Show Departments Agriculture One hundred rjnd thirty students are now enrolled in the department and of these fifty are college students Professor John T Caine III was one of the Live Stock judges at the State Fair A number of his students in Animal Husbandry were with him Dr Frederick held a clinic at the Fair There is a larger number of students enrolled in the Chemical Department this year than ever before The increase in the number of students in Organic and Agricultural Chemistry is about six hundred per cent Agriculturists are beginning to realize more and more the importance of the chemical side of agricultural science And it is one of the most important branches As has been said many times by experienced men in this field “A thorough knowledge of Chemistry is the best foundation with which to carry on research work along this line” Students intending to pursue work along Agricultural lines cannot afford to neglect the chemical side of this question Dr Frederick attended the meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association held at Kansas City in September Professor James Dryden is now Poultryman in the Oregon Experiment Station Last June the department purchased a Pure Bred Short Horned Bull from Senator Seley Mr P G Peterson ’07 who is teaching Animal Husbandry at the B V U had his class at the State Fair Professor Christian Larsen left us in September to go to South Dakota where he has been employed as Dairyman in the State Experiment Station Lewis A Merrill Superintendent of Agricultural Extension work was here last week making arrangements for Farmers’ Institute work Professor Hogansen has just received from the Bureau of Soils in the U S Department of Agricul- ture a ‘‘Soil Aspirator” which is |