202 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The New York Experiment Station enjoys a condition of pros- 

 perity, has all its work well planned, and exhibits a condition of 

 harmony and cooperation among the workers on its staff which mean 

 much in promoting its efficiency. 



Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca. 



Department of New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. 



L. H. Bailey, M. S., LL D., Director. 



At the Cornell station the year was marked by development in 

 equipment and progress in experimental work. During the year 

 the new greenhouses (PL V, fig. 1) and the new barns (PI. V, fig. 2) 

 were completed and are now in use. The barns are for station use 

 so far as experiments in poultry and feeding are concerned. The 

 legislature at its last session made provision for the erection of 

 a general classroom, laboratory, and auditorium building to cost 

 $113,000; a poultry building to cost $90,000; and a home economics 

 building to cost $154,000. In addition a central heating plant, to 

 €Ost about $50,000, is to be supplied when these buildings have pro- 

 gressed far enough to require it. The completion of these structures, 

 in addition to greatly relieving the crowded condition of the college 

 of agriculture, will furnish more space for the work of the experi- 

 ment station. Three industrial fellowships were established during 

 the year, making now a total of four for the investigation of plant 

 diseases. H. J. AVebber served as acting dean and director while 

 L. H. Bailey was on leave of absence. The changes on the station 

 staff were few and were confined to minor positions. 



The Adams x\ct investigations were continued on the projects in 

 hand. The breeding investigations, including the study of the laws 

 of inheritance and hybrids, were continued with the same plants, and 

 experiments with the radish were added. Eesults in connection with 

 the study of the influence of chemical injections in producing muta- 

 tions or variations in a pure line of wild silene were brought together 

 for publication. The inheritance of certain characters was studied 

 in a considerable number of plants, and a preliminary report on the 

 results of some exi^eriments is soon to appear. In variation studies 

 special attention was given to the extent and use of bud variation, 

 these investigations being conducted particularly with potatoes and 

 oxeye daisies. A study of the cumulative action of selection with 

 pure lines of wheat and oats was continued in cooperation with this 

 department. Work of similar nature was also done to some extent 

 with cowpeas and garden beans. 



A number of interesting facts was brought out by the various in- 

 vestigations on soils and soil fertility conducted with the Adams 



