ReEporT OF THE DiRECTOR. 
PETER COLLIER, A. M., M. D., Ph. D. 
To the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Haperiment 
Station: 
Gentlemen. I herewith sumbit the eleventh annual report of — 
_the experiment station for the calendar year 1892. 
The report of the executive committee of the board of control 
will show what has been accomplished under their direction dur- 
ing the past year in the completion of the new chemical labora- ' 
tory and in building of an icehouse, cold-storage rooms the con- 
struction of an ice-pond, and in the necessary repairs and improve- 
ments to buildings, fences and roads. Their report presents also 
their opinion as to what additional facilities are demanded in 
order to render the work of the station of still greater value to the 
farmers of the State. ; 
Bulletins Published During the Year 1892. 
During 1892 there have been distributed eleven bulletins con- 
taining an aggregate of 336 pages, upon the following subjects: 
Bulletin No. 38, January, 1892.— Oyster shells as food for laying 
hens. } 
Bulletin No. 39, January, 1892.— Feeding experiments with poul- eh 
try; skim-milk for growing chicks; feeding tallow to hens; feeding 
salt to hens. | 
Bulletin No. 40, March, 1892.— Black knot on plum and cherry. — 
Bulletin No. 41, April, 1892— First, influence of copper com- 
pounds in soils upon vegetation; second, spraying with fungicides 
for prevention of potato blight; third, analyses of materials used in : 
spraying plants. : 
