DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION. S? 



Mr. Hubert Dana Goodale, formerly with Mr. B. B. Horton, at his experi- 

 mental farm "Oakwood," Stamford, Connecticut, has been appointed to 

 carry out various breeding experiments with poultry. 



During the past summer Dr. Shull was ably assisted by Mr. Eugene E. 

 Barker, who recorded data and made crosses, especially in maize and poppies. 



CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT. 



Since the last report of this Department there have been built at Goose 

 Island a small shelter of stone in concrete and a stone pier. These were 

 erected upon the suggestion of Air. Cleveland H. Dodge, who also furnished 

 the funds. The windows are barred with steel rods and the outer doors are 

 of iron. The shelter is furnished with two cots, a few chairs, a collapsible 

 boat, and a kitchen outfit, so that it can be used by one or two persons who 

 need to spend the night. It was so used during the summer by Dr. Hatai. 

 The pier is 70 feet long by 6 feet wide and is built of the stones of the outer 

 beach, partly laid in cement. 



A glass-covered extension on the north side of the main building was com- 

 pleted during the winter and spring. This affords a means of comparing 

 the development of animals in the light and dark under otherwise similar 

 conditions. Concrete tanks were installed on the floor of this extension. 



For some time in the main building we have been crowded for room. It 

 became absolutely necessary to have a building that could be used for 

 chemical studies on mammals and for operating upon them, and it was 

 finally decided to move all breeding animals to a new building, relieving the 

 main building of the dirt that is inseparable from their culture and allowing 

 expansion in it of the space available for records and their study. Plans 

 were drawn by Mr, Robert W. Gardner, architect, for such a building, but 

 from lack of funds a beginning has been made upon only a small portion. 

 It is hoped that we may be able to complete the building during the coming 

 year. 



