

November 30, 1910. 

 The Governor of the State of New York, 



Albany, N. Y. 

 The Secretary of the Treasury, 



Washington, D. C. 

 The Secretary of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 The Commissioner of Agriculture, 



Albany, N. Y. 



The Act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, establishing Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Stations in connection with the Land Grant College3, 

 contains the following provision: " It shall be the duty of each of said 

 stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the 

 Governor of the State or Territory in which it is located, a full and 

 detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and 

 expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, 

 to the said Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the 

 Treasury of the United States." 



And the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, approved 

 April 12, 1906, providing for the administration of the New York Stale 

 College of Agriculture at Cornell University contains the following pro- 

 vision : " The said LTnivcrsity shall expend such moneys and use such 

 property of the State in administering said College of Agriculture as above 

 provided, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture in each 

 ^. year on or before the first day of December, a detailed statement of such 

 Q expenditures and of the general operations of the said College of Agri- 

 \ culture for the year ending the thirtieth day of September then next 

 V preceding." 



In conformity with these mandates I have the honor to submit on 

 ^ behalf of Cornell University the following report : 



L" The needs of the New York State College of Agriculture were pre- 

 ^ sented in some detail in my last year's report as well as in the reports 

 a^of the Director of the College and the heads of the several departments. 

 cr> In January of this year the Trustees of the University laid before the 

 Legislature a carefully considered plan for the development of the State 

 ;>^ Colleges of Agriculture and of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, 

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