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Station Farm near Mesa, the cooperative date orchard near Tempe, the 

 mtensively cultivated garden at Yuma and the dry-farms near Prescott 

 and Cochise, respectively. This organization of facilities affords not 

 only the advantage of affiliation with the general University organiza- 

 tion, but also affords wide contact with the diverse agriculture of the 

 State. 



As pointed out in the preceding paragraphs, the personnel of the 

 Station is small in proportion to the diversity of the agriculture which 

 it serves, and as opportvinity offers personnel should now be built up 

 in order to make the best use of the physical facilities available. At 

 this time particularly executive assistance is needed in order that sys- 

 tematic and thorough administration of the affairs of the College of 

 Agriculture and Experiment Station may be maintained. This is par- 

 ticularly true in connection with the outlying farms situated at a dis- 

 tance from the University Campus, which are increasing in the amount 

 and complexity of operations carried on. It is necessary in this con- 

 nection to maintain suitable records of work done, to install proper 

 systems of cost accounting in connection with crop demonstrations, to 

 keep track of public needs and wishes in connection with experiments 

 undertaken, and in other ways provide for the greatest pos'^ible useful- 

 ness and efficiency of this work. Within the campus itself there is the 

 same need for more time in which to study the requirements, the possi- 

 bilities of usefulness and the actual efficiency of departments of work. 

 These objects can only be obtained by means of assistance sought for, 

 a fact to which the attention of our authorities has been called both 

 in written reports and in verbal communications, for several years past. 

 In view of the opportunity for economic demonstrations of farm crops 

 which exists upon all of the farms at this time, it is recommended that 

 provision be made for the assistance mentioned along farm manage- 

 ment lines, and appointments to this effect are at this time urged. 

 Properly organized, such assistance will also relieve the scientific staff 

 of a good deal of executive work with which it is at this time burdened 

 and enable its members to devote themselves more eft'ectively to 

 research, teaching, and extension activities expected (.f them by the 

 agricultural public. 



PERSONNEL 



The personnel of the Agricultural Staff has remained substantially 

 the same during the year, but with several shifts between different de- 

 partments of service. 



