252 Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



this autumn with exhibits of school work, for the double purpose 

 of getting in touch with local agricultural problems and acquaint- 

 ing farmers with the school and its opportunities. 



The director has taught a class of 10 special students through 

 the year. Two of them were of the regular school grade, 8 of them 

 of college grade. 



The director has prepared a 4-page prospectus of the school and 

 6,000 have been distributed. During the summer, a 16-page cata- 

 log, the first annual announcement of the school, has been prepared 

 for distribution among prospective students during late summer 

 and early fall. 



There has been much correspondence attached to the conduct of 

 the work this year. Not less than 20 items of mail, many of 

 which have called for personal supervision, have been mailed daily 

 from this office. 



President Davis, Superintendent McLennan and the director 

 have made addresses in the interests of the school in many farmers' 

 institutes, grange meetings, high school exercises, and teachers' 

 institutes. Many inquiries, probably not less than 100, relative to 

 farm interests have been answered. Several questions have been 

 referred to the Geneva Experiment Station, the Ithaca Experiment 

 Station, and the State Department of Agriculture. Several 

 students have been referred to the registrar of Cornell University, 

 these inquirers evidently desiring college grade work in agriculture 

 and not secondary. 



The following farm animals have been purchased during the 

 year : 1 span of grade Percheron brood mares ; 1 span of regis- 

 tered Percheron brood mares ; 1 driving horse ; 1 yoke of Devon 

 oxen; 6 registered Holstein milch cows; 2 registered Holstein 

 heifers ; 1 registered Holstein bull ; 3 registered Gurnsey milch 

 cows ; 1 registered Gurnsey heifer ; 8 high grade Gurnsey milch 

 cows. 



Six pure-bred Holstein calves, and 7 Gurnsey calves (2 pure- 

 bred) are being raised. 



The dairy route has been successfully operated throughout the 

 year. In accordance with the state finance law, there has been 

 transmitted to the State Treasurer, as proceeds from the route, 

 approximately $200 per month. 



