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vania. Experiments have been begun by Professor Warren to de- 

 termine, if ])ossiblc, the cause and remedy of these defects. Ac- 

 cording to arrangements which have received your approval, this 

 survey is to he continued under the immecHate (hrection of Paul J. 

 White. 



IV. New Quarters and Equipment. 



On December 6, 1906, the Department of Agronomy began mov- 

 ing into the new agronomy building, the westernmost of the group 

 of buildings constructed for the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture. The first lecture was delivered in the building by Professor 

 Stone to a class of winter-course students on December 10, 1906. 



This building is approximately 52 x no feet, and is four stories 

 high, contains 23 rooms and has, including hallways, about 15,000 

 square feet of floor space. 



The first or basement floor is used for instruction in agricultural 

 machinery and will accommodate about 30 students in a section. 



The second or office floor contains 6 offices, 2 class rooms, each 

 with a seating capacity of about 60 persons, and a small laboratory 

 with two small connecting rooms for supplies. This laboratory 

 has 24 desks and is so arranged that by dividing the classes into four 

 sections 96 students may be given instruction in either term. 



The third or laboratory floor contains a farm crops laboratory 

 48 X 60 feet, fitted with 48 desks, so arranged that by dividing a 

 class into two sections 96 students may receive instruction during 

 either term. The room is also fitted with additional drawer space 

 so that an additional drawer may be assigned to each student. It 

 is the plan of the department to be able to supply each student with 

 a desk and a locker, and thus give him a department home in which 

 he may do his work. 



The fourth or attic floor contains an office and working museum 

 or room for the storage of materials, and a laboratory for advanced 

 students. The office and the room for advanced students has been 

 temporarily assigned to Dr. H. J. Webber, Professor of Experi- 

 mental Plant Biology. 



The equipment for this building is going into place and when 

 completed will ofl^or op])ortunity to give instruction not only for 

 agriculture and in agriculture but also by agriculture, which. I take 

 it, is the next step in the evolution of agricultural instruction. 



During the year, Sibley College, through the courtesy of Director 

 Smith, presented to this college a collection of fibres and other 

 tropical products along with a substantial case in which to keep 

 them. This collection consists of good specimens of the principal 



