1145" - Report of THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
while it does not appear in either bulletins or reports, and yetitis 
perhaps the most immediately useful work which the Station ¢ can 
perform for agriculture. o 
There have also been distributed from the Station two addeasaed 
the one upon “ How to Make Dairying More Profitable,” and the 
other upon “ The. Future of Agriculture,’ besides several circulars | 
concerning the work of the Station or upon other matters of 
general interest to our farmers. . 
While, therefore, reasonable effort has been made, according to. 
our means, to publish the results of our work, the increased _ 
demand which has of late years arisen, for information relating to 
each of the varied agricultural interests of the State, calls for — 
greatly increased facilities for meeting these most reasonable — 
demands. . a 
It is also to be considered that the Empire State, large as it 1 is) 
in actual area, has within its borders a diversity of agricultural — 
interests, greater perhaps by far than any other State in the Union, 
and each of these interests are bristling with practical problems 
which for their solution require months, or it may be years, of 
patient, careful research. Such is the precise work for which, at 
least, this Station was wisely established, “for the purpose of | 
promoting every branch of agriculture by scientific investigation 
and experiment,’ and in the performance of this duty, by law 
devolving upon this Station, there is urgent need uf very great 4 
Paiens to the present resources of the Station, both in men 
,competent to carry forward the work of investigation and of money _ 
with which to provide them with their necessary equipment eat 
laboratories, libraries and apparatus. 
GIFTS TO THE STATION. 
January 8. Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind., cions of the. 
Ronk apple. 
January 20. Tennessee Ee pererd Station, Knoxville, Tea 
tubers of New Queen, Early Ohio and Illinois potatoes. i 
January 23. W. Atlee, Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., a co 
lection of vegetable seeds and twenty-four plants of Burpee 
Louise strawberry. 
