Report of the Director. 



To the President of Cornell University : 



Sir. — I have the honor to transmit herewith my sixth 

 annual report, with those of the treasurer and chemist, the 

 botanist and arboriculturist, the cryptogamic botanist and 

 plant pathologist, the entomologist, agriculturist and horticultur- 

 ist, together with a detailed statement of receipts and expen- 

 ditures for the year and an appendix of twelve bulletins. 

 The matter contained in these bulletins is of such prime 

 importance that I deem it not only a privilege but k duty to 

 call your special attention to the published investigations of 

 the year. While the funds of the station remain so lim- 

 ited it is impossible to publish all that we would like to ; 

 hence many experiments begun as early as 1888 have not 

 been written up, though they have been continued and prob- 

 ably will be for some considerable time to come, as the 

 longer experiments are carried on, especially those by the 

 " plot system " in the fields, the more valuable they become. 



The year's investigations have embraced a large amount of 

 both practical and scientific work, and I am pleased to say 

 that the quality of the work is steadily improving. This 

 year's publications have been not only of a high scientific 

 character, but they will be found to be exceedingly useful 

 to the farmers of the State. 



Bulletin No. 50, the first one of the year, treats of the 

 bud moth. This insect has done a large amount of dam- 

 age to the apple crop, and I am certain that the careful 



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