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Animal Husbandry Department of Oregon Agricultural College
New Men Added, Which Makes Organization Complete.
WITH the addition of two new mem
bers to the Animal Husbandry
department at the Agricultural
College the organization has been com
pleted according to plans prepared and
adopted by Professor E. L. Potter, head
of the department. The additions to the
faculty are Professor Carl N. Kennedy,
assistant professor of Animal Hus
bandry, who will specialize in horses,
and Professor Ralph Reynolds, who
will havo charge of the livestock ex
tension work in all lines except dairy
U. iV. KEJSihfiDi"
Assistant Professor of Animal Hus
bandry, in Charge of Horsaa.
cattle. Up to this time the department
has boon forced to combine tho work
relating to honwa with one of the other
leading branches of animal husban
dry, while the extension work in farm
livestock was cared for by Professor
K. B. Pitts, specialint in dairying, who
now can devote his entire time to the
dairy interests of Oregon. Professor
Reynolds will havo charge of extension
work in horses, beef c&ttlc, slurp and
'swine, and will devoto especial atten
tion to the problems of marketing,
instructional Work.
In tho instructional work of the col
lege, as the work of tho department
now stands, Professor Potter will have
general supervision of all lines of work,
and special charge of beef cattls inter
ests, lie has previously devoted tho
larger portion of his time to this phase
of the livestock business, but was com
polled to chare his attention with the
work relating to horses and sheep, and
to spend more timo than he could well
afford in ennng for extension intor
csts. In addition to theso duties he
vas secretary of the Stata Stallion
Registration Board, an office that will
now bo filled by Professor Kennedy.
Professor Potter keeps in close touch
with the stock industry on the Oregon
farms and also co-or crates with the
O. M. NELSON
Instructor in Animal Husbandry, In
Charge of Sheep.
leading market men of the state in
methods of marketing beof cattle and
with the types in greatest demand by
the general markets. By thus relating
his work to that of farmers in breed
ing, feeding and management, and to
that of dealers and packors in most
profitable types and best market sys
tems, he is able to make his instruction
and demonstration fit pat to the needs
of the students.
Swine Industry.
Work in the swine industry has been
in charge of Professor 0. R. Samson
for the past year, but was given only
part of his attention, since he was
forced io do considerable work with
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horse. The additional members of the
faculty have relieved him of all out-i
side work so that he has now centered;
his efforts exclusively on swine. In sd-
dition to his instructional duties he has
supervised the care of the college swine
herd, conducting several feeding ex
periments that have proved to be of
great value to farmers as well as to his
students. Like Professor Potter, he
seeks to relate his work to that of
the practical industry of livestock
growing and handling, and will devote
more timo than heretofore to breeding
the most desirable types of the lead
ing breeds of hogs in Oregon.
Handling of Sheep.
Instruction and practical handling of
sheep were for the first time Ust fall
placed in the hands of a sheep special
ist 0. M. Nelson, who is especially
well qualified by training and experi
ence, as well as by natural bent, to care
for this important branch of farm live
stock in a very acceptable manner.
Aside from the efficient instruction
which he gives to bis classes and to
farmers during the short courses, he has
been very successful in developing the
flocks on the college farm.
Instructional work and management
of the college horses will bo in charge
of the newly appointed specialist, Pro-
foBsor Kennedy. He comes highly recom
mended for this work, and has taken
up his duties in an effective manner.
In the discharge of his secretarial duties
he will moet many farmers and breeders
of horses, and will work with them to
improve the breed and type of horses
in Oregon.
Campaign of Education.
"We hope to have a campaign of edu
cation among horse raisers," he said,
"to convince them more fully of the
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New Cattle Barn at Orogou Agricultural College,
value of breeding to desirable sires. It
is apparent that sentiments favorable
to improved stock have been created in
regard to dairy cattle, and other lines
of farm stock, but the demand for bet
ter horses justifies a further improve
ment in horses. The reist effective way
to get that improvement is by using
the best stallions available in all parts
of tho state. The stallion registration
law was enacted to oncourago the use of
good sires, and it should be enforced in
the interests of better -horses. There is
a big place for the pure bred sire in this
state the sire whose parents were both
pure bred. There is also a need for the
best grade stallions those with one
pure bred ancestor. But there is very
littlo if any place tor tho niougrel,
neither of whose parents were pure bred.
A faithful and general observance of
the registration law will show farmers
and horse breeders which class stallions
are in, so that they may select the sire
of their future horses to the best ad
vantage." To Visit Farms.
Professor Reynolds, the newly selected
extension man, will co-operate with
these collcgo specialists on the one
hand and with the farmers and stock
men of tho state on the other, He will
be ready at all times as far as possible
to consult with stockmen on any of
the problems that need solution in the
interests of better and more profitable
livestock. When it is possible to do
so he will make visits to the farms and
stock ranches of the state, and confer
with owners in regard to the best
policies and methods of their business.
In short, he will carry the very best
and latest phases of scientific stock
raising to the people of the state, and
work with them to secure and manage
and market the most profitable types
of livestock in the most profitable way.
Extensive improvements are under
way in the college livestock herds and
flocks. While not many purchases of
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E. L. POTTEB
Head of Department of Animal Hus
bandry, Specialist in Beef Cattle.
sheep have been made, careful atten
tion has been given to the develop
ment of the present flock so that it is
now among the best in Oregon and has
won a number of prizes at stock
shows.
Addition to Cattle Herd.
The start in beef cattle was made at
tho bottom, but during the past year
a number of important additions were
made to the herd. One Shorthorn heifer
was purchased for $430, another for
$295, and a third for $260. One of the
best bulls in the West, Scottish Baron,
has been rented from Alex Chalmers, of
Forest Grove, for use during the pres
ent season. Several enow steers are
kept at the college for demonstration
and judging purposes, but beef steers
arc not raised commercially on the col
lege farm. Efforts next year will be
chiefly to improve still further the
present herd and lay the foundations
for a good herd of pure bred Hereford.
Beef cattle arc grown commercially at
the Eastern Oregon Branch Station at
Union, about 75 head being carried:
there this year. More will be added
as the acreage of alfalfa is increased.
Stock at Station.
No recent additions by purchase
have been made to the college herd of
horses, but the development of the colt
increase has gone steadily on. At the
present lime there are nine pure bred
mares and fillies in the herd, forming
a foundation tor au excellent bunch of
horses.
Hogs have long been ono of the prin
cipal kinds of livestock at the college,
and the experimental herd is being con
siderably enlarged, offering increased
opportunities for valiiablo feeding
tests. Careful attention to breeding
has secured improved strains of pure
bred hogs and new herds of both the
Poland China and tho Duroc Jersey
breeds have been established.
Another important addition to the
department property is the new live
stock barn, This structure is 52 feet
by 120 feet in size, and was designed
to house 75 head of beef cattlo. At
the present time ono-half of it is used
for sheep, which will be transferred to
a sheep barn when the contemplated
building is erected. The new 'barn hat
all modern conveniences for storing and
feeding bay, and for removing the lit
ters. Feed is carried along the central
alley on a track. Man are is removed
with a manure spreader that is driven
along either side of the stables. The
stable floor is of dirt, well drained and
easily cleaned. Both shelter and venti
lation are of the most approved kinds.
Summarizing conditions in his de
partment, Professor Potters says: "We
have now a good organization of good
men, well qualified to carry on the
work of their respective lines. We
likewise have good herds of livestock"
beef cattle, horses, sheep and swine-
and we confidently look forward to bet
ter work than we have ever been able
to do before."
Educational Value of a Coarse in tiw
8peee& Arte.
Br Etnas Wilson Gffleapte, Principal HTla
pie School ef Exprewoo, ess om
soa Stmt, Portland, Oregon.
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age of six to sixteen, he would be thor
oughly cultured. It is certain that a
thus-cultured sixteen-year-old youth
would know more about his physical,
mental and moral being, and would be
able to use his trinal powers more effi
ciently than the ordinary yonth of that
age.
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psychological method of unfolding the
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to observe closely; to concentrate hie
attention; to think consecutively; to
exercise judgment, and to make rational
choice. It recognizes the fact that
mental and moral forces can best be
utilized through a clean, sound body,
freed and made responsive to a domi
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ture and life studies, also the conscious
accounting for one 'a own self -expression,
in order that interpretative ex-
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The field from which the interprete
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heart sympathies are aroused and the
life vision is lifted. In the practice of
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