274 l{i:i'()KT «»K oKKICK OK KXTKRIMKNT STATIONS. 



Htatioii sliiiiilil lie cluiscM til scrvi' iluriii>; >;<)<)<1 lichaviur aiid I'llicit'iicy, ami tlic plans 

 uf work and t'X]ii'ii(litiin'S i^lictiild he siihiiiitli-il to tlic Ixianl amiiially. 



"(•5) Till' iMfiiilHTS (if llic staff siidulil Ih' iinliviihially rcsiMiDsihli! t<» tla- dircrtor 

 as rc^ranls station work, and should lie lu'ld to tlic iKTforniance of work ordered hy 

 tlif dirt'ctiir, which would often invohc tin- cooperation of several niend)er8 of the 

 staff. As nienihcrs of the station staff the professors should he distinctly suhordinate 

 to the director. In this respt-ct they should hold a different position ;us rej;ards stii- 

 tion work from that which tliey hold as instructors; in the college. Thus, the pro- 

 fes.«or of chemistry is the liead of tlie department of chemi.stry of the college, a« far 

 as instruction goes, anil as such is suliordiuate only to the president of the college, 

 but as chemist of the station he should act under the orders of the director. 



"(4) The station council should l)e simply an advisory body, holding meetings for 

 i-onsultation on station interests, l)ut voting, if at all, merely U) express oi)inions. 



"(o) The general plan of expeiidituresshould he drawn uj) annually by thedirector 

 after consultation with niemhersof the staff and approved hy thelioanl. This should 

 include estimates for salaries, expenses of the several department's, publications, etc. 

 There should always be a certain reserve fund, tt) be spent at the discretion of tlu- 

 director, to meet emergencies arising during the year. 



" Expenditures should he made on reijuisition drawn by the different ukmhIhts of 

 the staff and ajiprovi'd l)y the directxir, and all bills siioulil he ajiproved before pay- 

 ment by the director. The accounts and vouchers for each year should be finally 

 auilited and indorsed by a conunittee of the governing board. 



"((3) The main work of the station shoulil l)e along one or two lines, and all mem- 

 V>ers of the staff should cooperate in this work as far a.s practicable. This nee<l not 

 exclude smaller i)ieces of work in a few other lines, and it is well for each department 

 to have some work in which it alone is concerned. In Colorado it seems natural and 

 desiral)le that the station should concentrate" its work on irrigation j)roblems, and it 

 should be a leading authority on these problems. 



"Dans for the work should be carefully drawn up anmially by the director, after 

 consultation with members of the staff, and when apjiroved by the l)oard should be 

 carried out carefully and vigorously. Careful attention should hv given to the jjroper 

 recording of work, and the station records should be preserveil in fireproof safes or 

 vaults. 



"(7) All the work of the station, wherever conducted (whether at Fort Collins or 

 in other localities in the State), should be under the immediate charge of the director, 

 or such iiieiiiliers of the staff as he may assign to have charge, and the director should 

 l)e made responsible for the management of all work without regard to Iticality. Sub- 

 stations are not contemplated by the Hatch Act, and have generally jiroved very 

 expensive and of little value, those in Colorado not being exceptions to the rule. 



"The station should work for the general interests of the agriculture of Colorado, 

 and should carry on its investigations wherever they van best be prosecuted, but 

 should l)e free to move its field work from point to point as the requirements of the 

 work may demand. It is not fair to the farmers of the State to maintain expensive 

 substations in two or three favored localities. The amount of field work to be done 

 at Fort Collins should be determined by the nature of the investigations pursued by 

 the station at any time, and may be relatively small. If the station is organized to 

 pursue a series of special investigations for the benefit of Colorado agriculture, there 

 will be little difficulty in deciding where the work can best be done. The location of 

 the work in any given instance should, of course, he left to the director and other 

 expert officers of the station. 



"I am not sure I have covered all the points you desired me to touch upon. I 



shall, of course, l)e glad to write you further at any time. 



" Verv respectfullv vours, 



"(Signed) A. C. True." 



