302 KKl'OKT OF OFFICK oK KXI'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



PKNNS YI^A^AN 1 A. 



The Pennsylvania Statu College Agricultural Exjjeriment Station, Slali' 



College. 



De]);irtiiiiii( <pf tin- I'ciiiisylvania State Collejje. 



Tliu ^Hvcriiiiii,' Ixtanl of tlif I'diiLsylvania SUitioii is tlie board of Inistet'.s of tlie 

 collej^o, wliicli is reitre.sented in the interval between meetings by an executive eoni- 

 niittee coniripting of five members. The governor, secretary of the <'onimonwealth, 

 secretary of internal affairs, a<ljutant-<,'eni'ral, sii])ei'in(('n<l('nt of public instruction, 

 anil the State secretary of agricuhure are ex-ulHcio members of tiie board of trustees. 

 A standing committee of five, known as the advisory committee, consults with the 

 director regarding the work of the station, and makes recommendations to the board, 

 l)ut has no executive i)owers. Tiiis committee meets four times a year. The gen- 

 eral policy of tiie board regarding the station is to give the director large liberty 

 of choice regarding the work and methods, hokling him responsible for results. No 

 definite code of rules has been adopted. 



I'OllTO RICO. 



Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayagnez. 



Under the supervision of A. C. True, Director, Office of Experiment Stations, United 



States Department of Agriculture. 



The act of Congress approved March 2, lifOl, making appropriations for the 

 Dei)arliiu'nt of Agriculture, i)rovided for the establishment and maintenance of an 

 experiment station in Porto Rico, to be under the control of the Sei-retary of Agri- 

 culture, who manages the station through the Office of Exi)eriment Stations, the 

 Director of which has general supervision of this enterprise. The immediate 

 management of this station is under the special agent in charge. 



JIIIODE ISI.AT«4^I>. 



Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, Kiiir/Hfon. 

 DepartiiK'iit <if Khodc Island C'ollege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



The governing board of the Rhode Island Station is tlu' jjoanl of managers of the 

 college, which consists of five members, appointed by the governor of the State. 

 The term of office is five years, one member retiring annually. ^Teetings are held 

 regularly once a month, and sometimes more frequently. Tw(j members of the 

 board are appointed a special committee on experiment station, wliose duty it is to 

 recommend to the 1)oard such changes, additions, etc., as may seem desirable. 



The rules adopted by the board of managers are as follows: 



RULKS OF THE Bo.VKl) OK MANAGERS OF THE RlIODE IsLAXU AgRICULTUKAL 



Experiment Station. 



(1) The director of the experiment station, heads of divisions and their first 

 assistants, and the i)resident of the college ex oflicio, shall constitute tlie station 

 council. A secretary shall be ajipointed by the council, whose duty it shall be to 

 keep an accurate record of the meetings. 



(2) The station council shall meet monthly, or as often as shall be deemed 

 necessary for the best interests of the work of the station. 



