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graduate study, but he will give nearly all bis attention to tbe 

 work in. the experiment station. His employment relieves Dr. 

 H. T. Fernald of almost all of the routine work of the entomo- 

 logical department, and of the necessity of giving direct personal 

 attention to the experimental work in its simpler phases. This 

 will make it possible for Dr. Fernald to devote a very large pro- 

 portion of his time to research work in entomology. 



In this connection attention should be called to the extremely 

 valuable work which Mrs. C. H. Fernald, with some clerical 

 assistance, carried on for a period of more than twenty years, in, 

 editing the index cards with references to entomological litera- 

 ture. The work of Mrs. Fernald has been characterized by ex- 

 treme accuracy and thoroughness, and up to the present time 

 no less than 50,000 cards, with many times that number of ref- 

 erences, have been prepared. A large proportion of the entries 

 on these are in Mrs. Fernald's own hand. Advancing years 

 have led Mrs. Fernald to desire to be relieved of this work, so 

 important to all investigators in all lines of entomology, and 

 arrangements have been completed whereby it will be continued 

 under Dr. H. T. Fernald's supervision by his stenographer and 

 clerk, Miss O'Donnell. 



The retirement of Dr. E. D. MacLaurin, referred to in my 

 last annual report, left a vacancy in the research division of the 

 chemical department. This place was tilled in January by the 

 temporary appointment of Fred W. Morse, Ph.D., for many 

 years chemist of the New Hampshire Experiment Station. His 

 appointment was made permanent in July. Mr. Morse is de- 

 voting himself entirely to research problems connected with the 

 nutrition of crops and the productive capacity of soils. 



The staff of the station has been strengthened by the addition 

 of two men; David W. Anderson, B.Sc, has been made gradu- 

 ate assistant in the department of horticulture ; Sumner C. 

 Brooks, B.Sc, has been made assistant in the department of 

 botany and plant pathology. The appointment of these men 

 relieves their superiors in these departments of routine work, 

 and will enable them to devote their time in larger measure to 

 research. 



The work of the station has been broadened in scope and fur- 



