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catch moles; can you drain a cat-hole by boring; a hole in the bottom? 

 Tell abont these marks in boards of white ash; what is this sediment 

 collecting- in our fish hatchery?" 



Samples of peat from British Columbia to tell what crops will grow 

 on it; asking me to make contributions to an encyclopedia. One un- 

 fortunate woman had bought and planted some bulbs which had not 

 grown above ground as soon as she thought they should; she fearing 

 that one kind had been planted wrong end up, wrote to ask what she 

 should do about it. 



DONATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 



From C. K. Dodge, Port Huron, a gift of 48 species of herbarium speci- 

 mens of Crataegus. 



From E. J. Ki-aus, living ])lants of Viola ovata, Trillium undulatum, 

 and pur{»le flowered Trillium. 



From the Director of the Kew Gardens, England, packages of seeds. 



From Wm. Trelease, Director of the Shaw Botanical Gardens, St. 

 Louis, Mo., packages of seeds. 



From Director Ganong, Botanic Garden, Smith College, packages of 

 seeds. 



GIFTS TO OTHERS. 



From time to time living plants, seeds and other things have been 

 given to worthy people far in excess of those received from others, but 

 1 have kept no record of them. 



We are to be congratulated on the prospect of retaining our teachers 

 for another year unchanged, 



Respectfullv submitted. 



W. J. BEAL, 

 Professor of Botany. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1909. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY AND 



HYGIENE, 



President J. L, Snyder: 



Dear Sir : — The teaching during the past year has consisted of classes 

 in : 



Personal Hygiene (Sub-freshman only) required of Agricultural stu- 

 dents. 



Bacteriology (lectures) required of Agricultural and Women students. 



Bacteriology (laboratory classes) Elective — open to Agricultural and 

 Women students. 



Sanitary Science — Elective — open to Women students only. 



Food Hygiene — Elective — open to Women students only. 



There is nothing to be added, inasmuch as the work has followed very 

 closely the same lines as during the year previous. Besides the above, 



