Report of the Director 

No radical changes have been made in the lines of in- 
vestigation being conducted by the experiment station dur- 
ing the past year. The additional funds which have been 
secured from the federal government through what is 
known as the Adams Act have enabled us to better equip 
the various departments. Instead of taking up new lines of 
work, we have endeavored to concentrate the energy of the 
station workers, believing that in Aike end we shall thus ac- 
complish most. 
CHANGES IN THE STATION STAFF 
Several changes have taken place in the personnel of the 
station staff during the past year. Professor C. L. Beach 
resigned his position as Dairy Husbandman to accept a 
similar position with the Vermont Experiment Station. 
The vacancy thus created was filled by the appointment of 
Professor J. M. Trueman of the University of Illinois. Pro- 
fessor W. A. Stocking, Jr., Bacteriologist, resigned his posi- 
tion to accept a similar one with the Cornell University Ex- 
periment Station. This vacancy was filled by the appoint- 
ment of Professor W. M. Esten, who for several years has 
been associated with the station work at Middletown. Mr. 
Theodore W. Issajeff; who was associated with the cheese 
experiment! work was transferred by the Department oi 
Agriculture to Albert Lea, Minn. His position as cheese- 
maker was filled by the appointment of Mr. F. R..Thomp- 
son. These changes in the station staff have necessarily 
retarded the station work in those departments. 
