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Station and College, and must have a detrimental effect, particularly upon 

 the work of the Station, it is gratifying to know that these many changes 

 were not due to dissatisfaction on the part of those leaving the Institution, 

 but owing to the fact that they are to receive in these new positions larger 

 remuneration for their services as well as larger opportunities. The experi- 

 ence of the station in losing so many good men only serves to emphasize 

 the necessity of being able to more nearly meet the salaries paid by other 

 similar Institutions and by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



The positions made vacant by the above named resignations have been 

 filled as follows: 



Dr. O. R. Butler, formerly connected with the University of Wisconsin, 

 was elected as Botanist to the Station and Professor of Botany in the College. 



Prof. J. G. Gourley, formerly connected with the Extension Service of the 

 Ohio State University, was appointed Horticulturist to the Station and Pro- 

 fessor of Horticulture in the College. 



Mr. J. M. Jones, graduate of the University of Wyoming and M. A. of the 

 University of Missouri, was elected as Animal Husbandman to the Station. 

 Mr. Jones will continue the sheep breeding investigations. 



Mr. Frank App, connected with the Extension Service of the Pennsylvania 

 State College, was elected Assistant Agronomist. 



Administration. 



There has been no marked change in the general policy respecting the 

 Station work during the period covered by this report. The general work 

 of the Station has been conducted along lines much the same as heretofore. 



There has been an attempt made to separate more distinctly than formerly 

 the time of instructors and investigators devoted to College and Station 

 work. By such a plan it was believed that more effective work would be 

 possible both in the class rooms and in the fields of research. There has 

 also been established a more equitable division of salaries, that is to say, 

 more strictly in accord with the time actually devoted to College and Station 

 duties. This is more just to both College and Station employees since it 

 places each man's work in a clearer and truer light. In some instances sep- 

 arating the duties of College and Station employees entirely would be desira- 

 ble. It is not often that our best and most efficient investigators are qualified 

 either by inclination, equipment, or personality for attaining the greatest 

 success in the class room. It is equally true that the most gifted, best qualified, 

 and most successful teachers would frequently be unsuccessful in the field 

 of research. Then, too, the duties of both lines of work are so exacting as 

 to time that there also enters into the situation the physical impossibility 

 of the College and Station workers being in two places at the same time, 

 which frequently under the dual role would necessitate the neglect of either 

 the College or Station duties. 



The introduction of Extension work as a recognized part of the New Hamp- 

 shire College and Experiment Station September 1, 1911, under a separate 

 state appropriation, has called for a still further division of the time of College 

 and Station workers. This has been especially true since the initial appro- 



