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suppression of destructive insect pests, demand and receive attention. 

 In connection with all of these problems those of irrigation are more 

 or less important and must be considered. The director, relieved now 

 in a measure from the unusual burden of reorganizing the station, 

 proposes to give more time to investigations bearing on the accurate 

 determination of the duty of water in irrigation, and to undertake scien- 

 tific investigations of the water requirements of specific plants under 

 different climatic and soil conditions. This is an important line of 

 work, and one which the Colorado Station is in an excellent position 

 to undertake. With the growth of agricultural interests in Colorado 

 and the development of the agricultural college there is increasing 

 need of additional funds for the work of the station, and it is hoped 

 the State will shortly supplement the national funds for this purpose. 



CONNECTICUT. 



The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



State Board of Control: Governor George P. McLean (Pres.), Hartford; W. H. 

 Brewer (Sec), New Haven; E. H. Jenkins (Treas.), New Haven; W. O. At water, Mid- 

 dletown; Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan; J. H. Webb, Box 1425, New Haven; T. S. Gold, 

 West Cornwall; B. W. Collins, Meriden. 



STATION STAFF. 



E. H. Jenkins, Ph. D., Dir. Miss V. E. Cole, Libr. and Clerk. 



A. L. Winton, Ph. B., Chem. Miss L. M. Brautlecht, Asst. Clerk. 



T. B. Osborne, Ph. D., Chem. William Vietch, In Charge of Buildings 



A. W. Ogden, Ph. B., Chem. and Grounds. 



M. Silverman, Ph. B., Chem. Hugo Lange, Lab. Asst. 



I. F. Harris, Ph. B., Chem. William Pokrob, Lab. Asst. 



W. E. Britton, B. S., Hort. and State Ent. J. B. Olcott, Grass Gardener (South Man- 



Walter Mulford, B. F., In Charge of For- Chester), 



estry Work and State Lor. V. L. Churchill, Sampling Agent. 



LINE OF WORK. 



The Connecticut State Station during the past year has continued 

 lines of work f crmerly established, and inaugurated some new investi- 

 gations. The study of vegetable proteids has been continued, as 

 have also studies of the availability of organic nitrogen in various 

 forms by means of pot experiments with Hungarian grass and redtop 

 grass; forcing-house experiments with tomatoes; experiments in graft- 

 ing chestnuts; forestry experiments for the utilization of wastelands; 

 spraying experiments; study of diseases of vegetables; tobacco inves- 

 tigations; seed testing; and the analysis and control of fertilizers, 

 foods, and feeding stuffs. In connection with the fertilizer and food 

 inspection the station chemists have analyzed a large number of sam- 



