2yG KErOUT OK OFFICE OF EXl'EUIMKNT STATIONS. 



NEW JERSEY. 



New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station, New Brunswick. 



Department of Rutgers Collepe. 

 New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station, New liruiisw'ick. 



At Rutfrcrs College. 



The College Station is under the (■nntrf)l of the lioanl of trustees of the agricultural 

 college. The management of the station is delegatetl to an executive comniitt^'e of 

 the board consisting of seven members. This committee meets at least twice each 

 year, ami members receive their actual expenses. This committee supervises in a 

 general way the work of the st;\tion. 



The State Station is controlled by a board of managers, consisting of the governor 

 of the State and the board of visitors of the State agricultural college, appointed by 

 by him for a term of two years, and composed of two members from each Congres- 

 sional district, together with the president and professor of agriculture of the college. 

 This l)oard holds a meeting at least once a year to act upon the report of the<lirector 

 and upon such recommendations as he may make. The policy has lx!en to delegate 

 the direction and management of the work of the station to the director. The 

 oflficers consist of a jircsident, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. 



No rules have been adopted for the government of either station. The director 

 indicates to the heads of divisions the line of work they are expected to carry out. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of New Mexico, Meailla Park. 



Department of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



The governing board of the station is the board of regents of the agricultural col- 

 lege, which consists of five active members appointed by the governor for five years 

 each, and confirmed by the legislature.. Besides the active members, the governor 

 and superintendent of public instruction of the Territory are also advisory members. 

 The duties of the board, besides the apjiointment of members of the staff, con.sist of 

 a general supervision of the affairs of the statir)n, financial and otherwise. The board 

 audits all l)ills for material ordered Ijy the heads of the (bfferent divisions and 

 approved by the director. The general policy of the board is to leave the selection 

 of lines of work entirely to the staff. The regular meetings of the board occur 

 quarterly. 



The l)oard has no rules for the regulation of station affairs. The director assumes 

 general supen' ision of the executive affairs of the station and makes recommendations 

 in regard to expenditures, general policy, etc., to the board of regents for approval. 

 The details of the work of the different divisions are left entirely to their respective 

 heads, l)ut the general plan of work and the policy to be jwrsued is discussed and 

 passed upon by the station council, which consists of the director and heads of the 

 different divisions. 



NEW YORK. 



New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Oenetu. 



The experiment station at Geneva is a State institution, nominally a part of the 

 State department of agriculture, but <lirectly under the sni)ervision of a board of 

 control, which consists of the governor of the State, ex oflicio, and nine other mem- 

 bers, whom the governor appoints. The term of office is three years. The duties 

 of the board consist of the appointment of the director and all other persons to carry 



