viii Report of the President. 



possible any save the most inadequate representation of the 

 variety, extent, and importance of the work of the College and 

 the Experiment Station. A more complete description of it 

 is contained in the accompanying reports of the Director 

 and the heads of the several departments which I beg you to 

 consider an integral part of this report. And for your further 

 information there are appended, besides the statements of finan- 

 cial expenditures required by law, the series of bulletins of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station for the year, Nos. 259 to 269 

 inclusive, the Agricultural Experiment Station circulars, 

 Nos. 4 to 7 inclusive, the Cornell Reading-Course for Farmers 

 leaflets. Series IX, Nos. 41 to 45 inclusive, the Cornell Reading- 

 Course for Farmers' Wives leaflets. New Series i, Nos. i to 4 

 inclusive, the Home Nature-Study Course leaflets. New Series, 

 Vol. V, Nos. I to 4 inclusive, and the Cornell Rural School 

 leaflets. Vol. II, Nos. i to 9 inclusive, — in itself an imposing 

 and instructive exhibit of the extent and variety of the practical 

 work done by the College for farming and the farmer. 



The success of the College has been due to the State's appre- 

 ciation of the importance of agricultural education and the 

 provision it has made for furnishing it, but the active agents 

 in achieving such success have been the Director and the Fac- 

 ulty of the College, who have brought to the work a fund of 

 energy, enthusiasm, mental ability, scientific attainment, peda- 

 gogical skill and devotion not surpassed in any other agricul- 

 tural school in the country. Director Bailey is undoubtedly the 

 foremost professor and director of agricultural work in Amer- 

 ica — at once an eminent scientist, a stimulating teacher, a bril- 

 liant popularizer, and an enthusiastic and inspiring leader. He 

 is enjoying well earned rest in the year 1909-1910, for which 

 the Trustees of the University have voted him a sabbatic leave. 

 Herbert John Webber. Professor of Experimental Plant Breed- 

 ing, has been appointed Acting Director for the year. 



So rapid and so extensive has been the success of the College 

 that enlargement on a vast scale has become an absolute neces- 

 sity. In the words of Director Bailey, " We are now face to 

 face with the problem either of developing space and equip- 

 ment in the College of Agriculture or limiting the number of 

 students who shall be received." 



Registration in the College has grown steadily and rapidly 

 since it became a State institution. The following table shows 



