DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1900 



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To the HonornhU Board of Control of the New YorJc Agricultural 

 Experiment Station: 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of 

 the New Yorli Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 1900. 



It is a matter of sincere congratulation that I am able to report 

 to you the completion of another year's work of an apparently 

 useful character and unattended by any serious disappointments 

 or disasters. 



THE STATION STAFF. 



Mr. Wendell Paddock, after serving the Station faithfully and 

 efficiently for nearly seven years as Assistant Horticulturist, 

 resigned hie position on September 15th to accept the chair of 

 Botany and Horticulture in the Agricultural College of Colorado. 

 Mr. Heinrich Hasselbring, B. S. A., a graduate of Cornell Uni- 

 versity from the Course in Agriculture, and for a year assistant 

 in ibotany at that inetitution, was appointed to fill Mr. Paddock's 

 place. Mr. Hasselbring entered upon his duties November 1, 

 1900. 



During the year, acting upon your authority, assistants have 

 been appointed in the departments of Bacteriology, Chemistry 

 and Entomology, as follows: 



Lore A. Eogers, B.S., Assistant Bacteriologist, July 10th. 



Andrew J. Patten, B.S., Assistant Chemist, August 1st. 



Percival J. Parrott, A.M., Assistant Entomologist, August 1st. 



Mr. Rogers graduated from the Course in Agriculture at the 

 University of Maine in 189G, and as special preparation for his 

 work spent two years in bacteriological studies, one at the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin and one at this institution. 



• Reprint of Bulletin No. 195. 



