-{2 DrrEcTOR’S REPORT OF THE 
come also when the building in which the library and administrative 
offices are now located, formerly a dwelling house, should be de- 
voted wholly or in part to other purposes. The action of your 
Board in deciding to continue your efforts for a building of this 
nature is in accord with the needs of the institution. 
The reasons why such a building should be erected are: 
(1) There is no place at the institution where an audience can be 
assembled, excepting out of doors in the pleasant days of the warm 
season. This is wrong; for the work of the Station stands in such 
relation to educational interests and farm practice that some way of 
assembling audiences on the Station ground and bringing them into 
close range with the Station activities and results should be made 
possible. 
(2) It is extremely desirable that space shall be provided where 
the results of Station work can be illustrated in a concrete form. 
We have many visitors who state that they come to see what the 
Station is doing, not realizing that in the progress of our inquiries 
they can only see a single point in the progress of an experiment 
or investigation, which to the untrained eye may be meaningless. 
Space is needed for the objective display of results that have 
been reached in dairy work, in the study of farm pests, field ex- 
periments and in other directions. Such a exhibit would be es- 
pecially useful and instructive in connection with meetings here of 
horticultural societies and other bodies interested in special lines of 
production. 
(3) The building now used for administrative and library pur- 
poses is needed for other uses. It has come to be necessary to 
arrange for boarding the unmarried members of the staff at some 
point nearer than the city. Rooms are now available on the Station 
grounds, but arrangements for meals near the Station are now 
difficult and uncertain, sometimes impossible. With slight expense 
the building now used for offices and library could be adapted to the 
uses indicated and it would be a much needed convenience. Getting 
a noon lunch a mile or mile and a half away occasions either much 
loss of time or such haste as is equally detrimental to health and 
good work. 
The contemplated building should contain administrative offices, 
space for illustrative work and an audience room. It should have 
not less than 11,000 feet of floor space exclusive of the basement. 
REPAIRS. 
An extra expense for repairs will be necessary during 1909. 
Every building on the grounds, exclusive of the new houses, must 
