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- 10 - used for instructional purposes since 1927. The livestock herds and poultry flocks have not been materially increased during the last year, being about as large as present facilities permit. Quality of the livestock and poultry was maintained, with animals bred on the farm and sold to students taking top honors in the livestock shows, and with the poultry plant having produced 15 hens in the last two years with records of more than 500 eggs each. Two major buildings are in the current construction program, One is the indoor plunge for which money has already been earmarked to the extent of $80,500.00, and the other is the first unit of a new classroom building. Plans for the plunge have been drawn and approved, and specifications are being prepared contingent to calling for bids. In betterments and additions, about a mile of campus road was paved, the athletic field was surrounded by a seven-foot fence, ground was prepared for new tennis courts, a new artery to bring commercial trucks into the campus was constructed, two new garage units were constructed~~one for state cars and the other for student cars. A large gully in the center of the campus was connected by drains to an existing system, and filled in. VI. PROJECT OPERATION Continuation of the project system of teaching is basic with the California Polytechnic School, and the increase in enrollment without provision for increased project facilities, forms the most serious problem of the entire institution. A more adequate water supply is essential to any expansion in the agricultural projects—~a need which appropriations alone cannot provide. However, this situation is being cared for at present to such an extent that each student has an opportunity for practice on a commercial scale. A summary of the projects for the fiscal year follows: