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. Assistant Professor TAYLOR and Mr. SWEET. Lectures and recitations. 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. Tu Th S, 10. Prerequisite: course 101 or 120, or Citriculture 101 or 102, or Viticulture 116. 120. General Pomology. 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. Field or laboratory research with correlated reading. Hours and credit to be arranged. Prerequisite: courses 101, 102, 103, and 104, or equivalent. Agriculture-Poultry Husbandry; Rural Institutions 35 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. 36 Agriculture-Rural Institutions; Soils and Fertilizers 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. Agriculture-Soils and Fertilizers; Soil Technology 235. Research in Soils and Soil Fertility. Professor LIPMAN. 37 Open to properly qualified graduate students who desire to write a thesis or prepare for publication a paper on some phase of the science of soils. Hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: all the courses in soils above outlined or equivalent training. 236. Seminar in Soils and Soil Fertility. Professor LIPMAN. Critical discussions of advanced research on topics of importance to the specialist in soils. 1-2 hrs., to be arranged. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Soils and Soil Fertility. SOIL TECHNOLOGY 1. Soil Technology. Professor SHAW and Assistant Professor A. SMITH. The origin, formation, classification, properties, and management of soils. 6 hrs., second half-year; 4 units. Lectures, M W F, 1; laboratory, Sec. I, M, 2-5; II, W, 2-5; III, F, 2-5. Prerequisite: Geology 1A or Geography 1A, and Agricultural Chemistry 1 and 2. 99. Practice in Soil Surveying. Professor SHAW and Assistant Professor A. SMITH. A six weeks' study of the methods of classifying and mapping soils, consisting of practical field work in soil surveying; the construction of base maps; and the preparation of reports on the surveyed areas. Alkali soils and their reclamation, the adaptation of crops to soils, problems of irrigation, drainage, and soil management. The field work will be supplemented by an inspection trip, covering a large part of the state. 6 units. Prerequisite: course 1. 101. Soils of the United States. Professor SHAW. A study of the soil types, series and provinces of the United States covering the origin, formation, classification, properties, and management of the soils with reference to crop production in various regions. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: course 1. 102. Advanced Soil Physics. Professor SHAW and Assistant Professor A. SMITH. Physical composition of soils, soil structure, moisture relations and modifications. Laboratory and field work. 7 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Tu Th, 1-4 and 1 hr. of conference to be arranged. Prerequisite: course 1. May be repeated without duplication of credit. |