20 EXPERLAIENT STATION. [Jan. 



erly be included under this head, because nothing is of greater 

 importance to the user of capital than the certainty of receiv- 

 ing a full return for its expenditure. There is now needed a 

 thorough investigation of methods of seed-testing and seed- 

 separation as a foundation for a just law controlling the sale 

 of agricultural seeds. Equally important as economic investi- 

 gations are those of ice-storage of garden vegetables and the 

 utilization of sur])Ius fruit and vegetables in various manu- 

 factured products with home or community facilities. 



Economical use of our agricultural resources and efficient 

 application of capital to their development require more or less 

 study of State conditions, viz., practices of successful farmers; 

 methods followed in milk-production, potato-growing, corn- 

 growing, fruit-growing and so forth ; relation between success 

 and location with respect to local markets, and location with 

 respect to transportation facilities ; and the relation between 

 social surroundings and agricultural prosperity. 



In planning these projects the station workers have had in 

 mind increasing the service of this institution in behalf of the 

 State for the ultimate development of every farm to a higher 

 state of productivity and the assurance to the farmer of a 

 greater prosperity. 



To execute these projects will require double the present in- 

 come of the experiment station, but the experiment station 

 neither b(\gs nor demands that this income be given it. It has 

 presented the subject to the people and is ready to serve them, 

 and will serve them to the utmost of its facilities. 



