DIRECTOR'S REPORT.* 



To the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station: 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor to present herewith the report 

 of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for 1898. 



The past year has been characterized especially by the comple- 

 tion of plans which for some time you have had under considera- 

 tion and development. 



Notable additions have been made to the building and appa- 

 ratus equipment; the scientific staff has been enlarged, and the 

 scope and efficiency of the Station facilities for studying prob- 

 lems important to agricultural practice have been much increased 

 thereby. 



It is very gratifying to be able to report, also, that all this has 

 been accomplished, at the same time that the usual activities of 

 the Station have been fully maintained, with the most harmonious 

 thought and action on the part of all concerned. Neither inter- 

 nally nor externally has the work of the Station suffered from 

 dissensions or unpleasant criticism, a condition of things for which 

 your director desires to make profound acknowledgment. 



THE STATION STAFF. 



In my report for 1897, mention was made of the election of 

 Mr. H. A. Harding as Dairy Bacteriologist and Mr. G. A. Smith 

 as Daily Expert. Both of these gentlemen now have entered 

 upon their duties, their work being located in the dairy section of 

 the new building. Mr. Harding spent about six months of the 

 year in very useful observation and study at the* laboratories of 



Reprint of Bulletin No. 153. 



