PLANT PATHOLOGY 99. Practice course. Professor SMITH and Associate Professor HORNE. Students with a major in plant pathology should register for this course not later than the middle of the junior year or after completing course 120. The course may be given either during the college year or in vacation, according to the material available and the circumstances of the individual student. The work will consist mainly in trips to various parts of California where the student may make field studies upon the nature, economic importance and practical control of representative plant diseases. 6 units. required of students with a major in plant pathology who have completed Agronomy 99, Citriculture 99, Pomology 99 or Soils 99. 120. The Diseases Affecting Cultivated Plants in California. Not Associate Professor HORNE and Assistant Professor E. H. SMITH. Lectures and laboratory studies on diseases of economic plants. A beginning course required of juniors whose major is plant pathology but intended also for other students who desire a general idea of the subject. 8 hrs., first half-year; 4 units. Lectures, Tu Th, 8; laboratory, section I, Tu Th, 9-12; II, Tu Th, 1-4. Prerequisite: junior standing in the College of Agriculture or a reasonable equivalent. 121. Special Undergraduate Study. Associate Professor HORNE. A course for students who wish to do further laboratory work after completing course 120. Second half-year; hours and credit to be arranged in each case. Prerequisite: course 120. 122A-122B. Advanced Course. Professor SMITH, Associate Professor HORNE, and The principles of pathology, nature of disease, and the chief diseaseinciting influences; disease-producing organisms, their development, activities and relation to host plants by means of microscopic, cultural, histological, and infection methods. Systematic review of important diseases. Lectures, laboratory, and collateral reading. Required of seniors whose major is plant pathology. 8 hrs., throughout the year; 4 units each half-year. Lectures, M W, 8; laboratory, M W, 9-12. Prerequisite: course 120 and Botany 105A. 125A-125B. Special Topics. Professor SMITH, Associate Professor HORNE, and Laboratory or field study of an assigned topic, with preparation of a thesis. 2 units, either half-year. 126A-126B. Pro-seminar. Professor SMITH, Associate Professor HORNE, and Papers and discussions by members of the class on various topics of interest in connection with work in the various courses. Required of all students whose major is plant pathology. Open to other students taking courses 121, 122, or 230. 1 hr., throughout the year. W, 4. 230. Graduate Research. Professor SMITH, Associate Professor HORNE, and Assistant Original investigations of special problems. POMOLOGY 99. Practice in Pomology. Assistant Professor TAYLOR and Mr. SWEET. A summer course intended to familiarize the student with orchard practice and fruit-handling as carried on in some of the principal fruit districts of the state. Details will be arranged to suit the needs and requirements, as far as possible, of individual students. 6 units. Required of all students with a major in pomology at the close of the junior year. Arrangements for registration must be made with the Head of the Division before April 15. 101. General Principles of Fruit Growing. Lectures and recitations. Assistant Professor TAYLOR and Mr. SWEET. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Required of all juniors with a major in pomology. Open to juniors with a major in citriculture and viticulture and to a limited number of other juniors by special permission. 102. Orchard Fruits. Assistant Professors TAYLOR and HENDRICKSON. Deciduous tree fruits and nuts; their classification, propagation, planting, management. Care of orchards, adaptability of tree fruits to California and Pacific Coast conditions. Attention will also be given to small fruits. Lectures and recitations. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 10. Required of seniors with a major in pomology. Prerequisite: course 101. 103. Orchard Practice. Assistant Professor HENDRICKSON. A laboratory course designed to give the student actual practice under orchard and field conditions in the various operations of deciduous fruit production; propagation, planting, pruning, spraying, etc. Given at Davis. 9 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. W F, 1-5:30. Required of all juniors with a major in pomology. Prerequisite: course 101. 104. Fruit Transportation, Storage and Marketing. Professor and Mr. SWEET. General principles underlying the harvesting, grading, packing, shipping, pre-cooling, storing, and marketing of fruits. The practices involved in the handling and movement of fruit crops, and their utilization. Lectures and recitations. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: course 101 or 120, or Citriculture 101 or 102, or Viticulture 116. 105A-105B. Pro-seminar. Assistant Professor TAYLOR and Mr. SWEET. A study of pomological literature, experiment station and government publications bearing on pomological topics; the principles and methods of outlining and conducting experimental work; library references. Discussions and reports. 2 hrs., throughout the year. M, 3-5. Required of seniors and graduate students whose major is pomology. Not open to students in other divisions. 106. Systematic Pomology. Assistant Professor HENDRICKSON. A technical study of fruit varieties, their botanical and varietal relationships; description, identification scoring and judging. Laboratory work with informal lectures and recitations. 6 hrs., first half-year; 2 units. Th F, 1-4. Required of all seniors with a major in pomology. Prerequisite: course 101. 107. Nuciculture. Assistant Professor TAYLOR. Nut fruits, including the almond, walnut, pecan, chestnut, filbert and others. Classification, propagation, location and management of orchards, harvesting, marketing and utilization. Lectures and recitations. 3 hrs., second half-year. or Citriculture 101 or 120. General Pomology. Tu Th S, 10. Prerequisite: course 101 or 120, 102, or Viticulture 116. Assistant Professor TAYLOR and Mr. SWEET. The principles underlying the production of the various fruits, their handling and marketing. For students who have not the time for the more technical courses. Not open to students whose major is pomology. Lectures, recitations, and laboratory work. 6 hrs., first half-year; 4 units. Lectures and recitations, M W F, 10; laboratory, section I, M, 1-4; II, W, 2–5; III, S, 9-12. Prerequisite: Botany 2 and 3. Open to sophomores by special permission. 201. Research. Assistant Professor TAYLOR. Open to graduate students who desire to write theses. laboratory research with correlated reading. Field or Hours and credit to be arranged. Prerequisite: courses 101, 102, 103, and 104, or equivalent. Agriculture-Poultry Husbandry; Rural Institutions 335 POULTRY HUSBANDRY (Given at Davis) 99. Practice in Poultry Husbandry. Associate Professor DOUGHERTY and Mr. LLOYD. Practice in feeding and caring for pens of fowls, grinding and mixing feeds, caring for young chicks, running incubators, and all of the work necessary in the management of a poultry plant. Required of all students whose major is poultry husbandry. 6 units. 101. Poultry Husbandry. Associate Professor DoUGHERTY and Mr. LLOYD. The feeding, housing, breeding, and general management of poultry; study of the egg; anatomy and physiology of poultry; parasites and sanitation. 5 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Th F, 11; laboratory, F, 2-5. 102. Poultry Management. Associate Professor DOUGHERTY and Mr. LLOYD. A practice course in operating incubators, keeping records, hatching eggs, brooding chicks, feeding and caring for pens of fowls. Second half-year; 3 units. Practice, M Tu W Th F S Sun, 8-9, 11-12, 4-5. Course 101 must precede or accompany this course. 104. Pro-seminar. Associate Professor DOUGHERTY and Mr. LLOYD. Advanced study and discussion, including a review of literature. 4 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. Hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: Courses 101 and 102. 105. Undergraduate Research. Associate Professor DOUGHERTY and Mr. LLOYD. Original investigation of a problem in poultry husbandry, the results to be presented in a thesis. Second half-year; 1 to 3 units. Prerequisite: courses 101 and 102; must be preceded or accompanied by course 104. RURAL INSTITUTIONS 201. Co-operation in Marketing. Professor MEAD. Study of farmers' co-operative organizations, especially those organized for the purchase of farm supplies and selling of farm products; legislation of different countries designed to improve marketing facilities. Assigned readings and reports. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 10. 202. Rural Credits and Land Settlement. Professor MEAD. A study of the rural credit and land settlement policies of other countries and of the methods and policies needed to promote rural development in the United States. Assigned readings and reports. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 10. SOILS AND FERTILIZERS 2. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. Professor LIPMAN. Fundamental principles involved in the relationships between soils and plant growth, including phases of soil chemistry, soil physics and soil bacteriology, and their relations to soil fertility. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 11. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1A-1B, Physics 1A-1B. Not open to students enrolled in the College of Agriculture. 122. Soil Chemistry as Related to Soil Fertility. Professor LIPMAN and Assistant Professor GERICKE. The chemical examination of soils, including short methods for some important determinations, and complete analyses. Laboratory and greenhouse exercises, recitations, and lectures. 9 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. M W F, 1-4. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1A-1B, 5, and Soil Technology 1. 123. Soil Bacteriology as Related to Soil Fertility. Professor LIPMAN. Laboratory experiments illustrating the relation of soil bacteria to soil fertility. Methods for the bacteriological examination of soils: greenhouse and field experiments. Recitations and lectures. 9 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. M W F, 1-4. Prerequisite: course 122, Bacteriology 1. 126A-126B. Pro-seminar in Soils and Soil Fertility. Professor LIPMAN. Discussion of papers read, before the class, on various topics of research in soils by the several members of the seminar. 1-2 hrs., throughout the year. F, 4-6. Required of all students in courses 122, 123, 127. 127. Special Problems. Professor LIPMAN. Topics for undergraduate research in soils for senior theses or publications. Hours to be arranged. Prerequisites on consultation with the instructor. |