REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



To the President of Cornell University: 



Sir. — I submit herewith a summary report of the work of the 

 New York State College of Agriculture for the year ended Septem- 

 ber 30, 1907. The year is signalized by the occupancy, near the 

 close of the year, of the new buildings erected by the State, which 

 are now nearly completed. The Animal Husbandry building is not 

 yet occupied. The forthcoming college year will see the buildings 

 all completed and the equipment installed; and the buildings and 

 their contents will represent a total investment of about $400,000. 

 These buildings house all the departments of the College except 

 the Poultry Department, Agricultural Chemistry, and, for the time 

 being at least, some of the work of the Rural Art. The poultry 

 work is established in buildings not erected by the State and which 

 are wholly inadequate for the important and growing work of the 

 Department. The Agricultural Chemistry is established in Morse 

 Hall, where it might properly remain if the facilities were ample; 

 but, as a matter of fact, the room that is available is not sufficient 

 to allow of much growth, and the question must soon be raised as 

 to how this fundamental work is to be provided for. The Horticul- 

 tural Department still does its glasshouse work in the old forcing 

 houses, which are antiquated and now far removed from the main 

 buildings. A set of modern glasshouses is now the most needed 

 of any proposed buildings not already provided for; and I recom- 

 mend that the incoming Legislature be apprised of this fact. The 

 glasshouses are needed by the departments of Horticulture (includ- 

 ing floriculture). Entomology, Plant Pathology, Nature-Study, and 

 the various departments that are associated with the agronomical 

 and plant-breeding groups. 



The new buildings give every promise of being perfectly adapted 

 to their work, and they are a source of much satisfaction to us all. 

 The quarters of every department will be speedily outgrown, how- 

 ever, if the departments meet the demands that the agricultural 

 interests are making. The buildings were dedicated April 27, 1907, 

 by the Governor of the State. It is assumed that the State of New 

 York, entering on the undertaking of establishing and maintaining 

 a college of agriculture, desires to have an institution that will be 

 thoroughly eflfective and in every way worthy of the State. It be- 



