New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 
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of his position make his loss a serious one. December 1, our chemist, 
S. M. Babcock, accepted a professorship at the University of Wiscon- 
sin. His leaving is much to be regretted, as this station deserves and 
should have the best talent, and should not allow superior induce- 
ments to deprive it of the services of efficient and growing investi- 
gators. 
This loss through promotion of so many members of our staff speaks 
volumes for the value of the station as a training ground. 
The property of the station is in excellent order; the expenses have, 
for the past year, been kept within the appropriation, and kindly 
relations have existed between the officers and employes, and yet 
continue. 
Gifts. 
We are indebted to the publishers for the following list of newspapers 
and periodicals which have been sent to us free of charge : 
American Analyst, New York, N. Y. 
American Grange Bulletin, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Boston Weekly Post, Boston, Mass. 
Bulletin d' Arboriculture, de Floriculture, etc., Gand. 
Chautauqua Farmer, Dunkirk, N. Y. 
Eastern Farmer, Waterville, Me. 
Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio. 
Farmers' Journal, Hornellsville, N. Y. 
Fruit and Grape Grower, Charlottesville, Va. 
Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
Independent Statesman, Concord, N. H. 
Industrialist, Manhattan, Kansas. 
Massachusetts Ploughman, Boston, Mass. 
Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, N. H. 
National Live Stock Journal (weekly edition), Chicago, 111. 
National Live Stock Journal (monthly edition), Chicago, 111. 
New England Farmer, Boston, Mass. 
New York Weekly Tribune, New York, N. Y. 
Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, New York, N. Y. 
Orchard and Garden, Little Silver, N. J. 
The Agricultural Epitomist, Indianapolis, Ind. 
The American Cultivator, Boston, Mass. 
The American Farmer, Baltimore, Md. 
The American Florist, Chicago and New York. 
The American Garden, New York, N. Y. 
The American Rural Home, Rochester, N. Y. 
The Cultivator and Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y. 
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