DIRECTOR'S REPORT.* 
T’o the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural 
Hapervment Station: - 
Gentlemen.—I have the honor-to present herewith the report 
of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for 1898. 
The past year has been characterized especially by the comple- 
tion of plans which for some time you have had under considera- 
tion and development. 
Notable additions have been made to the building and appa- 
ratus equipment; the scientific staff has been enlarged, and the 
scope and efficiency of the Station facilities for studying prob- 
lems important to agricultural practice have been much increased 
thereby. 
It is very gratifying to be able to report, also, that all this has 
been accomplished, at the same time that the usual activities of 
the Station have been fully maintained, with the most harmonious 
thought and action on the part of all concerned. Neither inter- 
nally nor externally has the work of the Station suffered from 
dissensions or unpleasant criticism, a condition of things for which 
your director desires to make profound acknowledgment. 
THE STATION STAFF. 
In my report for 1897, mention was made of the election of 
Mr. H. A. Harding as Dairy Bacteriologist and Mr. G. A. Smith 
as Dairy Expert. Both of these gentlemen now have entered 
upon their duties, their work being located in the dairy section of 
the new building. Mr. Harding spent about six months of the 
year in very useful observation and study at the laboratories of 
* Reprint of Bulletin No. 153. 
