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asparagiis and the cranberry, and the specific effects of certain 

 fertilizer chemicals upon the soil, in which he has been engaged 

 for the past few years. 



The station has been fortnnate in retaining the services of 

 all the senior members of its staff. This has been strengthened 

 and the scope of its work increased by the appointment on Feb- 

 ruary 1 of H. D. Goodale, Ph.D., as research biologist in the 

 poultry department. Other new appointments in the same de- 

 partment are Mr. J, W. Sayer, foreman, Mary E. Kingsbury 

 and Fay L. Milton as clerks, the latter replacing Miss Kings- 

 bury in September. An added assistant was rendered necessary 

 by the increase in the amount of work connected with the in- 

 spection of commercial fertilizers, and W. S. Frost, B.Sc, of 

 Tufts Coljege, was appointed assistant chemist. John B. Nor- 

 ton, B.Sc, University of Vermont, was appointed to the va- 

 cancy as gTaduate assistant in horticulture in May. Miss Lina 

 E. Fisher, who had given one-half her time to the clerical work 

 of the department of chemistry, was transferred in October to 

 the chemical department of the college, her place being taken 

 by Miss Rebecca L. Mellor, who similarly gives one-half her 

 time to the clerical work of the department of chemistry. Mr. 

 James C. Reed, who for several years had served as assistant, 

 a considerable portion of the time in the research section, re- 

 signed in June to accept a position as chemist in connection 

 with the manufacture of commercial feeds. His place was 

 filled by the appointment of Mr. J. P. Buckley, who had taken 

 courses of study in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



Geo. H. Chapman, research vegetable physiologist and pathol- 

 ogist, was granted eight months leave of absence, beginning 

 September 1. Mr. Chapman will spend most of his time in 

 study abroad. Orton L. Clark, B.Sc, was at the same time 

 employed in the department, and is engaged in important lines 

 of research. 



Maintenance.. 

 At the beginning of the fiscal year, Dec. 1, 1912, the increase 

 in the State appropriation for the support of the experiment 

 station from $10,.500, at which figure it had stood for many 



