8 DIRECTOR’S REPORT OF THE 
The Legislature of 1908 appropriated the following sums to the 
uses of the Station for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1908: 
Salaries’ ou, cfs ch ees « ne 0h Ee ones * $31,000 
LabOrees cai ska os hae es eo Ll a ee 13,000 
Maintenance expenses of departments of research...... 20,000 
Horticultural, investigations. « .:cy eee ee eee 8,000 
General expense, heat, light, water, etc...............+. 4,000 
Fertilizer: inspection, . <Vesned... See een... lane 10,000 
Feeding’. sttttismanspection: ., 2.7). s4 eae pes alee eee 3,500 
$89,500 
At a recent meeting of your Board it was decided, after a fuil 
discussion of the situation, to ask for the following sums with 
which to carry on the work of the Station during the fiscal year 
IQO9Q-10: 
Sa largess 2% cnc euscnide sous ak od oe ase eee $35,000 
LADOT, «.:s: «cas a belt acetate ss 4 sek Gok 7 8 cs ore eee a 15,000 
Expenses of various departments of research.......... 25,000 
General expense, heat, light, water, etc.....0. 0.2.0.9. 4,000 
EGriicultural: investigations. :2202 +s ..7. see eee 8,000 
——- $87,000 
Berulizer : inspection: shies abe tes pene) ed 1 ees 10,000 
Beeding stuffs: Inspechatier ey sk ieee: 5 sis «4 mee 3,500 
13,500 
Extra repairs -(i Sapper Dill) .. cee cs es Pee 2,500 
2,500 
In 1905 your Board asked that $25,000 be added to the mainte- 
nance funds of the Station. The financial committees of the Legis- 
lature did not feel at that time that the resources of the State would 
justify such an increase of appropriation, and additional sums, 
amounting in the aggregate to only $10,000, were granted. In 1908 
an increase of $3,000 was allowed. It is now desired that the in- 
crease originally felt to be necessary shall be fully accomplished. 
There are several reasons why this request is reasonable and in 
accord with the real interests of agriculture. In the first place 
there has been a constant development of the work of the Station, 
due not to any forced growth but to the greatly enlarged relations 
which scientific inquiry and results have come to sustain to practical 
agriculture. More than this, the general increase in the cost of 
living has reacted upon salaries and wages and has greatly increased 
the cost of maintaining an institution. 
In the second place, the support the State is giving to investiga- 
