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November 30, 1908. 



The Governor of the State of New York, Albany, N. Y., 

 The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C, 

 The Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 

 The Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y.: 



The Act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, establishing Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Stations in connection with the Land Grant Colleges, 

 contains the following provision : " It shall be the duty of each of 

 said stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make 

 to the governor of the state or territory in which it is located, a full 

 and detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts 

 and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said 

 stations, to the said Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury of the United States." 



And the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, approved 

 April 12, 1906, providing for the administration of the New York 

 State College of Agriculture at Cornell University contains the fol- 

 lowing provision : " The said university shall expend such moneys 

 and use such property of the state in administering said college of 

 agriculture a^ above provided, and shall report to the commissioner 

 of agriculture in each year on or before the first day of December, a 

 detailed statement of such expenditures and of the general operations 

 of the said college of agriculture for the year ending the thirtieth 

 day of September then next preceding." 



In conformity with these mandates I have the honor to submit on 

 >^ behalf of Cornell University the following report: 



^ The dedication of the new buildings of the College of Agriculture 



»^^ made the year 1906-1907 a memorable one in the history of agricul- 



^ tural education in the State of New York. Accordingly in the Report 



for that year the whole subject was discussed at considerable length 



by the President as well as by the Director. It was recognized that 



the age called for cultivated intelligence and scientific methods in all 



branches of agriculture. The agricultural condition of the State was 



,^ described as well as the efforts which the College of Agriculture was 



^"\naking to improve that condition. The liberal appropriations made 



O^by the last Legislature enable the College to continue and augment 



CTJthose efforts. Besides the regular fund g1 *^i 50,000 for maintenance 



in the appropriation bill, the supply bill carried special appropriations 



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