REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



To the President of Cornell University : 



Sir. — I have the honor to transmit herewith my eighth annual 

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

 arboriculturist, the cryptogamic botanist and the plant patholo- 

 gist, the entomologist, the agriculturist, the horticulturist and 

 that of the assistant professor of dairy husbandry and animal 

 industry; together "with an appendix of 22 bulletins and a spray 

 •calendar, covering the year ending December 31, 1895. Also, a 

 .detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1895. 



The year has been unusually fruitful in valuable results. As 

 the wants of the farmers become more clearly defined we are 

 ■enabled to better and better meet their demands. An inspection 

 of the publications of the year will show that the demand for 

 ■original, accurate investigations directly related to both the prac- 

 tical and scientific sides of agriculture has been very fully met. 



During recent years the ravages of the insect and fungous 

 enemies of cultivated plants have become so numerous that many 

 farmers have felt like abandoning the production of the tenderer 

 and higher class of fruits and vegetables, the very kind of pro- 

 ducts which uniformly result, when successfully raised, in bring- 

 ing the best returns to the producer. 



