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with special reference to the chemical changes taking place during 

 incubation. 



(c) The work of this department consists largely in analyses 

 for other department-, and for the people of the State. During 

 the year 726 analyses were made, among them 254 of roots, 114 

 of soils, 109 of evaporated apples, 57 of eggs, etc. 



XV. Department of Rural Art. 



(a) The courses in this department are intended to bring to the 

 students from rural districts a finer appreciation of the beauty of 

 country scenes and a desire for more artistic surroundings for 

 tlieir homes. Attempt is made also to train the individual in land- 

 scape design. Teaching and drafting were done largely in the 

 rooms of the College of Architecture of the University, and their 

 excellent library has proved of great use to our students. Inspec- 

 tion trips to public and private parks throughout the State add to 

 the value of the courses offered. 



(c) There is room for considerable extension work in this de- 

 partment in the creation of better surroundings about our rural 

 schools and about the homes in rural communities. During the 

 coming year it is hoped to have one representative school in each 

 county of the State enter into an arrangement whereby upon their 

 promise to see to its execution we will make for them a plan show- 

 ing a well organized and an attracti\ c arrangement for their sur- 

 roundings. Lectures were given during the year on domestic and 

 civic improvement in Watertown, Ogdensburg, Canton, Depew, and 

 Buffalo, besides talks, lectures, and discussions at St. Lawrence 

 University and at the Grange meetings at Burke, N. Y. During the 

 year a bulletin upon shade trees was issued and met with a wide de- 

 mand. This year it is hoped to publish one or two bulletines on the 

 improvement of the home, both rural and suburban, fully illustrated 

 with plans and photographs. 



XVL Department of Draiving. 



(a) Heretofore instruction in drawing has been given in other 

 colleges of the University, but this year the department was given 

 quarters of its own. There were registered 147 students and the 

 instruction that was given to them will prove of practical use in 

 the scientific work of their agricultural course. Part of the work 

 of the department was along the line of preparing illustrations for 

 tlie college bulletins. 



