426 Twenty-Second Annual Report of the 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



I recommend for your consideration and approval the follow- 

 ing matters : 



1. The adoption of the budget for presentation to the State 

 Comptroller and Legislature by November 1, 1915, as required by 

 the Finance Law. This includes one increase in salary, that of 

 Miss I. C. Ogden from $720 to $840 per annum. 



2. The appointment of Mr. Chauncey E. Hart of the class of 

 1914 to the position of assistant in dairying, which position was 

 approved by your Board at the last annual meeting, at a salary 

 not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month. 



3. The appointment of the Madison County farm bureau agent 

 to the extension staff of the School, at a yearly salary not to exceed 

 two hundred and fifty dollars, office room, stenographic help, and 

 the assistance of the school's teachers to be at his service, provided 

 that a farm bureau association be formed in Madison County, and 

 that such association is willing to enter into a cooperative agree- 

 ment with this institution with reference to the use of the privi- 

 leges just mentioned and to the service of the farm bureau agent 

 in the extension work of the school in this and adjoining counties, 

 in cooperation with the farm bureau agents of those counties. 



4. The authorization of the Director to enter into reciprocal 

 relations with the Board of Trustees of the local high school, 

 whereby that school shall teach such subjects as may be necessary 

 for students from this School to pursue in order to attain sufficient 

 credits for college entrance, this School to give to the students of 

 the high school such work as may be needed to complete credits 

 in the vocational subjects as are a part of the curriculum of this 

 institution. 



5. That the Director purchase, with the approval of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, such equipment as may be necessary for the fores- 

 try work. 



6. A cooperative agreement with a State college of forestry to 

 secure expert help and advice in planning and executing the fores- 

 trv work on the JSTewton tract. 



