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the most efficacious remedies and preventions. The chief investiga- 

 tions conducted during the year 1906- 1907 by the Veterinary Col- 

 lege were as follows : 



In bacteriology and pathology important investigations on the agglutination 

 method of diagnosing glanders, experiments to ascertain the best disposition 

 of occult glanders, experiments on the Bang method of replacing tuber- 

 culous herds of cattle by sound ones raised from their own calves, investiga- 

 tions into the condition of the blood of animals suffering from particular 

 diseases, investigations into the nature of a series of epizootics of anthrax, 

 investigations on the treatment of glanders with opsonins, and investigations 

 into the causes and prevention of distemper in dogs : in materia medica 

 investigations into the physiologic action of drugs upon the circulation of the 

 horse and of the effect of specific drugs on the metabolism of the body, 

 investigations of antidotes to certain poisons and research into the therapeutic 

 action of drugs : in surgery the improvement and attesting of an operation for 

 roaring in horses, and investigations in chloroform anaesthesia of the horse : 

 in sanitary science experiments in the treatment of chronic glanders by means 

 of the serum of a cow. 



The main investigations conducted during the year 1906-1907 in 

 the College of Agriculture were as follows : 



In entomology the study of the joint worm of timothy grass, of the insect 

 pests of rhododendrons, of the minor pests of ornamental shrubs, of the 

 oyster-shell bark scale, of the life-history of the violet gall-fly in greenhouses, 

 and its methods of treatment : in plant-breeding the breeding of various 

 strains of timothy, brome grass selection, the development of different strains 

 of mangels and rutabagas, the substitution of root crops for silage, root-crop 

 production experiments, studies of vetch, clover, and alfalfa: in animal 

 husbandrj' beef production in New York State and the use of skimmed 

 milk for the production of pork : in agronomy factors that influence the 

 growth of clover, alfalfa and peas, an alfalfa survey to determine where 

 alfalfa will grow and how best to grow it, investigations of the hairy vetch 

 to determine what place this plant will occupy in New York agriculture, 

 and the influence of fertilizers on the yield and quality of timothy hay : in 

 horticulture investigations of the little peach disease, black rot of grapes and 

 diseases of beans, and an orchard survey of Niagara County : in poultry 

 husbandry experiments on the fertility of eggs and fowls and the feeding and 

 breeding of poultry : in plant pathology various investigations into the diseases 

 of plants, especially of grapes : in dairying experiments on the manufacture 

 of milk pnoducts, the making of sanitary milk and questions involved in the 

 handling of market milk : in soil investigations research into fundamental 

 questions in regard to soil fertility, the adaptation of crops to particular soils, 

 special methods of soil treatment, and a soil survey of Niagara County. 



Thirdly, by means of lectures, correspondence, and printed lessons 

 and Inilletins, it diffuses agricultural knowledge among the farmers 

 of the State and their families and teachers in the schools. This 

 extension work aims to help the farmers of the State to help them- 

 selves without ever leaving their farms. 



