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Entomological Department (continued). 



Studies on grape root-worm L. M. Cary ( 2 acres) Sheridan (P. 0. Dun- 

 kirk.) 



Studies on grape root-worm W. E. Skinner (2 acres) .... Portland. 



Studies on grape root- worm E. L. Day (3 acres) Dunkirk. 



Studies on grape root-worm Experiment Vineyard (Sec. 



6) (2 acres) Fredonia. 



Studies on grape-berry moth Mrs. C. M. Benjamin (3 



acres) Fredonia. 



Studies on grape-berry moth D. K. Faldey (6 acres) Westfield. 



Studies on grape-berry moth Louis Bourne (4 acres) Westfield. 



Studies on rose chafer Louis Bourne (4 acres) Westfield. 



Studies on rose chafer O. T. Little (2 acres) Ripley. 



Horticultural Department. 



Comparison of sod mulch and 



tillage James Vick's Sons Elmgrove. 



Comparison of sod mulch and 



tillage Grant Hitchings South Onondaga. 



Tests of stocks for apples F. E. Dawley Fayetteville. 



Tests of stocks for apples Edward van Alstyne Kinderhook. 



Fertilizer, culture and pruning 



experiments with grapes H. B. Benjamin Fredonia. 



THE RELATION OF THE STATION TO EXTENSION WORK. 



Perhaps the most pronounced effort in the interests of agriculture 

 at the present time is directed toward the extension of knowledge. 

 This effort has more or less overshadowed and to some extent has 

 handicapped efforts for the acquisition of knowledge. While the 

 law establishing this institution explicitly declares that it shall 

 give itself to investigation and experimentation concerning agri- 

 cultural problems, it has been found necessary to give considerable 

 time and effort to the mere extension of knowledge. This has been 

 done through the attendance of members of the staff upon the 

 meetings of the State agricultural organizations, through work at 

 farmers' institutes, through extensive correspondence in reply to 

 inquiries and through exhibits at the meetings of various societies 

 and at the State Fair. The amount of time that has been required 

 for this work and the extent to which it has interfered with the 

 primary work of the Station has hardly been appreciated outside 

 of the Station staff. Doubtless these extension efforts have been 

 productive of good results. No one who appreciates the relations 

 of an experiment station would desire to have it isolated and fail 

 to have a sympathetic touch with its constituents. On the other 

 hand, scientific investigation, to be successfully carried on, must 

 have the continuous unbroken attention of those who are attempting 



