lo Report of the President. 



The following figures show the extension work of the College of 

 Agriculture during the year 1906-1907: number of readers in the 

 farmers' reading course, 2,855 5 number of readers in the farmers' 

 wives' reading course, 21,867; number of children in the junior 

 naturalist clubs, 18,966; number of teachers in correspondence, 

 2,655; number of co-operative experiments, 517; number of experi- 

 menters, 300; number of experimental plats, 2,000; number of 

 counties in which the experiments were carried on, 55 ; number of 

 bulletins issued, 14. 



The most memorable event of the year was the formal dedication 

 of the new buildings for the State College of Agriculture, which 

 was honored by the presence and inspired by the address of Gov- 

 ernor Hughes. Impressive addresses were also made by ex- 

 Governor Bachelder, Master of the National Grange, General 

 Woodford, who represented the State at the opening of the Univer- 

 sity in 1868, and Professor L. H. Bailey, the Director of the College. 

 Another very significant event was the unsolicited and unexpected 

 donation to the University of $30,000 for the foundation of five 

 scholarships in agriculture by Dr. Charles H. Roberts, of Oakes, 

 Ulster County, New York, who by the aid of scholarships was in 

 his youth enabled to pursue the study of medicine. These scholar- 

 ships have been designated by the trustees " The Charles H. Roberts 

 Scholarships." 



Fuller details regarding the work, needs, and plans of the New 

 York State College of Agriculture will be found in the following 

 report of the Director of the College of Agriculture, which, as will 

 be seen, is supplemented by reports from the heads of the larger 

 departments of the College regarding the work falling especially 

 under their charge. 



The Legislature has generously voted appropriations for the es- 

 tablishment and maintenance of the New York State College of 

 Agriculture. To it Cornell University also makes important con- 

 tributions from its own treasury. The State has also charged 

 Cornell University with the duty of administering the College. And 

 the president and trustees of the University are, with the hearty 

 and effective co-operation of the director and faculty of the College, 

 bending every energy to bring technical knowledge and scientific 

 method to the aid of the farmers, to cultivate an intelligent under- 

 standing of farming in all its phases, and to advance the general 

 agricultural interests of the State. Kespectfully submitted, 



J. G. SCHURMAN. 

 President of Cornell University. 



