REPORT OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR. 



To the President of Cornell University : 



Sir. — I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the work of the 

 Xew York State College of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended Sep- 

 tember 30, 19 10. This report includes statements from the heads of 

 the various departments and copies of all Experiment Station bulletins, 

 circulars. Farmers' Reading Course bulletins, Farmers' Wives' Reading 

 Course bulletins, Rural School Leaflets, and Home Nature-Study Course 

 bulletins, issued from the College during the year. 



INCREASE IN STUDENTS. 



The opening of the College year brought to the already crowded 

 institution a large increase in the number of students. The number of 

 students attending the College of Agriculture has increased very rapidly 

 in recent years. During the first twenty years, from 1868 to 1887, the 

 total number of students in any year did not exceed fifty. In the year 

 1892-93 the Short \\'inter Course was added, and the total number of 

 students reached 103. There followed a gradual increase until in the 

 year 1903-04 the total registration reached 296. In the spring of the 

 year 1904 the College became a State institution, and an appropriation 

 was granted for the erection of buildings. As a result the registration 

 for the succeeding year, 1904-05, advanced to 418. From that time 



Chart Sho7ving Increase in Attendance From Year 1876-7 to 1909-10." 



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