Note: Active immunization against tetanus (available through Student
Health Services) is a prerequisite for registration in any laboratory course
in agriculture and for any student employment on the University Farm.
Note: Cost to the student of extended field trips will vary each semester
depending upon itinerary. The student should ask the course instructor.
1. Agricultural Orientation (1)
Survey of agriculture and its related agencies; job opportunities.
31. Rural Economic Problems (3)
Fundamental economic problems affecting the farm home; planning a farmstead
adapted to rural economic conditions of the area.
40. Projects (1)
Maximum total credit 6 units.
42. Agricultural Entomology (3) (Former G 42)
General and economic entomology; taxonomy of the principal orders of
insects; life histories, habits, recognition, and control of some of the
principal agricultural insect pests of the San Joaquin Valley. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
48. Plant Pest Control (3) (Former G 48)
Characteristics, life habits, and control of insects, rodents, other
animals and insects which are pests to plants and animal stock. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours; field trips)
151. Farm Accounting (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A, Ag 27, or permission of instructor. Farm accounting
systems, farm records, budgets, income tax returns. (2 lectures, 3 lab hours)
180. Special Problems (1-4)
15A-B. Agricultural Mechanics (2-2)
(A) Mechanical skills in field of agriculture; selection, care and use
of common farm tools; projects of wood and metal in farm appliances. (B)
Advanced work in mechanical skills; projects for home or on the farm.
(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
18A-B. Agricultural Welding (2-2)
Prerequisite or concurrently: AgM 15. (A) Arc and oxyacetylene welding as
a tool of construction and repair in the farm shop; brazing; building up
worn parts; burning with hand torch. (B) Hard facing by arc and gas welding;
AC and DC welding and application to farm construction and repair; welding
projects and farrn appliances. (1lecture, 3 lab hours)
81A-B. Farm Structures and Equipment (3-3)
Prerequisite: AgM 15. (a) Construction and repair of farm structures and
equipment; farm carpentry and installation of utilities. (b) Design and
drawing of farm structures and equipment; engineering principles and codes;
farmstead layout and basic requirements of farm structures. (1 lecture,
3 lab hours)
91. Farm Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: algebra, geometry, sophomore standing; or permission of instructor.
Chaining; use of level and transit; land surveying, leveling, terracing
and mapping. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
115A-B. Farm Machinery (2-2)
Prerequisite: junior standing.Selection, operation, service, and major repair
of tillage, planting and haying machinery; field adjustment, operation and
service of harvesting machinery; engineering principles and practical solutions
to problems.
121A-B. Gas and Electric Welding (2-2)
Prerequisites: AgM 18A-B. (a) Use of portable and stationary welding
equipment on farm production projects; gas and arc welding of pipes; aluminum
and Sil-Fos applications. (b) Machine and shape burning-, stainless and
alloy steel welding in farm construction and repairs; atomic hydrogen and
inert arc welding; journeyman plate test in vertical and overhead position.
(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
124. Farm Tractors (2)
Required of students planning to use college tractors in farming projects.
Prerequisite: AgM 15a or permission of instructor. Operation of gas and
diesel farm motors; servicing and field adjustments. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours;
and total of 10 field hours)
136. Soils (3)
Physical and chemical properties of soils influenced by climate, parent
material, topography, organisms, and time, use, interpretation and evaluation
of soil practices and research, including soil maps, field experiments,
fertilizers, physical and chemical analysis. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours, one
Saturday field trip)
146. Irrigation (3)
Methods of irrigation adapted to the San Joaquin Valley; water requirements
of various crops and methods of application. (2 lecture; 3 lab hours; 1
Saturday field trip)
151A-B. Farm Power (2-2)
Prerequisite: AgM 15A, 17. (A) Principles of the internal combustion engine
adjusting, servicing, and minor repairs practical in farming operations.
(B) Overhauling and repairing of gasoline and diesel farm tractors and engines;
field servicing and repairing of auxiliary power plants on farm machinery
(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
156. Advanced Agricultural Mechanics (3)
Prerequisites: AgM 115A-B. Design and construction of specialized farm equipment.
Facilities and instructors in engineering department available in formulating
plans and blueprints; application of sound engineering and mechanical principles
to agricultural equipment. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
159. Pumps and Motors (3)
Prerequisite: AgM 15, Ag 146. Operation and study of centrifugal and deep
well turbines; testing of pumps and motors under operating conditions to
determine efficiency; installation, protective devices, maintenance and
proper selection of single and three-phase motors used on the farm. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures - Independent Study.