New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Tt 
now receiving. In order to retain these men, whose places could 
be filled only at higher salaries, and with difficulty even then, it 
seems imperative that their compensation be increased. The 
efficiency of any institution is measured by the efficiency of its 
men. After a careful consideration of the whole question it was 
decided that the additional sum of $7,000 will be needed to main- 
tain the Station Staff on its present basis. 
The increased rates of wages and the enlarging equipment and 
activities of the Station are requiring a larger labor fund and 
it is estimated that a minimum increase to this fund of $800 will 
be needed for the next fiscal year. 
STATION PUBLICATIONS. 
The following is an approximately accurate statement of the 
number of names on the Station mailing lists at the present time 
to which Station bulletins are sent: 
PorpuLAR BULLETINS. 
PRET BEE} Mae WETNCIT Redan hr Oe Gee sy Sd sys clecath ota. sue o ule athe © cies 37, 155 
Residents of other states ......... Pao emene sachs 5 RP RENREN R ac sk 7s wae ts es Wa Poe 
SEV) USC ae 0 Ps ea 1 eee PY a a 770 
PeMerIMSNGLSLALIONSe ANC MtNGLE SLATS) 5. kik late. os Slew din's « 1, 481 
PEW AGePERMLEQ UA tate ie 2a eis al eeed oe a athe tio oP ate) a we hose MAAS es ot eee Oe 100 
a eee cet ese tiaras Se (ota eal dda. d sive previa, aca el Shemale eet ier at eek 42, 236 
: COMPLETE BULLETINS. 
PESVBEUMONLLALATIONS. ANCLENGIT SLA Sigs binisue ernie « alemiie file giaiya ke «9s 1, 481 
SUMP ATCT LIOLS COLOeR orice sisie's he ole es bardie aisit kas¢ldny eee Foye Ve 200 
Lega Ts DET 3 RS: a Cie RAL apt 2 og a OR pag 276 
SUOMI ADE LG Came Ree ee a Cre AT a eS Ercan alles pMs ws la hah Sak eB Rivas #: a ae cat by 0) igsdey 3, 700 
DIRE TANEOUS? (URNS serials ee, CT uPae Rat tele ks MARKS 2 ake le afel d's (ep edits | +100 
Total G6 EePAere 6 (6.6 1p 0.8)» 60) ole © 6 018 6 eub m6, oe 6) 6 (6 y @.e 6) @) 016) 60, oe) wlla a) oe) 6 aMalaa es 5,760 
Early in 1909 the publication known as “ The Grapes of New 
York,” being Part II of the Station Report for 1907, became 
available for distribution. Nine thousand copies were printed, 
of which two thousand were assigned to this institution. There 
is an active demand for this work, not only in New York but 
throughout the United States, and the supply does not meet the 
demand for even our own State. Requests for “The Apples of 
