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26 Agriculture
AGRI 433 Soil Properties and Taxonomy (1-3-2), fall, alternate years.
Soil consistence, hydraulic conductivity, epipedons, and other diagnostic
horizons in soil taxonomy. Naming soils by Soil Survey Manual. Prerequisite:
AGRI 233.
AGRI 495 Agricultural Chemicals and Environment (2-3-3), fall.
Commercial compounds used in agriculture, including herbicides, pesticides,
additives, and fertilizers. Use categories, toxicity levels, safety
standards, storage, and disposal. EPA regulations and environmental
hazards. Prerequisites: AGRI 112 and 6 hours of chemistry.
AGRI 504 Arid Lands Biology (3-3-4). Introduction to physiological
and morphological adaptations of the flora and fauna of arid environments.
Same as BIOL 504 in the Biology Department. Laboratory
graded and credited with the course. Lab fee: $25.
AGRI 536 Animal Nutrition (3-0-3), spring. General plant and animal
composition. Properties, functions, deficiency symptoms, digestion, absorption,
and metabolism of water, carbohydrate, proteins, fat, vitamins,
and minerals. Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry.
AGRI 550 Soil Fertility and Management (3-3-4), fall. Includes fertility
diagnosis by chemical tests, and the use of commercial fertilizers,
and other soil-improving practices to increase the productivity of the
soil. Prerequisite: AGRI 233.
AGRI 553 Range and Pasture Plants (3-34), fall. Identification, classification,
grazing, and economic value of native and introduced forage
plants. Injurious plants and their control. Pasture revegetation and
management. Prerequisites: AGRI 112 and BIOL 112.
AGRI 554 Range Science (3-34), spring. The study of planned range
use in order to obtain the maximum livestock production while at the
same time properly using the grasslands of our country. Range utilization
studies, methods of reseeding range land, and the study of range improvement
techniques. Prerequisite: AGRI 553.
AGRI 555 Wildlife Management (3-34), fall. Principles of animal ecology;
life histories, economic, and management phases of important
species of big game, upland game, waterfowl, and fish. Recommended
for animal science, range management, and biology majors of junior or
senior standing. Same as BIOL 555 in the Biology Department.
Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Lab fee: $25.
AGRI 560 Horses and Horsemanship (2-3-3), fall, spring. Horse industry.
Breeding, feeding, and management principles for light horses.
Disease control. Types and breeds of riding horses, gaits, grooming,
showing, training, and basic instruction in various riding patterns.
AGRI 565 Advanced Equitation and Training (14-3), spring. Advanced
instruction in western equitation. Students will advance at their
individual rates of progress according to their capabilities. Instruction in
training foals, yearling, and other young horses.AGRI 579 Soil and Natural Resource Conservation (2-3-3), spring.
The proper and wise use of soil and other natural resources, including
water, forests, grasslands, and wildlife, their economics and management.
Prerequisite: AGRI 233.
AGRI 582 Advanced Wildlife Biology (3-34), spring, alternate years.
Technical methods employed in wildlife management, including production
movements, effects on environment, cover manipulation, population
controls, management of food supplies, harvesting procedures, competition,
and predation. Same as BIOL 582 in the Biology Department.
Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Lab fee: $25.
AGRI 583 Beef Cattle Production (2-3-3), spring, alternate years.
Beef cattle industry. Breeding, feeding, disease control, and marketing.
Purebred herd management, including identification, records, and performance
testing.
AGRI 585 Sheep and Wool Production (2-3-3), fall, alternate years.
Sheep, angora goat, mohair, and wool industry. Breeding, feeding, disease
and parasite control, and marketing. Purebred flock and range
management.
AGRI 590 Agriculture Seminar (2-0-2), spring. Review and discussion
of current literature and research in the field. Prerequisite: senior standing.AGRI 593 Food and Fiber Crops (2-3-3), fall, alternate years. Recent
advances in the production and improvement of the major agronomic
crops. Particular attention is given to cotton and grain crops. Prerequisites:
AGRI 112, BIOL 112.
AGRI 596 Plant and Animal Breeding (3-0-3), spring, alternate years.
Genetics applied to the improvement of crop plants and domestic
animals and methods of selection. Introduction to basic statistics. Same
as BIOL 596 in the Biology Department. Prerequisite: BIOL 551 or approval
by department.
AGRI 597 Range Livestock Management (2-3-3), fall. The interrelation
of climate, soils, vegetation, and man to range management livestock
production. Problems concerning range conditions, stocking rate,
and other management situations under ranch conditions. Visits to outstanding
ranches in the area will be made.
AGRI 598 Range Ecology (3-34), fall, alternate years. Physical features
affecting the use of range vegetation; field classification of range
grasses and range plants. Mapping, surveying, and conducting range
ecological studies. Designed for students desiring to work in the field of
range management. Actual problems will be assigned in the field. Prerequisites:
AGRI 553,554.
AGRI 599 Advanced Range Science (3-3-4), spring, alternate years.
Research methods on range management problems. Students will be assigned
field problems to work out on their own initiative, and will also
help plan range programs in native grassland management. Prerequisite:
AGRI 598.
FACULTY
The first date is the year of appointment to the faculty.
Brokaw, Bryan E., 1975, Associate Professor, Chairman,
BS, ACU, 1971; PhD, Oregon State University, 1975.
Churchill, Francis M., 1948, Professor, BBA, Southern
Methodist University, 1942; BS, Sul Ross State
University, 1947; MA, Sul Ross State University,
1948; PhD, University of Wyoming, 1955.
Davis, Glenn, G., 1985, Professor, BS, Dean of the College
of Natural and Applied Sciences, Texas Tech
University, 1959; MS, Texas Tech University, 1966;
PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1973.
DuBose, Edwin, 1965, Professor, BS, ACU, 1952; MS,
South Dakota State University, 1954; PhD, Texas
A&M University, 1965.
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