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especially susceptible to scientific aid. This is shown, for instance, 

 by the present relations of the Station to the control of commercial 

 dairying, the use of spraying mixtures and other means for control- 

 ling injurious insects and fungi, the study of fertility and feeding 

 problems, the investigation of horticultural problems and aid given 

 in the purchase of fertilizers and feeding stuffs. 



It is further shown by the fact that experiments have been carried 

 on or are planned in 29 localities outside the Station laboratories and 

 farm during the past two years. These experiments have included 

 the use of cover crops, systems of managing apple orchards, the 

 relative value of certain stocks for grape production, the commercial 

 value of dwarf apple orchards, studies of the fertility of grapes, 

 profits from shading strawberries, value of foreign varieties of chest- 

 nuts, financial results from spraying potatoes, prevention of certain 

 cabbage diseases, prevention of red spot or rust in cheese, control 

 of the San Jose scale and studies of certain troubles in canning peas. 



Moreover, cooperative work in several lines has been carried on 

 with the United States Department of Agriculture, notably in ascer- 

 taining the possibilities of producing high grade sugar beet seed in 

 this State, in testing new forage crops, in studying the value of a 

 large number of varieties of apples for cold storage purposes and 

 in ascertaining the financial outcome of cold storage of cheese com- 

 bined with the paraffining process. 



The financial value of experiment station work. — It is not easy to 

 express this value in exact terms. That it is far greater than the 

 cost of the Station can easily be made evident, however. 



There are 226,000 farms in New York. If the Station makes 

 possible one dollar more profit yearly on each farm, the institution 

 is a profitable investment. That intelligent farmers are helped many 

 times this amount cannot be successfully questioned. We should 

 consider, for instance, what our condition would be if there was no 

 systematic study of the great problems of fertility and of plant and 

 animal life, if we had no defence against the diseases and insects that 



