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a great many cases. Besides this it is often necessary to carry on a 

 more or less extended investigation requiring much laboratory and 

 clerical work. It, therefore, seems very desirable that the Depart- 

 ment should have its own stenographer who might give all her time 

 to the work. At the present time the arrangement with Professor 

 Atkinson for stenographic work is satisfactory to neither of us, as 

 one interferes more or less with the plans and work of the other. 

 For this reason it frequently happens that correspondence must go 

 unanswered for several days, while the careful keeping of notes, etc., 

 is practically out of the question. 



The increase along all the lines of work as outlined above would 

 seem to make it desirable that more money be appropriated for the 

 regular work of the Department. The $300 at present appropriated 

 to this Department for all of its work, both teaching and investiga- 

 tion, is entirely inadequate. This is especially true since the removal 

 of the Department to the new building will necessitate the buying of 

 almost complete equipment in the way of apparatus and furniture. 

 This manifestly cannot be made with the «$300, but aside from that 

 the $300 is not sufficient for the running expenses of the Depart- 

 ment, especially when the stenographer must be paid out of this 

 fund. Not only does it seem that the appropriation should be in- 

 creased for running expenses, but if the work outlined for the Farm- 

 ers' Institutes, Horticultural Meetings and Fairs is to be carried out 

 and enlarged more assistance will be necessary. I would respect- 

 fully recommend the establishment of an assistantship paying at 

 least $500 and tuition, to be given to a young man well grounded 

 in botanical work, the assistant to devote half of his time to the 

 Department throughout the year, the other half to be available for 

 the continuation of his studies as a student in the College. Such 

 an assistantship would greatly relieve the pressure of work in the De- 

 partment during the teaching period and would also provide for a 

 continuation of the investigation work during the vacation of the 

 man in charge. 



III. INVESTIGATION ENTERPRLSES. 



The work of investigation during the past year has been devoted 

 to the following problems. First, a careful investigation into the 

 methods of preventing the anthracnose or pod spot of beans. The 

 work was undertaken to determine if the recommendations usually 

 given for the treatment of this disease and as outlined in our Bulletin 

 239 were practical when applied to field operations. If such recom- 

 mendations were not practical, to determine if possible some means 



