curriculum consisted of a course in oriental agriculture, given at the university of california college of agriculture at davis. and courses of instruction in japanese agriculture at casa. field trips were taken to biggs, california, to study usda rice experiment station; to sacramento, california, to inspect the bercut-richards canning factory, which packed fruit for the armed forces and the f.h. woodruff & sons seed company plant, packaging vegetable seeds for foreign shipment; to the delta area of california, south of sacramento, to study fruit and vegetable production and the handling of japanese labor; and to the california agricultural. exp. station orchard in winters, california, where subtropical fruits were observed and studied on the tree. stops were made at vacaville to inspect the basic products company, onion dehydrating plant; and at berkeley, to study hydroponics (water culture of plants) in the u.s. army air forces laboratory.