DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 53 



The Plorticultural department is still handicapped by the lack of proper 

 facilities in offering instructional work, and we feel that these facilities must 

 be provided very shortly if this department is to maintain its enviable po- 

 sition throughout the country for the efficiency of its horticultural teaching 

 work and the success of its graduates. The past 3'ear the inefficiency of 

 our cold storage plant made it difficult for us to provide the proper supply 

 of fruits for classroom sturly, and also for storing fruit for exhibition purposes. 

 Our cold storage system has gone to pieces and the building itself is in such 

 poor condition that it does not seem feasible to expend the money required 

 to repair our cold storage system. In view of the fact that the department 

 has reason to expect a new horticultural building within the next few years, 

 when it is planned to have a cold storage as a part of the building, it seems 

 necessary to get along as best we can until this time arrives. We are handi- 

 capped also for proper laboratories to teach work along horticultural products 

 lines, and proper greenhouse facilities for teaching work in vegetable garden- 

 ing and floriculture. 



While these matters have been called to your attention in previous re- 

 ports, I wish to emphasize the fact that as time goes on the needs become 

 even more pressing, and therefore I must repeat the importance of providing 

 these facilities if the success and development of this department is to be 

 secured. 



It is a pleasure to report that the work of Associate Professor R. E. Mar- 

 shall; Assistant Professors Thomas Gunson, R. E. Loree and N. L. Partridge; 

 Extension Specialists, H. C. Moore and T. A. Farrand; and Miss Mary Rozema 

 has, as in the past, proved very efficient. The writer wishes to express his 

 appreciation for their support and cooperation in the work of the department. 



Very respectfully submitted, 



C. P. HALLIGAN. 

 Professor ofHorticulture. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1921. 



