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Opportunities Offered In Poultry Department A&M now possesses one of the most modem and complete poultry plants in the Southwest. Built of masonry blocks, the buildings on the 150-acre poultry farm were planned not only with permanence of construction and beauty in mind, but for efficient operation with a minimum of labor. The central building, located on the north-east side of the farm, is the center of operation. It furnishes facilities for incubation, egg grad ing, post mortem, processing, freezing, sales of poultry products and houses the farm offices and laboratory classrooms. Other buildings include a battery brooder house with feed and sterilizing rooms, four broiler houses; three trap houses (one for laying and two for breeding work), twelve farm type laying houses, four large individual laying cage houses; one turkey brooder house, one turkey breeder house and six turkey flock houses. Mis cellaneous buildings include a feed mixing building for research and a feed mixing and pelleting building, truck and tractor garage, vehicle and implement storage pole - type building, labor headquarters and repair shop, farm superintendent’s home, three labor cottages, three storage houses and a number of portable range shelters. The incubator capacity is 50,000. Sixty thousand chicks and 3,000- 5,000 poults are hatched annually. Chicken layers and breeders num ber 700 and turkey breeders num ber 400 to 600. Breeds of chickens maintained include White Leghorns, New i which is the largest show of its Hampshires, White Rocks, Inbred kind in the Southwest. This show Lines and Crosses. Turkey breeds gives all club members a chance to maintained include Broadbreasted Bronze and Beltsville Small White. The main student organization in the Poultry Science Department is the Poultry Science Club. The Club sponsors two poultry judging teams each year: the junior judging team which competes in the Southr ern Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest and the senior judging team which competes in the Na tional Show at Chicago. Each fall before the senior team leaves for Chicago, the club honors them with a banquet. The graduating seniors are feted with a chicken fry each spring. The “big” func tion sponsored by the club is the Texas Chick, Poult and Egg Show, take an active part in their chosen field. The department is in a position to offer graduate work in the fields of poultry genetics and breeding, poultry nutrition and feeding, in cubation, brooding and rearing and poultry processing and marketing. Growth of the poultry industry and the need for a rapid expansion of scientific and technical knowledge in the various fields of science basic to Successful poultry husbandry have supplied motivation for the development of graduate courses. Modern intensive methods of pro ducing poultry meat and eggs make advanced study on the graduate level very desirable. Floriculture Three Main Offers Fields Floriculture is one of the nation’s most rapidly expand ing industries with business volume topping the billion dollar mark each year. The industry offers many opportunities to young, pro gressive, well-trained people. Among them is the opportunity to own his own business. Recent graduates are about equally divided into three groups: one engages in grow ing and selling flowers, shrubs, trees and other orna mental plants; one in the phases of the industry that distribute Ag Engineering Vital to Farming Agricultural engineering is the application of the funda mental phases of engineering to the requirements of agri culture. Training is given the agricultural engineer in both en gineering and agriculture which, with experience in integra ting the two, will qualify him to design, develop, organize and direct engineering work in ag riculture and closely allied in dustries. Agricultural engineer- ing covers four major phases of activity—farm power and ma chinery, farm buildings and struc tures, farm electrification and soil and water conservation. Farm power usually designates the farm tractor, but includes all self-propelled vehicles. Machinery includes all implements and de vices consuming power on the farm. The agricultural engineer designs farm machinery and pow er units for every type of farm usage. He then demonstrates their use and capabilities to the farmer and counsels the farmer’s selection. Farm structures include barns, shops, silos, farm homes and vari ous other farm buildings. Here the agricultural engineer concerns himself with the economic aspects of structures. It challenges his imagination and calls for good judgement plus a knowledge of climate, heating and ventilation, physical factors and availability of supplies. Farm electrification deals with all the uses of electricity in rural conditions. It is not so much elec trical engineering as it is.the ap plication of electricity for power, heat, and light for agricultural purposes. Soil and water conservation con sists largely of irrigation, drain age and control of soil erosion Here the agricultural engineer ap plies his knowledge of runoff con trol, flood retarding structures, terracing, and crop growing. He is able to apply his education and experience to keeping America beautiful and productive. The American Society of Agri cultural Engineers is a group of agricultural engineers having common core of experience who promote research, experimenta tion and other work in agricultural engineering. The A&M Student Branch of ASAE is an active or ganization working under the par ent society to develop leadership, stimulate interest and promote em ployment opportunities for agri cultural engineering students. Agricultux-al engineering is a challenging profession with oppor tunities unlimited for the young man who has a desire to maintain and improve the resources of our country. these products and the third group is engaged in teaching and re search activities in the field of floriculture. Closely related to horticulture and other plant sciences, floricul ture centers around trees, shrubs, and flowers which add to the charm and beauty of landscaped areas. A floriculturist usually sup ervises the actual planting and growing operations for the land scape architect. A&M offers excellent new lab oratory facilities including a greenhouse range consisting of more than 15,000 square feet of glass, a large collection of plants for student use, facilities and materials for study of greenhouse management, nursery management, plant propagation and best control. Twenty-five acres of nursery stock, 2,200 square feet of lath- house and over 500 species and varieties of woody ornamental plants are available for training in nursery management and land scape maintenance. Dairy Science Dept. Agriculture is a very Vital part of our economy today. / Consider ing the many fields, dairying is one of the most essential. The Department of Dairy Science at A&M is well equipped with ade quate facilities to interest those who want to “dairy.” The A&M College Dairy Cattle Center, situated “across the tracks,” is an outstanding achieve ment of the Dairy Science Depart ment. The 801 - acre Dairy Cen ter and farm consists of a feeding barn, six stall milking parlor, 400 foot shelter barn, calf barn and maternity barn. There are also seven upright silos, two trench silos and two hay bax-ns. On the farm land atlas sorghum is grown for silage, while cultivated pastures include sudan grass, sweet clover, oats, barley and winter legumes. The recently completed Daily Breeding Center, which houses the hex'd sires, provides facilities for research and teaching in artificial breeding. The dairy herd itself consisting of Jerseys, Holsteins, and Jersey- Brahaman Crosses, totals 415 in number. Of these 177 cows are in milk with a daily production of 44 lbs. per cow. Along with the experimental projects and research, the dairy provides 700 gallons of milk daily to the campus for stu-^ dent consumption. The A&M Creamery, which pro cesses the milk, is another vital part of the dairy department. This summer a new modern creamery will be finished and operating in full swing. This creamery pro cesses the milk and milk pro ducts, such as ice cream, cheese and butter, but provides a working laboratory for all Dairy Science students. Many students work at the center and creamery to help pay their way through school. When majoring in Dairy Science at A&M, a student has a choice of either the production or manu facturing phase of dairying. Al though both are closely related, the production phase deals with breeding, feeding, nutrition and management, while the manu facturing favors processing, sanita tion and special products. , No matter what phase of dairy ing is prefei’red, the Dairy Science Department offers opportunities in that field. jt /i€? nattauon iutotion yijrCizoB Friday, May 3, 1957 PAGE 3 A&M’s MILK sanitation plant is one of the finest in the nation. It offers.a great op portunity for agriculture majors to study the best in milk sanitation. Ag Journalism Command Top ( Jr ad nates Positions Agricultural journalism is a relatively new facet of learning within the Texas A&M School of Agriculture! But youth has long been a symbol of boundless energy, enthusiasm and a willingness to try out new ideas. While the subject has been taught only eight years at A&M, agi’icultural journalism graduates have already added much to the prestige of their college and their profession. Taking coveted posi tions in all fields of communica tions—press, radio and extexxsion —these “double duty” men have drawn praise from officials in both journalisxn and agriculture. Edxication in this field pi’epares men for a challenging future in the business of writing. Not only do well-trained agricultural journ alists have the opportunity to pre pare factual repoi'ts of new de velopments and report current hap penings, but it is also their mission to pi’esent enough information for moulding the thoughts and shap ing the opinions of our farm popu lation. Ag journalism at A&M embodies a well-planned combination of technical training in agriculture with a detailed, comprehensive study of journalism principles. Actually it is a technical journal ism coui’se supplying a broad knowledge of agidculture. Certain questions usually come up in any discussion of this course. Many of its objectives are mis understood and misinterpreted. Does ag journalism limit a man to the field of agriculture? Certainly not! Many students interested in farm life have elected to major in this field with every intention of entei’ing straight communica tions. Journalism training in this cur riculum is intensive, including news reporting, editing, advertising, typography, feature writing, radio and TV wi'iting, as well as news paper management. An agricul tural journalism graduate can cap ably assume any communications position on an equal footing with the straight journalism major. Civilian Banquet Tonight In MSC The third annual Civilian Stu dent Council Banquet will be held tonight at 6:30 in the Dining Room of the Memorial Student Center. All members and six special guests will attend the affair. The guests include: Bennie A. Zinn, Head of Student Affairs and spon sor of the banquet; Pete Hardesty, of Student Activities; Robert Kamm, dean of the Basic Division and Student Personnel Services; and civilian student counselors, Robert O. Murray Jr., William G. Breazeale and Philip R. Camp bell. Bill Clark, Civilian Student Council president, will give a im port of the work of the council for the past year and will present keys to this years members for services rendered on the council. Remodeling Sale Aggieland Record Shop CAPITAL DECCA RCA VICTOR IMPERIAL and other known brands $5.95 ALBUMS $4.95 $4.95 ALBUMS $3.95 $3.98 ALBUMS $3.98 45 E.P $1.24 ALL SINGLES . . . . 3 for $3.25 “Blues and News” Located in the Book Nook. North Gate Your response to the S, borch morc^cidborclA has been so wonderful that we are declaring 66, *lYJau the hlflontli of ^mor^ailtord with not 1 but 3 smorgasbords! ! 1. For a party with your friends Our Regular Monthly SMORGASBORD. SUNDAY, MAY 5 - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 2. For treating Mom and the Family SATURDAY, MAY 11 ~ 5:30 to 8 p.m. 3. For honoring the graduate FRIDAY, MAY 24--5:30 to 8 pm. Memorial Student Center Dining Room — Texas A&M College