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are evidences that liere, too, as at the AValthani Field Station, there is a 

 gradual trend toward research from work of a largely demonstrationnl 

 nature. 



The added facilities provided with the completion of the well-equipped 

 horticultural manufactures building on the College campus makes possible 

 a high qualitj' of research work in this field. As a result the program of 

 investigation is being gradually enlarged to include products not heretofore 

 studied. 



There is also in evidence the development of an interest on the part of 

 commercial agencies to provide the Experiment Station with financial 

 support for research in specific fields. Several cooperative projects sup- 

 ported by funds from this source are already under way. This develop- 

 ment up to the present has proved very satisfactory both from the stand- 

 point of the donors and of the public whom we are primarily organized 

 to serve, and it is hoped to encourage these relationships. 



The reorganization of the Graduate School in July, 1930, whereby its 

 administration was transferred to the Director of the Experiment Station, 

 should prove of advantage to both of these units which are organized so 

 directly aroimd a research program. Many phases of regularly approved 

 Experiment Station projects lend themselves very effectively to graduate 

 study, and already several students are working on such assignments for 

 credit toward an advanced degree. 



With the strengthening of the Extension Service program, many of the 

 activities previously considered essential in the Experiment Station are 

 gradually requiring less emphasis. This is evidenced especially in field 

 work as conducted by the departments of agronomy and pomology. Many 

 so-called investigations, which in reality are demonstrations, are being 

 taken over by the Extension Service, where they rightly belong, thus pro- 

 viding the research men in these fields time for better controlled 

 and more basic studies. Changes in this direction should of necessity be 

 slow, but present trends indicate that they are also sure — a very encour- 

 aging sign of progress. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



Alexander E. Cance in Charge 



Consumer Demand for Eggs. (Lorian P. Jefferson). The collection of 

 data for this study is largely completed. General tabulations have been 

 made but no attempt to draw conclusions as yet. The study looks to a 

 determination of the demand for different grades of eggs, the proportion 

 of grades handled, the opportunity for the local producer in local markets, 

 and the differences between demand in different markets. 



The Economic Worth to Growers of Different Varieties of Apples. 

 (Lorian P. Jefferson). This study is still under way, having been planned 

 to cover at least five years. Obviously no conclusions can be drawn until 

 the end of the period. 



Competition Between Apples and Other Fruits. (Lorian P. Jefferson). 

 The study, involving many statistical correlations, actually reveals little 

 direct competition between apples and any other of the most common fruits. 



