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The Organization of Animal Husbandry Curricula to Develop Broad Basic Training in the Biological Sciences

University of Minnesota

Abstract

Only a century or so ago all science was taught as a unit under the term "natural philosophy." The seientist of that day was proficient in all branches of science but little by little, with the increase of knowledge, specialization resulted until today science is a field of knowledge embracing many specialties,

Our agricultural colleges and agricultural experiment stations have similarly evolved from what were essentially "practical" schools for farm boys and "demonstration farms" into great colleges and research organizations, and with this evolution the title of "Professor of Agriculture" has passed. Agriculture is now a field of work, not a single specialty. Within that field of work animal husbandry occupies an important position but the older training, and to a large degree the present training in animal husbandry will not be adequate for the future. Our farmers the country over are becoming more and more "science-minded." They are demanding more and more of our college graduates and of the workers in our agricultural experiment stations.