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are set forth in Bulletiiis 110 and 1^2. I need, therefore, saj- 

 nothing more respecting the extension feature of the work of 

 my Division. 



At the present time I am as anxious that the Horticultural 

 Division of the Station may return to its original type of labor 

 as I was three years ago that it depart therefrom. My reason 

 for this feeling is the fact that this extension work has now 

 grown to be such a large and responsible enterprise that it should 

 no longer be confined to one division of the Experiment Station.. 

 It should be placed under the management of a separate division, 

 and there is every reason to believe that it would be more useful 

 to the State if applied to other branches of rural effort that to 

 horticulture. In the home Station itself, there have been com- 

 paratively few changes, and these have not all been for the better- 

 ment of the Division. One of the Experiment Station forcing- 

 houses has been entirely rebuilt and is now an ideal house for 

 certain lines of experiment. The orchards have now come to 

 bearing age and have occupied so much of our small area that we 

 have very little left for conducting experiments in vegetables and 

 other annual crops. A year ago, a considerable area of my Divi- 

 sion was demolished by changes in the grounds of the University, 

 and the entire collection of grapes, of native plums and many 

 small fruits, to all of which we had given much attention, were 

 entirely obliterated. In order to repair this damage in part, we 

 have, during the past year, fitted up a new piece of land and have 

 set thereon a small experimental vineyard. The loss of the 

 native plum orchard is practically irreparable, however, because 

 it contained many varieties and seedlings which are not in the 

 market; and the same remark will apply to some of the small 

 fruits^ Considering the limitation of our area, and the variable 



