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years it became ap})areiit that superior economy in tlie admin- 

 istrative work of the Massachusetts stations might be secured 

 shoidd both come under one organization. An act of the 

 Legislature was secured, uniting the State station with the 

 Hatch station, and under the hitter name. The use of this 

 name has been attended with numerous minor disadvantages. 

 The reason for its adoption is not generally understood. It 

 is contrary to the custom in other States to give the stations 

 a special name ; in all other States the station is known by the 

 name of the State. It has therefore seemed best to conform 

 to this general practice, and the name of this station by act 

 of the Legislature recently secured has been changed to the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Changes in Staff. 



No very important changes in the general policy of the 

 station have been made during the year, and yet it has been 

 a year of progress. The station has been fortunate in re- 

 taining the services of all the heads of its various divisions, 

 and in June last the scope of its work was extended through 

 the establishment of a division of veterinary science, of which 

 Dr. James B. Paige was made the head. 



A considerable number of minor changes in the station 

 staff have been made necessary, owing to the fact that assist- 

 ants in various departments have left us to take positions of 

 greater responsibility and emolument. These changes have 

 been as follows : — 



E. S. Fulton, B.S., in place of F. R. Church, B.S. 



E. F. Gaskill, B.S., appointed assistant agriculturist, in place of 

 S. B. Haskell, B.S. 



Howard S. Parsons, dairy tester, in place of Sumner R. Par- 

 ker, B.S. 



Charles P. Halligan, B.S., assistant horticulturist, in place of 

 Walter B. Hatch, B.S. 



Lewell S. Walker, B.S., assistant chemist, in place of Arthur 

 C. Whittier, B.S. 



W. K. Hepburn, inspector, in place of Frank G. Helyar, B.S. 



T. A. Barry, obsen-er, in place of C. H. Chadwick. 



