EXPERIMKNT STATION IlEPORTS. 



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Rl':iM)RT OF THE DIRECTOR AND AGRICULTURIST. 



To the President: 



There have been issued during the year ending June 30, 1905, the fol- 

 lowing bulletins: 



It is pleasant to report that there have been few changes in the station 

 staff during the year. Prof. B. 0. Longyear resigned as botanist of the 

 station in midsummer 1904, to undertake similar work in Colorado. Mr. 

 Longyear brought to the work of the station a mind well equipped with a 

 knowledge of systematic botany and histolog)^ and a thorough training in 

 station methods. He had the investigation well in hand when he was 

 called to a better position in Colorado. Mr. Longyear was associated with 

 this college and station for a great many years. He has performed the 

 work which fell to his department with precision, accuracy and enthusiasm. 

 His study of edible fungi was especiijlly conspicuous not alone for its im- 

 mediate practical value but for the addition it has given to our knowledge 

 of this interesting class of plants. 



Prof. Floyd W. Robison resigned as chemist of the station in April, 1905, 

 to become state analyst and chemist of the State Dairy and Food Com- 

 mission. I wish to record here our appreciation of the ability and enthusi- 

 asm of Professor Robison. He came to us from the noted Columbus Lab- 

 oratory of Chicago in which he had done most excellent service for several 

 years since his graduation. His work at this station was characterized 

 by originality and initiative as well as by accuracy and faithfulness in exe- 

 cution. While his connection with the Dairy and Food Commission will 

 assure the state that it is not to lose his services, his departure from the 

 college will be a distinct loss to this institution. 



As his successor, Andrew J. Patten of the Geneva, N. Y. Station has 

 been selected. 



