10 DirectTor’s REPORT OF THE 
Expense of work required by Commissioner of Agriculture. 
Fertilizer inspection (s4 ys. merece bees © Milter etalon fail tubal (oe! ORG ie ere $10, 000 
Feeding Slut | INSDECtION | giecatas vias bisie, Vin nun eelaleGrs acts 6 aioe weenie 3, 500 
Total wostesie cia ay Se FA Ee na is iste Lk 5 pe $13, 500 
By order of your Board the following appropriations are to be 
requested of the Legislature of 1910, for the support of the Sta- 
tion for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1910. 
For the general maintenance of the Station: 
Salaries icrivesgi oe bia A cbb. Adio wiehelpnecase Phe’ scakpts om eo etalon ands eae Oe eee $47, 000 
TOT a OY OA ile i ieilches Nontans oibteteetael ak pteatinns taihar ae) idee as ct ean pre 15, 800 
Maintenance and distribution of scientific work of Station depart- . 
PeELS) a1 Tg oa ORE DY MOM RRM rt oti aire ps | ER ASI S| Ae ere Cer “pls 2 Rie eaeae ee 22,-500 
General expense, heat, light, repairs, et@..). 0)... oe ewe so ble elena 5, 500 
DOG ies P) ncs'h @ a ieleis is noalte Slats W Bach's We 8 Stdhe Tete Ret we ly te em $90, 800 
Expense of work required by the Commissioner of Agriculture: 
Fertilizer: ins peetiowea ys 06 a0. is ware /a7e 6) son 31 eRe eer $10, 000 
Feeding Staff anspeetion (is / isi. 4h. 6/a. Sik & leit clade ee ae 3, 500 
Total Fe AN Veta ek Chee oe eels RAED Be oho Ratti dt PRs mn $13, 500 
The above items are similar to those allowed by the Legislature 
of 1909 excepting that $7,000 more is asked for salaries and $800 
more for labor. 
An addition to the salary item appears to be demanded by con- 
ditions over which the management of the Station has no control. 
On account of the competition among agricultural colleges and ex- 
periment stations in securing the services of well equipped and_ 
experienced teachers and investigators the maintenance of an 
efficient staff at the Station has assumed a somewhat critical 
stage. Persons competent to serve these institutions efficiently 
are not being trained in numbers proportional to the rapid in- 
crease of funds that are set aside for agricultural education and 
research ; and other institutions now receiving increases of federal 
and state support, in seeking to enlarge their staffs, are offering 
larger salaries than the leading members of the Station Staff are 
