X Report of the Director. 



inspect tlie work from time to time, give directions for harvesting, 

 weighing and sampling, and so far as possible assist in harvesting 

 the crops. This work, associated with other work of a somewhat 

 different character for the " Promotion of Agricultural Knowledge," 

 has been eminently successful. After three years' experience in 

 sending out these traveling expert teachers and experimenters I am 

 persuaded that no other line of effort has been more fruitful in 

 results. 



The Station and University Extension staff now consists of some 

 thirty persons selected with special reference to fitness for the work 

 which they are called on to perform. 



Appended to, and a part of this report, are the reports of the 

 various heads of divisions and a detailed statement of receipts and 

 expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1900. 



Twelve bulletins, containing 385 pages and 87 cuts, have been 

 issued on the following subjects : 



No. 171, " Gravity or Dilution Separators." 



No. 172, " The Cherry Fruit-Fly : A New Cherry Pest." 



No. 173, " The Relation of Food to Milk-Fat." 



No. 174, " The Problem of Impoverished Lands." 



No. 175, " Fourth Report on Japanese Plums." 



No. 176, " The Peach-Tree Borer." 



No. 177, " Spraying Notes." 



No. 178, "The Invasion of the Udder by Bacteria." 



No. 179, •' Field Experiments with Fertilizers." 



No. 180, " The Prevention of Peach Leaf -Curl." 



No. 181, " PolHnation in Orchards." 



No. 182, " Sugar Beet Investigations for 1899." 



Four Nature-Study Quarterlies have been published on the fol- 

 lowing subjects : 



No. 2, " A Handful of Soil." 



No. 3, " Cuttings and Cuttings." 



No. 4, " The Burst of Spring." 



No. 5, " A Brook." 



The following reading lessons for farmers have been issued : 



No. 7, " Balance Rations for Stock." 

 " Quiz on Reading Lesson No. 7." 



