16 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



6. Summary. 

 Needs for land, buildings and equipment : — 



Land, $25,000 



Buildings, 48,450 



Increases in equipment, 15,000 



Total (for five years), $88,450 



Increases in annual appropriations : — 



Annual support, $30,500 



Annual salaries, 40,000 



Total (at the end of five years), $70,500 



Work for Private Individuals. 



A full discussion of the general policy of the station as re- 

 gards work for private individuals will be found in the twenty- 

 sixth annual report. This policy may be very briefly sum- 

 marized as follows: — 



The experiment station is supported by public funds. It is a 

 public institution and expected to work in the interest of the 

 public. It should be, therefore, and is contrary to its general 

 policy to undertake work for individuals which has neither gen- 

 eral agricultural nor public interest. Such work, therefore, will 

 never be undertaken unless the right of publication and dis- 

 cussion of results is fully conceded. 



Although the general policy is as stated, there are two lines of 

 work for individuals which we now accept in which this general 

 rule is not strictly applied, viz., determination of fat and solids 

 in milk and cream, and determination of the lime requirement 

 in soils. The results of this kind of work for individuals clearly 

 do not have general public interest. We, for the present, how- 

 ever, accept this work and do it without charge, for the reason 

 that it is believed it will favor progress in directions where it is 

 greatly needed. Milk and cream are examined in the interest of 

 improvement in the quality of our dairy stock and improved 

 dairy practice; the lime requirement of soils is determined in 

 the belief that a more general judicious use of lime will consti- 

 tute a basis for much more satisfactory returns with most of 

 our farm and garden crops. For the present, therefore, these 



