Activities of the College of Agri-
culture in the War
I 11- declaration of war found the ltudents and fie-
ulty of the College of Agriculture ready to serve
both in the army and in lood production. It was
evident that the most immediate service at that
time could be given in food production, and when the
students returned from the Easter recess they found pro-
visions already made for their release for setvice in food
production enterprises. Two hundred twenty-five stu-
dents in the College were accepted for such serice.
Not only was there urgent demand for farm labor, but
calls came from all parts of the state for advice regarding
production problems in order that maximum results might
be obtained. The faculty of the College at once turned
its attention to helping solve these problems and in stimu-
lating greater production. Ten members of the staff
served as emergency food agents in various counties of
the state; others prepared bulletins and circulars on va-
rious phases of food production, while a number directed
their activitics toward the investigation of special prob-
Icms incident to the war.
The mobilization of the National Guard took a con-
siderable number of Agricultural students from  their
work and each successive call for volunteers for the Offi-
cers Training Camps has added to the number. In addi-
tion to these, many have enlisted in various lines of mili-
tar'work. Whileit is impossible to determine defitely
how many students enrolled in the College at the declara-
tion of war have since entered the army or navy, approxi-
mately two hundred are now known to be in the service.
Sixteen members of the instructional staff have enlisted
and have been called to various forms of war work, and
four others are serving in positions resulting from war
activities, although they are not regularly enlisted
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