
4 profit bye ane taowiedae: ‘Unless a success be made in our efforts to 
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ae full fruition to the hopes under which the station was established, nor 
can we expect to act asa stimulus to individual effort in the oreat and 
attractive field of research embraced in the term “ intelligent agricul-  ~ 
ture.” In order to bring ourselves before the farming public, weekly. 
ee: _ builetins have been forwarded to the agriculiural press of the State, 
* and to such other papers as have applied, as also to many outside of 
“ the State. 
_ Yo our visitors we are under obligation, for to all such, so far as cir- 
cumstances have admitted, we have taken pains to not “only exhibit, 
but explain the work in progress, so that each in turn might serve as 
a means for disseminating ideas as furnished by the station work seen 
and understood. We are glad to note an increase in number, as shown 
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__ by the visitors’ register, over last year. The number of visitors each 
o month 1 is shown in the following table : ‘ 
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HS Sais aetna ee ae a 33 38. 
aren iis a cai areteie ake, 5. eg inie's tiers els Gaileie's 52 142 
ac es sede piss dive h vin gat ee hpe el eiet 92 116 
PS Nyc fol s ssc vc2 Sai hie’s 0 wlole.aph = ob pdeialele 268 364 
POPLCMDET. 6... es wesc eee be terse eee eens 48 119 
NT lm niin ou 9a. she's. a ergleln wigies 6 Sele. e a pd whose 49 AY 
I is inn Vibe Seid iacg-o cls visemee Umencms B65 aeL8: 
ERENT. gfe iste. sae aiid wine accierers tye too, o siwialaiee 14 19 
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ae Your director is under obligation for services offered and rendered 
oe many gentlemen who are justly considered authorities in. their 
special lines of research, as also to the many friends who have con- 
tributed articles forstation use. The following list of donors illus- 
trates the interest that friends of agriculture have in our work. The 
value of such helps is not to be measured by the quantity, but by 
the quality, and we express especial thanks to those who have contri- 
buted eed of new, novel or rare plants: 
List oF DONORS. 
OS “Jan. 11. From:Prof. Spencer F. Baird, ‘Smithsonian Institution, 
_ One copy each of the Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, Nos. Ad6; 
} 288, 289, 358 and 441. . 
| ne Jan. 12. From A. B. Cleveland, Cape Vincent, N. Y., one aaane of 
ey: - first and best peas. 
Re Jan, 13. From H. M. Sessions, sample of rice wheat (a orena me 
seed. 
~ familiarize the farmers with the station work, we cannot hope for that i 
