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farm lands. As specialization in ci'ops increases, it is impor- 

 tant that the distribntion of these types be known, becanse it 

 will save many wonld-bc growers of onions, tobacco, asparagus 

 and simihir specialties from disappointment and financial loss. 

 Xew crops for florists need investigation and development, and 

 a more efficient use of fertilizers should be worked out. 



Crop protection involves continual study of predaceous in- 

 sects, destructive fungi and bacteria, and also diseases pro- 

 duced by injudicious cultural methods, particularly in the 

 forced crops under glass. First one insect and then another 

 upsets nature's checks and balances owing to concentration of 

 special crops, and the same thing is true of fungous growths. 

 Instead of new lines of investigation this field requires more 

 workers and more facilities. 



In animal husbandry, the new projects may be considered as 

 the expansion of present lines of investigation. The poultry- 

 breeding experiment, which has already been mentioned, is 

 planned to include the selection of a strain of high efficiency 

 as utility fowls, and this project will require a progressive in- 

 crease of house-room and labor, as the successive generations of 

 fowls are produced. Efficiency in feeding animals is more 

 necessary than ever before ; therefore there is positive need 

 for more extensive work in feeding cattle, pigs, horses and 

 poultry than the station now can perform with its facilities. 

 Two phases of the dairy industr3^ which have been but little 

 studied from a scientific standpoint, are the production of 

 market milk and the manufacture of ice cream. These phases 

 are peculiar to our dense city population adjacent to our farms. 

 Diseases of our domestic animals, particularly of poultry, are 

 becoming of increasing importance due. to the enlarged amounts 

 of capital invested in single plants, and calls for diagnosis and 

 advice are almost incessant. The need in all these lines is for 

 more investigators, thoroughly trained specialists, and the de- 

 mand, the country over, exceeds the supply ; therefore the State 

 that bids the highest gets their services. 



Economics may not seem a subject belonging to an agricul- 

 tural experiment station, but certain phases have always been 

 studied. Inspection of fertilizers and feeding stuffs may prop- 



