REPORT OF THE VICE-DIRECTOR 113 



REPORT OF THE VICE-DIRECTOR 



The year has been marked by progress in all lines of station 

 work. Several experiments have been brought to a successful 

 conclusion, some of which have been reported in recent bulletins. 



Interest in station publications is steadily increasing, as our 

 mailing-list now requires nearly 11,000 copies to fill it. The re- 

 quests from other states for our bulletin have been especially num- 

 erous during the year, indicating a general appreciation of the 

 station work and of its individuality. 



lu addition to the regular series of bulletins, there was begun 

 this year the publication of a series of technical bulletins, which 

 contain the results of investigations of value to scientific workers 

 in agriculture ; but are not yet of popular interest. These bulle- 

 tins are printed in limited editions and will be sent to applicants 

 while the supply lasts. 



At the beginning of the last quarter of the year the nearly sim- 

 ultaneous resignations of the agriculturist and associate agricul- 

 turist, required the writer to assume temporary charge of the ex- 

 periments in the agricultural department. The experiments were 

 successfully finished and all data secured ; but the publication of 

 results is necessarily much delayed. 



The changes in the station staff during the year were unusu- 

 ally numerous, due in part to the larger incomes of the institu- 

 tions in the larger states. 



C. W. Waid. assistant horticulturist, resigned Feb. 15, to 

 ac3ept a similar position in the Ohio Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



W. F. Fiske, assistant entomologist, resigned March 9, to 

 accept the position of assistant state entomologist in Georgia. 



C. W. Burkett, agriculturist, resigned Aug. 1, to accept the 

 chair of agriculture in the North Carolina Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical College. 



Marion Imes, assistant in animal husbandry, resigned Aug. 3, to 

 accej^t an ajipointment in the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



