DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 19022 

1'o the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural 
Haeperiment Station: 
GENTLEMEN.— I have the honor to present herewith the pro- 
ceedings of the institution under your charge during the year 
1902. 
It is gratifying to be able to report a year of continued pros- 
perity in what pertains to the essentials of successful experiment 
station effort. The result of experiments and investigations in- 
cluded in this report are highly satisfactory. There is, so far as 
I can learn, a continued relation of good will and cooperation 
with the farmers of the State and the finances of the institution 
haye been adequate in most respects to all pressing needs. 
THE STATION STAFF. 
An unusual number of changes in the Station staff have oc- 
curred during the year. Several members of the staff, in no case 
the head of a department, after longer or shorter periods of faith- 
ful service, have been called to more responsible positions in 
other institutions; and it should be a matter of pride that these 
gentlemen are meeting with success in their new work. 
Under the new arrangement outlined in my report for 1901, 
Mr. F. A. Sirrine closed his connection with the Station as 
Entomologist on July 1, 1902, and became special agent of the 
Station in assisting in the experiments and investigations in the 
Second Judicial Department. 
Mr. P. J. Parrot, Assistant Entomologist, resigned on August 
1 to accept the position of Entomologist to the Ohio Agricultural 
Experiment Station. In accordance with the requirements of 
the Civil Service Rules, H. O. Woodworth, M. §., was appointed 
on July 15 to fill this vacancy. Mr. Woodworth graduated from 

* A reprint of Bulletin No. 229. 
