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of this College are now required to hasten from one duty to another so 

 rapidly that no time is allowed for undisturbed thought and study which 

 is so necessary in the proper conduct of college work. The correspond- 

 ence alone handled by the heads of each of our important departments is 

 sufficient to occupy as many hours as is usually required of a university 

 professor, and this is considered but an incidental part of their work. 

 The hours of teaching required of each man are fully equal to the time 

 ordinarily required of any professor. Aside from this, extension lectures 

 over the State, at granges, farm picnics, agricultural association meetings, 

 and on farm trains, are required and are a necessity. Still further, 

 educational exhibits must be prepared for the State and various county 

 fairs, and there is an increasing and insistent demand for such work, 

 which is a legitimate and important part of the service expected of the 

 College. 



In addition to the above work, each department in the College is ex- 

 pected to conduct experiments intended to increase our knowledge and 

 to have fresh, up-to-date information to impart to the farmers and 

 students through lectures and publications. No professor can be a good 

 teacher who is not at the same time an experimenter. Yet how can men 

 charged with the numerous other duties required of our professors find 

 time for research work ? 



Certainly no group of men in any institution are striving more loyally 

 to meet the requirements demanded of them, but I believe it to be abso- 

 lutely impossible for the departments to do the work now forced upon 

 them and do it as it should be done unless the staff is greatly increased. 



This College of Agriculture has achieved an enviable reputation among 

 the agricultural colleges of the United States for its high standards and 

 efficient work. It is highly important that this reputation be maintained 

 and strengthened. The State College of Agriculture of the Empire State 

 of New York should never be satisfied to occupy an inferior rank. No 

 citizen of the State would be satisfied with a second-class institution to 

 represent one of its primary industries. It is therefore necessary that 

 our faculty be increased proportionately to the increase in the amount of 

 work demanded. Either this must soon be done or the grade of work 

 in the College will be seriously impaired. 



extension work. 

 No part of the service of the College of Agriculture has attracted more 

 attention or is more important than the extension work. The active inter- 

 est which has recently been aroused in New York agriculture, necessitates 

 greater activity in this department of the College work. For many years 



