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the station co-operates with the United States Department of 

 Agriculture in its investigations into the food and nutrition 

 of man, and is thus enabled to increase its efficiency and use- 

 fulness. For assisting in its work in that line the station re- 

 ceives a certain share of tlie general appropriation made by 

 Congress, and which is distributed in the dififerent States for 

 the purpose of promoting inquiries into food nutrition. The 

 station is thus able to increase greatly its influence and effi- 

 ciency, and I may be permitted to remark incidentally, in that 

 connection, that the Storrs Station receives a pretty large 

 share of the United States money. It happened that it 

 seemed wise to the Secretary of Agriculture, to whom Con- 

 gress assigns the responsibility for the proper expenditure of 

 that money, to put the management of that into the hands 

 of the Director of the Storrs Station, who is a Connecticut 

 man, and who is able to see to the work. I felt justified in 

 asking for a pretty large and liberal share for use right in 

 this little Connecticut Station, and it was not denied. Now 

 it would hardly be fair to omit mentioning that gifts received 

 from private sources, which, though small, have amounted 

 to considerable in the aggregate, have helped on the good 

 work. Thus it is that an^institution with so small a revenue 

 from public sources has been able to carry on the amount of 

 inquiry undertaken by the Storrs Station. As director of the 

 station I have been frequently called upon to explain why it 

 was with so little money as we claimed to receive we were 

 able to do so much work. I have given you the explanation. 

 Now what does the station do? It has been the policy of 

 the station ever since its establishment to concentrate its 

 energies upon certain lines of inquiry as nearly parallel as 

 practicable, and to continue on those lines from year to year 

 as long as circumstances warranted. The two stations in 

 the State, though separate in their organization, are pretty 

 closely interlaced. A number of gentlemen are on the boards 

 of management of both. They come together and talk things 

 over, and the result is the two work together as well as one. 

 They are pulling together. While not forgetting the ultimate 

 practical ends the Storrs Station does not forget that its 

 purpose is to serve the people and the farmer. At the same 

 time, it is a recognized fact which has been fully understood 

 by some of the friends of the station in Connecticut, and it is 



