer
ed the student The bachelor of sci
ence in agriculture degrees can be Sc
cured, specializing in animal husban-
dry, dairying, farm crops or horticul-
ture for men and the bachelor of sci
ence in household arts for women. In
addition to the degree departments
there are the we'll equipped depart
ments of agricultural chemistry ag-
ricultural engineering, agricultural
education, bacteriology, poultry hus-
bandry, soils, and veterinary science.
Another department handles the
school of practical agriculture or win
ter short course. This school was
started in 1910 and since then has
portant fields of work of the agricul-
tural college. The Institutional work
in agriculture as offered in the fol
year courses is condensed and made
practical for the students in the school
of agriculture and is given in three
winter terms of five months eJ Ad-
mission is secured from the eighth
grade
Faculty
The agricultural college consists of
2 departments or divisions of study
With total of 25 instructors. In addi-
ion Is instructors of various universe
y lines of work offer courses in Eng
ish, military science, and other gem
eral courses as we'll as in such sci
enCes as chemistry, botany and zoology
which the technical study of agricul-
ture. These instructors together with
the % belonging especially to the coli
lege OF agriculture, make 43 in all, for
the student in agriculture or home
during the four years of
study.
Other Work of the College
The work of the college and the
duties of its instructors are much wild
er than the class room. A mass of
correspondence from farmers, fruit
growers, stockmen and poultrymen
veritable correspondence
school. These letters come daily to
the college staff and are answered
promptly. .
Nor does the educational influence of
the college of agriculture group end
with the campus and with correspond
ence. Calls are frequent to go to many
parts of the state for lectures and
demonstrations on agricultural prac-
ice, for grain, fruit, poultry, and live
stock judging, and to assist in plan
1ing buildings, laying out gardens and
orchards, purchasing livestock, etc.
Valuable Experiment Farms
The agricultural experiment sta
ions of the various states are organ
zed to solve the problems of agricul-
ure. Through bulletins and other
means of dissemination the information
secured by the Idaho experiment sta
ion workers is placed at the disposal
# the orchardist, gardener, stockman,
rain grower, and general farmer of
IDAHO. To these station workers are
rought from time to time the pro-
lems of Idaho agriculture and from ;.
he station fields and laboratories come
S a result of careful investigation of
UGH problems suggestions and infor-
nation that assists the agricultural in :
ustry of the state.
The Idaho experiment station con
lists of nine departments and approx
nately 25 workers.
The division of extension is that
ranch of the University organization
hich carries the work of the instjtu-
on to the remote corners of the state
he extension force consists of a di-
sctor, county agent leader, IA coun-
agents in as many different counties,
boys and girls club leader and his.
and specialists in animal
lsbandry, horticulture, seed produc-
on, and home economics. These, who
e trained and experienced in this line
work, carry the message of progress
We agriculture and modern home COM
TT and convenience to the people
rough movable schools, one day in
flutes and other special meetings,
'inted matter and personal visits