5-1 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXI'ERIMEXT STATION. 



Mr. Saiivi' iiJid Mr. Fogle are .spending {)ai'l of their lime in experi- 

 mental \\orlv tlie former in securing data on the cost of operating 

 tractors and otlier pov/er macliinery. Mr. Fogle has been spending con- 

 siderable time in securing data on farm building construction. 



EXTEXSIOX. 



I'lie extension vvork in Drainage has been very efficiently handled by 

 Mr. Walter Van Haitsma since Ja)iuary 1, l!)2(l. Mr. Van Haitsma had 

 charge of the tile drainage demonstrating machine in St. Clair county 

 <lni-ing Ihe summer of IDIJ). The demonstration ]dots put in at that 

 time together with the demonstration meetings held have created a great 

 deal of interest in drainage work in that county. 



IJespectfullv yours, 



'O. E. ]{()BEV, 

 Acting I'rofessoi- of Farm Meshanics. 

 East Lansing, Mich., duiie :W, V.YIO. 



llKVOilT OF THE J)J:i'AirrMENT OF EOJMO.STKY. 



The President, Michigan Agricultur-al C(dlege. 



Sir: 1 have the honor to submit the following re[iort for the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry for the year ending June rjO.'lDi'O. 



The work of instruction was carried on during the year as descril)e<l in 

 the college catalog. Mr. I'hillij) L. Buttrick was a]))»ointed Assistant 

 Professor of I'orestry on March 2."). I'rofessor Sanford Avas granted 

 leave of absence for six months beginning April 1. The teaching work 

 for the year was as follows: 



Number of Number of 



Clasvses Students 



A. K. rhitte!)den 11 274 



F. PI. Sanford T) ( Two terms) 09 



P. L. Buttrick :] ( One term ) 44 



The forest nuisery was operated as usnal, ])lanting stock amounting 

 to 1:10,000 trees having beeu shi]>ped during the year. Interest in 

 forest planting has increased greatl.y since the war. The highway plant- 

 ing l)ill which was ]>ass('d at the last session of the Legislature authorizes 

 the College to raise trees for higiiway jilanting in the State and we are, 

 therefore, extending the scojie of the nursery with the view of raising 

 larger deciduous trees tluiu heretofore, for this ]»urpose. Tree seed has 

 been very ditlicult to secure during the last few years and it A\ill be some 

 time before we have many trees suitable for highway ]danting. The 

 section of the nursery devoted to foreign trees was a<l<le<l to very jna- 

 terially <luiing Ihe year. Wv now have many trees from China, Russia and 

 other ((Miutries which have been given lo the Colh\ge by the Cniled 

 States Department of Agriculture. This feature of the nursery promises 

 to be of increasing interest as lime goes on. 



