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Services of Laborers. 



For the payment of labor, including janitors, poultryman, engineer, herds- 

 man, dairy helper, foreman of orchards, florist and gardener, general 

 mechanic, watchman, teamsters, farm and other common labor $20,000 



Expenses of Investigations. 



For necessary expenses, excluding salaries and labor, but including chemi- 

 cals, scientific apparatus, machinery, fertilizers, cattle foods, traveling 

 expenses, maintenance of farm teams, heat, light, water, general repairs, 

 general equipment, care of grounds and other expenses necessary to 

 maintaining the institution and to conducting researches and experi- 

 ments at the institution and throughout the State in soils, plant nutrition, 

 horticulture, diseases of plants, injurious insects, bacteriology, animal 

 nutrition, dairy practice and poultry keeping, including special investi- 

 gations in the conditions of grape growing, hop growing, the production 

 of orchard, truck and garden crops and the means and methods of sani- 

 tary milk production 36,000 



Inspection of Fertilizers, Feeding Stuffs, et cetera. 



For the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station for enforcing 

 the provisions of the law in relation to commercial fertilizers, concen- 

 trated feeding stuffs, fungicides and insecticides, agricultural seeds and 

 the testing and marking of Babcock glassware, pursuant to sections two 

 hundred and twenty-four, one hundred and sixty-four and one hundred 

 and forty-three of chapter nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, 

 section thirty-four and section fifteen, chapter two hundred and ninety- 

 seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, for the payment of 



salaries of chemists, botanists and laboratory assistants 12,070 



For janitor service and other labor 1,500 



For the purchase of scientific apparatus, chemical and laboratory supplies, 



expressage, traveling expenses and other necessary expenses 2,700 



Grand total for maintenance $142,270 



It is especially important that the amount necessary for salaries 

 should be appropriated in a lump sum. Up to the fiscal year 1914-15, 

 during the thirty or more years of existence of the Station, salaries 

 have not been individualized, and there has been no intimation 

 that the lump-sum method of appropriation has been in any way 

 abused. As a matter of fact, a list of salaried positions with the 

 salaries paid has been for several years annually filed in the Comp- 

 troller's office and this information has been at all times available 

 to the Legislature. 



There are some serious objections to the individualizing of salaries 

 undor the conditions which prevail at an institution of this char- 

 acter. 



It is not possible to wisely state the salaried positions and salaries 

 which should be paid in an institution of investigation with our 



