DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1912. 



To the Honorahle Board of Control of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station: 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor to submit to you herewith a re- 

 port of this institution for the calendar year 1912. In this report, 

 I have endeavored to set forth as clearly as possible the financial 

 conditions and needs of the Station and, in addition, such a review 

 of our activities and our results as will make clear to you and to 

 the agricultural public the nature of the problems to which we 

 are giving attention and the policy and methods which prevail in 

 carrying on our work. I desire to make sincere acknowledgment 

 to the Board of Control of the Station for the efficient support and 

 direction which I have received in administering the affairs of the 

 Station, and to my associates on the staff for their loyal aid and 

 co-operation. 



ADMINISTEATION. 



STATION STAFF. 



Since presenting my last report, Mr. Martin J. Prucha, Asso- 

 ciate Bacteriologist, and Mr. James K. Wilson, Assistant Bacteri- 

 ologist, who, during 1910 and 1911, were pursuing special studies 

 at Cornell University, have permanently disconnected themselves 

 from this institution. Mr. Prucha is now a member of the faculty 

 of the New York State College of Agriculture. 



Mr. John G. Grossenbacher, Associate Botanist, has res^'gned to 

 enter upon important w'ork in plant pathology with the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. James T. Cusick, Assistant Chemist, was transferred on 

 October 1st, to the State Department of Agriculture, as one of its 

 chemists. 



All of these gentlemen carry with them the best wishes of their 

 former associates for their future success. 



A reprint of Bulletin No. 356, December, 1912. 



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