418 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



it seems desirable, for the first year at least, to appropriate 

 a definite sura to secure the necessary assistance, and to 

 leave to the officer in charge the judicious distribution of 

 the sum set apart for that purpose. 



An allowance of one thousand and forty dollars would 

 answer for an average compensation of five dollars per 

 week ; a very moderate outlay compared with customary 

 compensation under similar circumstances. 



Some instructions for the guidance of the director are also 

 desirable, regarding the examination of substances sent to 

 the station for that purpose. Although it is very desirable 

 to render the experiment station popular by attending to the 

 requests made in that direction ; it seems desirable, on ac- 

 count of the limited resources of the institution, to distin- 

 guish between personal and general interests, and to adopt 

 some rule for action. 



Part payment of expenses of examination, or an endorse- 

 ment by officers of the local agricultural society, and obliga- 

 tion to pre-pay express charges are customary restrictions ; 

 the payments received to be added to the funds of the station. 



As the law obliges the director of the station to publish 

 from time to time the results of current examinations, it 

 will be necessary to decide upon the course to pursue. 



It is customary in other experiment stations to furnish the 

 agricultural papers of the State with printed statements, 

 whenever work of general interest to the farming community 

 calls for an early information. 



C. A. GOESSMANN, 



Director Mass. State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Amherst, Jan. 25, 1883. 



