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in proportion to the increased need for information shown 

 by the farmers of Alabama. With an ample printing fund, 

 much wider publicity could be given to the fact that these 

 l>ulletins are intended for every farmer in Alabama; and 

 :bulletins could be published on a wider range of subjects 

 i;han at i)resent. In many states a state appropriation 

 j<ii])plements the printing fund of the Experiment Station, 

 so as to provide for the widest possible dissemination of 

 agricultural information. 



Staff. 



The following changes in the staff have occurred during 

 the past year: 



During the latter half of the year the Assistant in Hor- 

 ticulture, P. F. Williams, has discharged the duties of Act- 

 ing Horticulturist, in the absence of Prof. R. S, Mackintosli, 

 who was granted a year's leave of absence. To supply the 

 position of Acting Assistant in Horticulture, J. C. Price, 

 a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was ap- 

 pointed. 



L. N. Duncan, formerly Assistant in Agriculture, was 

 promoted to the position of Professor of School Agricul- 

 ture and Agent of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 His place in Station work was taken by M. J. Funchess, a 

 ^^raduate of Clemson College, S. C, and a post-graduate 

 student of the Uni\ner'sity of Wisconsin. 



C. S. Ridg■^vay, a graduate of the Maryland Agricultural 

 College, and a post-graduate student of Johns Hopkins 

 University, was appointed Assistant in Botany. 



Agricultural Department. 



Because of the need of frequent repetition of field experi- 

 ments, the work of this dei)artment has been chiefly a con- 

 tinuation of work previously reported as in progress. The 

 -most extensive single lines of investigation are plant breed- 

 zing experiments with cotton, corn, and oats. These are 

 Tsnpported by the Adams Fund from the Federal Govern- 

 ment. A requirement of all investigations under this fund 

 is that thev look to the establishment of fundamental 



