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pense the building now used for offices and library could be 

 adapted to the uses indicated and it would be a much needed con- 

 venience. Getting- a noon lunch a mile or a mile and a half away 

 occasions either much loss of time or such haste as is equally detri- 

 mental to health and good work. 



FIELD WORK CARRIED ON BY THE STATION IN VARIOUS PARTS 



OF THE STATE. 



It is not possible for the Station to study the numerous prob- 

 lems which it undertakes to solve through experiments or observa- 

 tions on the Station farm, or even on farms in the vicinity of the 

 Station. It is necessary to locate field work in those places where 

 the problems exist, as, for instance, among pear growers for the 

 study of the pear thrips, or among potato growers for the study of 

 the methods and economy of spraying. This necessity has led to 

 the location of experimental work, during 1912, in fifty-six towns 

 in the State on ninety-seven farms. There follows a list of this 

 experimental work giving the subject of the experiment, the name 

 of the farmer or fruit grower co-operating and the location of the 

 experiments. Acknowledgment should be made to all of these 

 gentlemen for their hearty co-operation in carrying out the details 

 of the work undertaken. 



Outside Work Caebied on by the Station During the Season of 1912. 



botanical department: experimental. 



Nature of Experiment. Co-operator. Location. 



Control of currant diseases. James R. Clark Milton. 



Causes of poor potato stand F. A. Sirrine Riverhead. 



entomological department: experimental. 



Control of apple aphis Frank Bacon Albion. 



Control of apple aphis John Beckwith New Haven. 



Control of apple aphis William Bugbee Gasport. 



Control of apple aphis Lyman Burrows Albion. 



Control of apple aphis Clias. Dunkelberger Gasport. 



Control of apple aphis Samuel Smith Albion. 



Control of cabbage aphis. . . Daniel De Lea Seneca Castle. 



Control of cabbage aphis. . . Tuttle & Russell Williamson. 



Control of cabbage aphis. . . T. D. Whitney Stanley. 



Control of cabbage maggot. L. A. Page Seneca Castle. 



Control of cranberry leaf- R. C.Brown Riverhead. 



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