4a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



W. S. Kroiit, M.A., was made field pathologist in April, and 

 will devote himself mainly to investigations of crop diseases as 

 they occur upon the farms and in the gardens of the State. 

 Mr. Krout, a graduate of Ohio State University, came to us 

 from the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station where he 

 had shown peculiar fitness for the line of work he is to follow 

 in this State. 



Stuart C. Vinal, M.Sc, who had for two years as graduate 

 assistant done valuable investigational work in entomology, was 

 made full assistant in the department in September, and is to 

 give his entire time to study of insect problems. 



Both Mr. Krout and Mr. Vinal will devote a considerable 

 share of their attention to the problems affecting our market- 

 garden interests. 



Other changes in station staff require no special comment, 

 though attention is called to the fact that resignations have in 

 the majority of cases been due to the offer of higher salaries in 

 other quarters. The salaries paid here, in subordinate positions 

 especially, are low, and unless they can be raised it will be in- 

 creasingly difficult to retain the services of good men. 



Appointments and resignations of graduate assistants are not 

 included as all such appointments are on a yearly basis, and 

 while one or two reappointments, where conditions warrant and 

 where acceptable, are the rule, these positions at best are 

 temporary. The following is a complete statement of all other 

 changes during the year. 



Resig7iatio7iS. 

 Miss Marcella C. Curry, A.B., Clerk, Department of Poultry Husbandry. 

 Miss Eleanor Barker, Clerk, Department of Horticulture. 

 Miss Grace B. Nutting, Ph.B., Curator, Department of Botany. 

 F. H. Hesselink van Suchtelen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology. 

 C. Theodore Buchholz, V.M.D., Assistant, Department of Veterinary 



>Science. 



Appointments. 



Miss Grace B. Nutting, Ph.B., Curator, Department of Botany. 

 Miss Ellen L. Welch, A.B., Stenographer, Department of Botany. 

 Robert S. Scull, B.Sc, Assistant, Department of Plant and Animal 



Chemistry. 

 Miss Rachael G. Leslie, Clerk, Department of Poultry Husbandry. 

 W. S. Krout, M.A., Field Pathologist, Department of Botany. 

 Miss Mae F. Holden, B.Sc, Curator, Department of Botany. 



