10 DIRECTOR’S REPORT OF THE 
are applying to experiment station work. The extent and complex- 
ity of New York agriculture present needs for inquiry equal to, if 
not greater than, those of any other state. 
When it is realized that the agricultural production of New 
York is worth annually not less than two hundred and fifty millions 
of dollars and that a saving of one per ct. of this sum through 
improved methods or the defense of crops against fungus and in- 
sect pests, would pay the expense of this institution twenty-five 
times over, it is easy to realize the actual economy of promoting 
agricultural knowledge in every possible way. 
STATION PUBLICATIONS. 
The following figures compiled from the mailing lists now on 
file at the Station show how the station publications are being dis- 
tributed : : 
POPULAR BULLETINS. 
Residents of New, Works Siu Pk win oes ee ae ee ee eee 36,055 
Residents. of Gother ~states 5 a ee wees cok age ee 2,641 
Newspapers. i... ilies seve oss beg reine + sss. es ems ote eee 705 
Experiment stations “and” their’ Stalts:. {002 Beas bole eee 1,476 
Miscellaneous.24. 255). WI, Ae els. Sir. Se eee 115 
Total. : < (cs cdaca eee sae alte eects oles <0 cc nanan 41,052 
CoMPLETE BULLETINS. 
Experiment stations game their staffga-c teen ........ ._.e 1,476 
Librariesy scientists, setcan y.ce+ p's vt ieee as « nus oe dia leiden 190 
Boreion ist) <°..: sit. We. ood Ve ie eee eC. tn, ee 274 
Indavidiuals:. fy)j0.'.v . AUR pate oR eas oleteemerione ere W002 1 3,457 
Miscellanéous,:/ +. +s. aspbwe Gus. waves eeetnle,« pace ct mebeebetarecw « 6 an aon ere ee II5 
DOtal ce. ts’, cisco Pee eae oe a cattle 5 ates eh ne ae 5,512 
As the above statement indicates, the Station bulletins are of two 
general kinds, those that give a complete, and somewhat technical, 
account of the investigations or experiments and their results and 
those that present in a form believed to be available to the average 
reader the facts and conclusions that we reach. In every “ popular ” 
bulletin is printed the statement that the “ complete ” form on which 
it is based may be had on request. It is significant that in over 
eleven years those requesting the complete form are considerably 
less than one-tenth of the number of persons to whom the 
“popular ” bulletins are sent. This indicates that the simpler and 
