118 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Through the friendly cooperation of amateur and professional botanists, 

 many additions have been made to the known flora of the State, and to the 

 knowledge of the distribution of plants within the State borders. 



At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and affiliated societies at Chicago in December, the Department of Botany was 

 represented bj^ eight of its members, papers being presented by five. At the 

 Michigan Academj^ of Science meeting in April, papers were presented by five 

 from this department. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 E. A. BESSEY, 



Professor of Botany. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1921. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, 

 East Lansing, Michigan. 



Dear Sir : 



I have the honor to submit the following report on the work of the Depart- 

 ment of Chemistry for the year ending June 30, 1921. 



The teaching staff for the year was as follows : 



A. J. Clark, Professor. 



R, C. Huston, Associate professor. 

 H. S. Reed, Associate professor. 



B. E. Hartsuch, Associate professor. 



D. T. Ewing, Assistant professor. 

 H. L. Publow, Assistant professor. 

 P. S. Brundage, Assistant professor. 



C. D. Ball, Instructor. 



E. F. Eldridge, Instructor. 

 H. C. Lange, Instructor. 



H. D. Lightbod}', Instructor. 

 W. C. Lewis, Instructor. 

 H. J. Walker, Instructor. 

 R. L. Baxter, Instructor. 

 H. M. Krebs, Instructor. 



It has been verj' gratifying to have such an enthusiastic and loyal grouj) 

 of men on the staff. The success of the department isjargel}^ due to the fine 

 spirit of cooperation shown by every member of the force. During the year 

 Professor Ewing received the Ph.D. degree from, the University of Chicago. 

 A number of the other men in the department are pursuing graduate study 

 at various universities, and I believe this is of great importance in keeping 

 the department work on a high plane. 



The department is working under two serious handicaps. First, the fact 

 that the work of the department is scattered among four different imildings. 

 To keep the department a well organized unit, under these conditions, is 

 difficult. Second, with all the space made available by this scattering, we 

 are obliged to place as high as three different lines of work in one laboratory. 



