DIRECTOR'S REPORT OF THE 
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MAINTENANCE FUNDS. 
The maintenance funds appropriated by the Legislature of 
1907 for the use of the Station during the fiscal year 1907-8 
were the same amounts that were available during the year 
1906-7, as follows: | 
DALAT ICH -crtcke soos GN G bal. ERT Sache Sk ke Oe oe $28,000 
LADOET gl. oe eile Ys ei aneal ie as le bree esting 13,000 
Expenses of various departments of research...............0...6 20,000 
General expensé, heat, light, water, apparatus, repairs, etc........ 4,0CO 
Horticultural.imvestigations. % a: sas win nbs « ooo. s cere ak eee 8,000 
Fertilizer inspection” .4% cise spin cues nme eae coe ook 10,000 
Feeding stuffs “inspection. 24... crac eq carn csie tees vee ee 3,500 
In accordance with a recent action of your Board, the follow- 
ing are the sums that the coming Legislature is to be asked to 
appropriate for the maintenance of ‘the Station during the 
fiscal year 1908-9: 
RELA ETS. on betes sys esa Bg. ce ot ds ok obo aie swe ca oe eee $33,000 
PapOt hn eee dco ce aces 5 TO ee, ee 14,000 
Maintenance expenses of departments of research................. 20,000 
Roruitulturalinvestizations. 32. 4e sh~ nek nate ee eee ee 8,000 
General expense, heat, light, water, apparatus, repairs, etc......... 4,000 
Hertizer mspection,. 120, ona ee er ye ea te ee Ca ae 10,0CO 
Heé@dmo*'sttrft inspection: tos tenn ss, ste wed gel escape 3,500 
THE MAILING LIST. 
Early in the year the number of names listed to receive our 
bulletins and other publications aggregated approximately 44,900. 
A recent revision of the list for the purpose of removing from 
it the names of persons who had died or changed their place of 
residence, reduced the above number to about 43,200, a decrease 
of 1,700. It should be said that no additions are made to our 
mailing list except the names of those persons who express a 
desire to receive our publications. These are free to all the 
citizens of the State who ask for them. It is assumed that a 
bulletin will be of little benefit to a person who makes no effort 
to secure it. 
The belief seems to be somewhat prevalent that the Station 
bulletins are issued monthly or at certain regular intervals 
during the year. Such is not the case. Bulletins are published 
only as fast as results are reached that are deemed of sufficient 
importance to print. The number ranges from twelve to twenty 
