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operation with the Allegany County Farm Bureau and the 

 Allegany County Pomona Grange, was held at the School on 

 August 17. 



More or less extension work in the form of lectures and demon- 

 strations before granges and farmers' organizations outside the 

 school has been done by practically every member of the faculty, 

 more than sixty addresses having been given before over seven 

 thousand people. 



SHORT WINTER TERM 



The short winter term has become a regular feature of the school 

 work. Three separate short-term courses are now offered, one in 

 General Agriculture, one in Dairying and one in Poultry and 

 Fruit Growing. The extent of this course has increased until it is 

 necessary to secure an additional instructor for the winter months. 



NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL 



For the past two years three distinct needs of the school have 

 been pointed out: 



1. A three-story laboratory and demonstration building. 



2. A house practice cottage for the Home Economics Depart- 

 ment. 



3. An addition to the greenhouse to provide necessary room for 

 laboratory work. 



The need for the last two is as great, and in fact greater than 

 in past years, but the present crowded condition of the labora- 

 tories makes it imperative that more laboratory facilities be pro- 

 vided. For this reason I especially urge this year that steps be 

 taken to secure the necessary funds to purchase a site and to erect 

 a suitable laboratory building to provide room for laboratory 

 classes in chemistry, physics, farm machinery, and woodworking; 

 also suitable lecture rooms and an auditorium of sufficient ca- 

 pacity to seat the entire student body and in which lectures and 

 demonstrations of interest to the farming people of the community 

 may be held. Such a building and site could probably be provided 

 for approximately $45,000. 



In conclusion I can but express my appreciation for the hearty 

 co-operation of the board of managers, faculty, and students, and 



