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INVESTIGATIONS RELATIVE TO TOBACCO CULTURE. 



For several years fertilizer experiments with the tobacco plant 

 have been carried on at Big Flats and also at Baldwinsville. In 

 the latter place, the work has been somewhat broader than the use 

 of fertilizers and has included questions related to the rotation of 

 crops. These experiments are being carried on in cooperation with 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. George W. 

 Harris has been the representative of the department, and upon 

 him has fallen the duty of giving immediate supervision to the 

 work. It has not seemed justifiable to publish results up to the 

 present time, chiefly because this sort of experimental effort must 

 be continued for some time before safe conclusions may be made. 



SOIL INVESTIGATIONS. 



Work in the study of soils and their needs is a comparatively 

 new effort of the Station. This work is largely carried on on land 

 outside of the Station farm although considerable areas are being 

 applied to this kind of investigation on the Station property. At 

 the present time, experimental work is being carried on in thirteen 

 localities, involving in each place from two to eight acres of land. 

 The total amount of land under experimental control in these thirteen 

 localities is fifty-five and a half acres. The character of this work 

 is described elsewhere. 



INVESTIGATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF VEGETABLE GROWING. 



At the last meeting of your Board, it was decided to add to the 

 activities of the Horticultural Department of the Station a new line 

 of effort, namely, investigations in the interests of vegetable-growing 

 and truck gardeners. In order to accomplish this work, authority 

 was given to appoint an additional assistant horticulturist to enter 

 upon that work. This matter is now receiving consideration and it 

 is expected an appointment will be made in the near future. 



EXPERIMENTAL WORK CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE STATION LABORA- 

 TORIES AND GROUNDS. 



It is not possible for the Station to give attention to the numerous 

 problems that are presented to it if it confines its work to the labora- 



