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persons to approximately forty. The building equipment has also 

 increased, but not at all in proportion to the demands made upon the 

 Station. For several years an effort has been made to secure a 

 building which would serve at the same time to accommodate the 

 administrative offices, give space for the visualizing of results which 

 we have reached and provide an auditorium. During this time 

 other needs have become very apparent and by direction of your 

 Board what may seem to many a liberal sum of money is now being 

 asked for additional equipment. The coming Legislature is to be 

 asked for appropriations for three buildings — an administration, 

 demonstration and library building, new forcing houses and a build- 

 ing providing cold storage facilities. 



The reasons why we ask for the larger building have been stated 

 many times, but are here again summarized: 



The Station has no audience room where agricultural societies 

 and other bodies of farmers may meet for the discussion of our 

 work. During the summer season, large bodies of farmers come to 

 the Station and in case of rain (which frequently occurs) it is not 

 possible for an audience to assemble. More visitations would be 

 made if wa had an audience room. Agricultural societies would 

 meet with us if an audience room was available. No other agri- 

 cultural institution, of which I know is placed in so awkward a 

 situation. 



At least three existing departments of the Station need more 

 space and the new department for the investigation of soils must 

 be provided with quarters much larger that it now possesses. The 

 new building would relieve space in two other buildings in order to 

 give needed rooms for the department mentioned. 



The Station is seriously in need of a generous amount of space, 

 not now provided, for setting up objective demonstrations of its 

 work in dairying, plant diseases, injurious insects, horticulture, 

 fertilizers and feeding stuffs in order that the visitors, who come 

 to us by hundreds, may gain an intelligent idea of what the Station 

 has done. Such demonstrations are also needed if agricultural 

 bodies are to meet with us. 



The Station has now come to possess a valuable library of several 

 thousand volumes, and space in fireproof quarters should be pro- 

 vided for this library. It is now located in the old mansion house 

 bought with the Station farm. 



