-9- VI. PROJECT OPERATION Project operation is an additional step in training in which the student has a financial investment as well as responsibility. It is in this field that the California Polytechnic School is unsurpassed in the Nation. Here are some figures from the current fiscal year: Meat Animals Department 14: Students raised and marketed 103 sheep valued at $800.60. 33 Students raised and marketed 516 swine valued at $6,377.98. 35 Students raised and marketed or kept for foundation animals 102 head of beef cattle valued at $7,357.91. Dairy Department 8 Students raised 14 animals valued at $1,183.16. Some of these animals have been sold and others are being taken home for foundation animals in California's future dairy herds. Poultry Department 20 Student projects in laying hens, brooding and incubating. 200,000 Commercial eggs produced by students in projects. 35,000 Hatching eggs produced by students in projects. 2,900 Chicks hatched, brooded and raised. Of these, 2,200 were individually~pedigreed. 2,000 Laying hens in projects, 600 in trap-nest projects. 4,000 Hatching eggs and 4,OOO baby chicks provided for high school Smith-Hughes agriculture projects for the current year. Horticulture Department 73.200 Flowering plants grown for campus landscaping. 9 Acres of field crops grown for meat animals consumption. 80 Acres of landscape on campus tended by Students. 1 Acre of Young berries. 27,400 Plants and shrubs grown by students for Sale. 8 Acres miscellaneous truck crops. Aeronautics Department 7 Aeroplanes completely rebuilt or being overhauled by student labor. These planes are brought in, wrecked, by owners, repaired at cost of materials and returned to owners; or wrecked planes are purchased, rebuilt and sold. Value of work done, $2,000.00. Electrical Industries Department 16 Campus wiring and electrical repair jobs completed. Total value of $500.00. Operation of power plant at average value of $20.00 per week.