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When the Commission was discontinued and its work was taken over by 

 the newly created New York State Food Commission, the membership 

 of the Dean and Professor Burritt ceased, although the University is still 

 represented by President Schurman, one of the three commissioners who 

 is charged with the field of food conservation, and Professor H. E. Babcock, 

 formerly State Leader of County Agents, whom the College released to 

 assist President Schurman. Professor Babcock was made director of the 

 Division of Food Conservation. 



Professor Bristow Adams devoted his vacation in 191 7 to the Office of 

 Information, United States Department of Agriculture, where he worked 

 out a niunber of publicity campaigns for agricultural production including 

 that on seed com. A number of other campaigns were devoted especially 

 to aiding the efforts of the Bureau of Markets and the States Relations 

 Service. At the same time Professor Adams was giving volunteer service 

 to the Federal Food Administration in connection with its publicity work. 

 He has contributed poster designs to the National Garden Commission and 

 to the Boys' Labor League of the Federal Department of Labor, and has 

 furnished material which has been used in the Liberty Loan campaigns. 



Dr. Elmer E. Barker has been making abstracts of the literature of 

 little-known plant products for the Raw Products Committee of the 

 National Research Council. 



Professor George W. Cavanaugh is cooperating with the Federal Gov- 

 ernment in maintaining the purity of the milk supply for army camp 

 hospitals, and is also making chemical tests for the detection of possible 

 poisonous materials in supplies for the Red Cross. 



During the summer vacation of 191 7, Professor Lewis J. Cross was 

 employed by the Federal Bureau of Chemistry as an investigator in the 

 drying of vegetables. He canvassed the growing sections of western 

 New York, and was located at Albion for some time. Professor Cross 

 expects to be engaged in the same work this simimer. 



The Dairy Division of the United States Department of Agriculture has 

 been waging a campaign for the better use of cottage cheese as a means 

 of utilizing surplus skimmilk. Professor Walter W. Fisk spent the sum- 

 mer vacation of 191 7 in the capacity of general organizer for this work, 

 his time being divided between a number of eastern States. Professors 

 Harold E. Ross and Hugh C. Troy spent the sumrrier in the same campaign. 

 Seven other members of the Dairy* Department inspected the making and 

 packing of the butter supply for the Department of the Navy last summer. 

 This work was largely done in New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. 



Professor Ralph S. Hosmer has been giving considerable time to the 

 work of the New York State Wood Fuel Advisory Board, to which he 

 was appointed on December 26, 19 17. This board works in cooperation 



