New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 23 



Individuals 290 



Miscellaneous 131 



Total 1,361 



It has now been nearly two years since the Station began the 

 publication of the so-called popular bulletins. So far experience 

 seems to justify the decision to issue this form of publication. A 

 few criticisms have been met, but as a rule the opinions expressed 

 have been those of approval. The relative appreciation of the 

 complete and popular bulletins may be judged by the requests for 

 the former which are sent to the Station. Every copy of a popular 

 bulletin contains a statement that if the recipient prefers the 

 complete bulletins they will be sent to him regularly. Notwith- 

 standing this offer, less than 300 such requests have come from 

 more than 30,000 persons. 



The Station mailing list is steadily growing. During the last 

 five months it has increased over 800 names, mostly in response 

 to requests sent to this office. 



RELATION OF THE STATION STAFF TO FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK. 



There are various instructional and research efforts now main- 

 tained in the interests of farmers, whose lines more or less inter- 

 sect The teachers in our agricultural colleges are to some extent 

 investigators and they are found often on the institute platform. 

 The experiment station worker, whose chief function is to in- 

 vestigate, is frequently taxed severely by requests to serve as an 

 institute speaker, as well as to give class room instruction, when 

 the experiment station is a department of a college. This inter- 

 relation of these distinct but at the same time closely related lines 

 of effort is often the occasion of more or less perplexity. 



The State of New York is maintaining an extensive system of 

 farmers' institutes, requiring the services constantly during the 

 winter months of a large number of speakers. The persons who 



