CATALOG 1952-1953


Agricultural Chemistry Entomology
Agricultural Economics Horticulture
Agricultural Education Fruit Production
Agricultural Engineering Vegetable Production
Agronomy Floriculture
 Agronomy Ornamental Horticulture
 General Agriculture Poultry Husbandry
Animal Husbandry and Nutrition Soils
Botany Soil Fertility and Management
 Bacteriology Soil Chemistry and Microbiology
 Botany Soil Surveying
 Plant Pathology
Dairy Science
 Dairy Husbandry
 Dairy Manufactures
 These curricula offer the student opportunity for study along many lines of agri-
culture. They are so arranged as to permit the student to go into that branch for
which he has special ability, and will prepare him to meet the problems which arise in
that field. The great practical value of these curricula is shown by those who have
completed them and have gone back to the farm, grove or ranch, and also by those
who, upon graduation, have gone into the agricultural industries and professions.
 In addition to laboratory work at the College, field trips and travel courses are
arranged so that students have an opportunity to visit various commercial enterprises
throughout the state. Visits to farms, groves, ranches, packing houses, processing plants,
stock shows, markets, phosphate plants, fertilizer factories and other agricultural indus-
tries have proved to be particularly valuable when made by students in company with
professors from the College.
 A minimum of 20 semester hours is required for a major in any department. The
head of the department in which a student majors (or his appointee) will act as the
student's adviser, assist the student in arranging his course of study, and make necessary
recommendations to the Dean. The student's courses for each semester are subject to
the approval of the Dean and the department head.
 If a student anticipates pursuing graduate work, he will find it helpful to elect as
many basic courses as possible, such as chemistry, biology, mathematics, botany, physics,
economics, and a language. If he does not expect to take up graduate study, he will
find it profitable to elect as much technical agriculture as possible in departments re-
lated to his major work.
 It is required that all students graduating in Agriculture take at least one course
in each of the following departments: Agricultural Economics, Soils, either Agronomy
or Horticulture, and either Animal Husbandry and Nutrition, Dairy Science or Poultry
Husbandry. All such students, except those majoring in Agricultural Chemistry and
Bacteriology, shall also take at least one course in Agricultural Engineering and in
Entomology.
 The Department of Veterinary Science offers service courses, but no curriculum
leading to a degree. Students interested in a degree in this field should consult with the
head of this department regarding courses which are acceptable substitutes for require-
ments in certain schools of veterinary medicine.


 Credit for Practical Work

 By previous arrangement with the head of the department and the Dean, students
may, during their course of study, do practical work under competent supervision in any
recognized agricultural or related pursuit, and upon returning to the College and ren-
dering a satisfactory written report showing faithful service, will be entitled to one