120 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



KEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



At the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, 1908, several changes were 

 n^ade in connection with the Experiment Station organization. Prof. 

 H. J. Eustace was made Experiment Station Horticulturist and Prof. 

 L. R. Taft, Consulting Horticulturist. Prof. J. A. Jeffery was made 

 Soil Physicist and has carried on some work in connection with one 

 of the Adams projects throughout the year. Later in the year Dr. Beal 

 was appointed to the position of Botanist of the Experiment Station 

 with Dr. J. B. Dandeno as assistant in the same. The Dairy Husbandry 

 Department was given official representation in Experiment Station 

 work through the appointment of A. C. Anderson as Assistant Dairy 

 Husbandman and a member of the advisory staff. In the same way 

 Animal Husbandry was represented by the appointment of H. W. Nor- 

 ton, Jr. to a similar position. Heretofore the lines of work which have 

 been carried on in connection with the Farm Department of the Col- 

 lege, in which investigation work has been in progress, have not re- 

 ceived representation in the Council or Station Staff and it seemed 

 highly desirable that this recognition should be granted to these de- 

 partments. 



A new classification of Experiment Station publications was brought 

 into use at the beginning of this year. The following are the classifica- 

 tions under which publications are now issued : 



First, Popular Bulletins, embodying such publications as are of gen- 

 eral interest to the farmers of the state, dealing, as they do, with ordi- 

 nary practices. These are sent out to the entire mailing list, which now 

 comprises about 55,000 names. 



Second, Special Bulletins. This list comprises those that are of local 

 interest only, such, for instance, as sub-station reports, or other publi- 

 cations which deal with questions of interest only to people of a limited 

 area. 



Third, Technical Bulletins, consisting of the reports of scientific re- 

 search work such as is carried on in connection with the Adams pro- 

 jects, and in some cases they are suited only for the use of men actually 

 engaged in similar lines of work. They may also consist of reports of 

 progress made in connection with research work. It is not believed 

 that this class would be of interest to the farmer generally, but both 

 technical and special publications can be secured, by all who desire to 

 procure them, by addressing a card to the mailing department of the 

 Experiment Station. Mention of the issue of special and technical 

 publications will be made in connection with the regular publications 

 so that notice will be given to all. 



Fourth, Circulars. This group consists of four to six page publica- 

 tions dealing with practical topics upon which there seems to be a gen- 

 eral demand for information. In many instances this demand is deter- 

 mined through inquiries which come to the various offices of the Ex- 

 periment Station. The idea is to produce a brief, plain, simple, practical 



