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ville, the latter assistants in the department, have all worked 

 untiringly and devotedly toward keeping the experimental 

 work to a standard of reliable efficiency. 



In resigning on October 1st, it was only with much reluct- 

 ance and in believing that a new field of opportunity lay 

 before me for effective work. The eleven years of my con- 

 nection with the college, during which time the horticultural 

 work was first started I trust is a beginning toward mak- 

 ing horticulture and forestry of ever greater importance 

 throughout the commonwealth of the old Granite State. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fred W. Taylor. 



November 1st, 1904-October 31st, 1905. 



I beg to submit the following summarized report on the 

 work of this department for the year ending July 1st, 1905 : 



I. Organization and Equipment. 



The position of farm foreman, which had been filled very 

 acceptably by Mr. Percy A. Campbell for two years, was 

 vacated September 1st, 1904, by his resignation, and re- 

 mained unfilled until April 1st, 1905, when Mr. F. A. Tink- 

 ham assumed charge. On September 1st Mr. W. R. Dew- 

 hurst of Nuneaton, England, was secured as herdsman. 

 Mr. Dewhurst resigned his position and returned to Eng- 

 land in May, 1905, Mr. D. B. Stevens, a graduate of the 

 Dairy School, taking his place. 



During the year a considerable amount of labor w^as 

 expended in laying out and establishing permanent plots for 

 experiment purposes. Four acres were laid out into one- 

 tenth acre plots with two-foot alley-ways betw^een them, and 



