8 IIAIXE STATE COLLEGE 



REARRANGEMENT OF DUTIES. 



The death of Professor "Walter Balentine, who had the immediate 

 charge of certain lines of Station work, and the consequent elec- 

 tion of myself to the position which he occupied, have led to a 

 partial rearrangement of the duties of some members of the Station 

 Staff. I have undertaken the supervision of the field experiments 

 which were under Professor Balentine's care, and the duties of 

 the Station chemists, Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Merrill, have been 

 enlarged by associating them with the immediate care of the experi- 

 ments and investigations in plant and animal nutrition, work that 

 previously was entirely superintended by Professor Balentine and 

 myself. 



SCOPE OF STATION WORK, 



In order that the numerous directions along which the activities 

 of the Station Staff are employed may be clearly seen, I sum- 

 marize below the lines of work to which we are giving attention. 



I. Experiments and investigations, 

 fa) in plant nutrition, 



(1) Forcing house experiments, 



(2) Field experiments. 



(b) in animal nutrition, 



(1) Digestion experiments, 



(2) Animal growth, 



(3) Milk production. 



(c) in horticulture, 



(1) Plant breeding, 



(2) Cultural experiments. 



(3) Prevention of plant diseases and pests. 



(d) in economic botany and entomology, 



(1) Weed pests, 



(2) Injurious fungi, 



(3) Injurious insects. 



(e) Bacteriology and veterinary science. 



II. Creamery management. 



III. AYork of inspection. 



(a) Official fertilizer control. 



(b) Inspection of butter samples. 

 IV^. Special analyses. 



V. Correspondence. 



VI. Institute work. 



