New YorkK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. If 
tions in the State that would meet with us occasionally and prob- 
ably some would be glad to make our grounds a permanent meet- 
ing place. The means are few by which we could more effetctively 
bring the public into an intelligent touch with our work. This is 
t.ue not only of agriculture but of the educational efforts of the 
schools to which, I believe, this Station will in time come to sustain 
much closer relations. | 
_ Additional dweiling houses.—Your decision to continue the policy 
of erecting dwelling houses on the Station grounds for the accom- 
modation of members of the staff is, I believe, a wise one. It is 
a lamentable fact that in the past the Station has lost several able 
men because of the larger attractions offered by other states. Just 
now the rapid growth of the United States Department of Agrt 
culture and the general increase in station funds as provided by 
the Adams Act are causing an active search among the altogether 
too scanty number of well equipped men for material with whicl 
to strengthen staffs of teachers and investigators. It behooves our 
own State to resist the well meant blandishments of outside insti- 
tutions and to retain in her employ those persons who are now 
rendering her efficient service. Real ability should not be assessed 
at a higher value in any state in the Union. Because of the diff: 
culty in securing and retaining in Geneva desirable rentals con- 
veniently located, nothing would more largely promote a feeling of 
contentment among the members of the Station staff than com- 
fortable and permanent homes. In my last two reports I have set 
forth other reasons why the assembling of the homes of the Station 
staff upon the Station grounds would be a distinct advantage. I 
trust that our needs in this direction will be clearly recognized by 
the law-making body. 
FRUIT PUBLICATIONS. 
The publication known as “ The Apples of New York” has met 
with a warm reception not only by horticultural experts but by 
the agricultural public. This was prepared as the first of a series 
that is to include the principal fruits of the State. The horticul- 
tural department is now ready to proceed with the preparation of 
a volume devoted to grapes that will be submitted to the Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture as a part of our annual report. It is necessary, 
