14 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ~ - 
fulness and zeal with which, under the director of your Station, 
this law has been carried out. 
What, then, is the matter? I will be very brief in giving my 
opinion. It appears to have been unrecognized that such an 
institution as you established seven years ago was, and could only ~ 
be, if successful, a growing institution; and that in its develop- 
ment it would demand, and must have, the means of development ; 
and that, in short, means:more money. It was a grave mistake 
that an institution doing such excellent work should not have 
reached out into other fields of useful effort, which in the very 
nature of the case it must occupy, or they must be permanently 
neglected. | 
Stimulated perhaps by the just demands of the farming com- 
munity, and yet in accord with their judgment, the board of 
control of your Station are, without exception, desirous of supple- 
menting the work hitherto done, by entering upon other matters 
which demand and which will repay investigation. 
To do this will require increased facilities, more men and more 
money, and neither should be withheld. It is contemplated in the 
future to extend the experimental work in the field, which has 
hitherto been confined to small plots, to the entire farm of 125 acres. 
It is proposed to enter into an exhaustive investigation for the 
purpose offdetermining the relative value of the various breeds of 
cattle for the purpose of the dairy or for beef; the relative cost of | 
production of milk, butter, cheese and beef, and the food rations 
which, with greatest economy, secure the best results, It is 
proposed to have upon the ground of the Station a permanent 
exhibit of every kind of agricultural implement used upon the 
farm. It is proposed to have an arboretum, in which, in time, 
there shall be a permanent exhibit of every kind of tree and 
shrub which in this latitude may be successfully grown; it is 
proposed to have upon the grounds, for the purpose of compari- — 
son, all the new varieties “of small fruits, and berries, and 
vegetables, in order that their relative value, under the same culti- 
vation, may be determined; it is proposed to make a careful 
investigation of the many practical problems connected with one — 
of our greatest industries — poultry. 
In regard to the above, I would say that of my own personal 
knowledge, I am able to testify that without exception, so far as I 
know, the farmers, the various stock-breeders, the manufacturers — 
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