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Results of Experiments have been Published as Follows: 

 " Some Conditions Favoring Nitrification in Soils/' by T. Lyttleton 



Lyon and James A. Bizzell. Scierce N. S. XXX, No. 778, p. 773. 



" Future Methods of Soil Bacteriological Investigations," by Harold J. 



Conn. Centralblatt fiir Bakteriolcgie 25 (1910), pp. 455-457. 



"Availability of Soil X^itrogen in Relation to the Basicity of the Soil 



and to the Growth of Legumes," by T. Lyttleton Lyon and James A. 



Bizzell. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2 (1910), 



PP- 313-315- 



" Effect of Fertilizers and ^Manure Applied to Timothy on the Cora 



Crop Following It," by T. Lyttleton Lyon and James O. Alorgan. Cornell 



Station Bulletin 273. 



" Effect of Steam Sterilization en the Water Soluble Matter in Soils," 



by T. Lyttleton Lyon and James A. Bizzell. Cornell Station Bulletin 275, 



EXTENSION. 



The extension activities of the department continue to expand. 



Field experiments. — The field experiments with fertilizers on fifty-five 

 acres of muck soil in Orange county were continued for the third year 

 and are to be concluded this season. The results will be published in a 

 bulletin during the next year. 



Drainage. — Interest in the practice of drainage has expanded greatly 

 in the State during the past year. On February 7th occurred the first 

 annual convention of the State Drainage ^Association, which was largely 

 attended. This is a quasi-departmental organization which has proved 

 very effective in developing interest in this subject of the cooperation of 

 the people of the State for its furtherance. Besides giving information 

 it has been instrumental in correcting serious defects in the legal provision 

 for agricultural drainage. 



The department has also directly assisted farmers in the installation 

 of farm drainage systems on their premises. The widespread and 

 fundamental importance of this practice in the State demands a con- 

 tinuance of activity in that direction. 



Lime. — The situation with reference to the use of lime for soil improve- 

 ment in the State has been taken up with effective results. The efforts 

 have been directed, first, to the dissemination of information which has 

 been furthered by Circular 7 on this subject, and, second, to the 

 improvement of the sources of supply. All important available sources 

 of lime in New York and six adjacent States, with forms of material, 

 price, and package, have been made available to farmers. Much remains 

 to be done on this subject, particularly in the direction of investigation 

 into the action of lime in the soil. The need for its use is wide-spread. 



