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braced a large class of subjects, most of which were entirely new. 

 In 1883 another appropriation of seven hundred and fifty dol- 

 lars was made by the trustees for the services of a chemist for 

 1883-4, Mr. Furry continuing to do the chemical work of the 

 station for another year. 



The third report was issued in March, 1885, an d contained 

 forty pages. Two articles in particular attracted wide attention, 

 that on the quantity and value of manure of milch cows, and the 

 effect of a maintenance ration. In the last experiment it was 

 found that Wolff's standard maintenance ration, which up to 

 that time was generally supposed to be reliable, produced a gain 

 of one and one-tenths pounds per day per thousand pounds of 

 live weight. 



The editions of the three reports above mentioned becoming 

 exhausted, and the demand for them continuing, it was decided 

 to republish those articles which were of most general and practi- 

 cal importance. In accordance with this decision, in 1887 the 

 trustees published a pamphlet of one hundred and forty pages, 

 under the title " Studies in Practical Agriculture." 



Reorganizatioji. — On July 19th, 1887, the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Board of Trustees resolved, "That the President 

 and the Faculty of Agriculture be requested to prepare plans for 

 the organization of an Agricultural Experiment Station in ful- 

 fillment of the requirements of the Hatch act, and to report at 

 the October meeting of the board.' After careful consideration 

 of all the interests involved and of the work undertaken, the 

 committee presented their report, which was adopted October 

 26th, 1887. It was very full and exhaustive, and closed with the 

 recommendation, " that in order to give definiteness and unity to 

 the work of the station, a committee be appointed, to be known 

 as the Agricultural Experiment Station Council, such committee 

 to consist of the President of the University, two other members 

 of the Board of Trustees, one of whom shall be the President of 

 the State Agricultural Society, and one of whom shall be chosen 

 from the trustees resident in Ithaca ; together with the heads of 

 those departments in which the station work was to be done, 

 viz.: the Professors of Agriculture, Agricultural Chemistry, 

 Veterinary Science, Botany, Entomology, and Horticulture." 

 Later the Professor of Cryptogamic Botany was added to the 

 council. The report also provided for the appointment of a Di- 



