SG 



To a great extent the materials supjjlied were the l)v-])r()(liicts 

 ol our researeh. These various cereals were ^towu in connection 

 \\-itli our in\-esti^ations, and surpUis material was secured. It is 

 noteworthy that such material has found a demand in connection 

 with the high school iiistruction in hotau)- and that it thus serves 

 a ver}- usetul purpose. 



Some ol the material to sup])lement what we had was ohtained 

 from other sources. Through the cooperation of the Oflice of 

 Cereal Crops and Di.seases, L'. S. JJepartment of Agriculture, we 

 obtained some sorghums from their Field Stations in Kansas and 

 Oklahoma; Dr. J.. R. WaUhdu of the North Dakota Agricultural 

 i'.xperiment Station sup])lie(l us with some fine material of Ku- 

 hanka and Alarcjuis wheats. \'arieties of corn were secured from 

 different growers, hut the hyhrids were grown at the Garden. 



]\espect full)- submitted, 



(!i<:oR(;j-. ~M. Rked, 

 Curator of Plant PathoIoQV. 



REPORT OF dddh: e UR ATOR Ol' bdJCM lAXTARV IX- 

 STRUCTION I' OR i(>'9 



Dr. C. Stuart O.vokk, Dirixtor. 



Sir: I hereby present the eighteenth amuial report from the De- 

 partment of Elementary Instruction under the following headings. 



Class Work 



This might well l)e dixided into four ])arts, as follows: A-isiting 

 classes, extension classes, children's Saturday classes, and chil- 

 dren's outdoor garden classes. 



Visiting Classes 



The work in our visiting classes for this season has been most 

 successful in respect to the ([uality of w'ork and the demand for 

 it. The attendance has been greatly reduced, due to the fact that 

 for several years we h;i\e ])Ut a strong em[)hasis on our desire 

 to have smaller numbers in grou])s, and to encourage groups 



