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The cooperative experiments in progress are the following: 



Control of the codling moth at Batavia, under the direction of Professor 

 Herrick. 



Control of orchard pests in the Champlain Valley, at Plattsburg, 

 Peru, Keeseville, and Willsboro, under the direction of Professor Crosby. 



Control of the grape leaf-hopper in the Lake Keuka grape region, under 

 the direction of Professor Crosby. 



Control of cranberry pests at Riverhead, Long Island, under the 

 direction of Professor Crosby. 



Control of the plum lecanium at Rochester, under the direction of 

 Professor Crosby. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



The time has come when it is impossible to carry on the work of the 

 Department in the best manner in the rooms available. The writer 

 therefore recommends that steps be taken to secure the erection of the 

 proposed building for this Department at the earliest possible moment. 

 A brief statement of present conditions will show the urgency of this 

 recommendation : 



The Department has no lecture room sufficiently large to hold the 

 larger classes, and in one case, that of General Biology, it has been 

 necessary to go beyond the limits of this College to find a place in which 

 to hold the lectures. But as it seems probable that the completion of 

 the Auditorium will afiford relief in this particular, it need not l^e dwelt 

 upon. It is to the insufficiency of laboratory space that the writer wishes 

 to call attention. 



A large part of the work in the Department requires laboratory space. 

 The following table will show the number of laboratory assignments for 

 the present term : 



General Biology 640 



The Farm 480 



General Entomology I55 



Parasitology 66, 



Insect Morphology 40 



Systematic Entomology 26 



Nature-Study 22 



Graduate Students 20 



1,449 



The minimum time of a laboratory assignment is two and one half 

 hours per week ; in the case of advanced students it is usually much 



