THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 22 JUNE, 1894. NO. 5 



VxperiiT^ei^t ^tatioi^s, 1893. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



PROF. S. B. GREEX, SUPT. 



I have the pleasure and honor of presenting- you herewith the 

 annual report of the Horticultural Division of the Central Experi- 

 ment Station. Before referring- to the work of the Central Experi- 

 ment Station, I wish to call j^our attention to the very interesting- 

 and valuable work being- done by the experiment stations of this 

 society. I find the work of these stations very valuable to me in 

 experimental work and^ I believe, they are so to the whole state. I 

 wish that there was some way to devote more money to the develop- 

 ment of this work. It is well worthj' of it. 



The past season has been a very busy one at the Experiment Sta- 

 tion and School of Agriculture. Several changes have been made 

 in the personnel of the faculty' and station staff. Prof. Sinith resigned 

 his position as director and accepted the professorship of agricul- 

 ture at the Michigan Agricultural College. Dr. Graham decided to 

 further continue the study of medicine, and his place has been taken 

 by Dr. Reynolds. Prof. Hays has returned to the station, after an 

 absence of about eighteen months, to become ag-riculturist. Prof. 

 Shaw of Guelph. Ontario, has been added to the staff and takes the 

 position of professor of Animal Husbandrj-, and Prof. Haecker be- 

 comes professor of Dairy Husbandry. Prof. Pendergast, the prin- 

 cipal of the school, has left us, and his place is being filled by Prof. 

 Brewster. Mr. J. M. Drew of Rollingstone takes charge of the black- 

 smithing work, which is a new feature that has been recently added 

 to the manual training department. 



The school is prosperous beyond our most sanguine expectations, 

 there now being 136 students registered in it; and in the dairy 

 school, which is a department of the School of Agriculture, there 

 are now about sixty at work, making a total attendance of 19(3 stud- 

 ents. 



