R E PO RT. 



His Excellency, the Commissioner of Agric2ilture of the State of 

 New York, Albany, N. Y. 



Sir: — 



I have the honor to transmit herewith the tenth annual report 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, 

 in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 2, 1887, es- 

 tablishing the Station. 



While the investigations of the Station are all believed to be of 

 great value, and the fourteen bulletins issued during the last six 

 months are each and all worthy of note, I may be permitted to 

 call special attention to the work in furtherance of scientific 

 agricultural investigation carried on under Chapter 128 of the 

 Laws of the State of New York for 1897. Through teachers' 

 leaflets and similar means an attempt is being made to prepare 

 the farmers of the State of New York for intelligent and helpful 

 co-operation in the experiments carried on by the Station ; and 

 at the same time to carry on extensive experiments under the 

 varying conditions of climate and soil which obtain in the 

 different portions of the State. These experiments are at 

 present in three lines, sugar beet culture, horticulture and the 

 use of commercial fertilizers, and it will be readily seen from 

 the maps accompanying this report, on how large a scale these 

 experiments have been planned. I cannot but believe that the 

 capabilities of the Station will by these means be enormously 

 increased. 



I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 



J. G. SCHURMAN, 

 President of Cornell University. 



