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4 extend the area set apart to the cultivation of grapes, for _ “ i
  experiments in fertilizing, spraying, pruning, etc. ,
  When the appropriation made by the last Kentucky Legis-
1 lature became available, near the close of the past fiscal V ~
" year, an assistant in horticulture, Mr. F. W. Hofmann, was ”
}· secured, from the University of Nebraska, to aid in the i
enlargement and extension of our horticultural work.
Plans are now being made for the erection of a greenhouse .
'S upon_ our experiment area for such miscellaneous work as  
{ naturally falls to the lot of a horticultural department. It  
Q would include studies in propagation and later, as the glass if l
l area increases, experiments with the forcing of various . 
  vegetables and fruits. l ‘  
l There is a rapidly increasing interest in all departments of  
) horticultural activity throughout our State, as shown by the ' ~
increasing volume of the correspondence which calls for ,
advice upon a wide range of horticultural topics, including  
the planting and care of orchards, the development of market  
· garden interests, landscape development about homes and g
T public buildings, and even, at times, to the proper care of S g l
house plants. ‘With the increased resources of the Experi— i
ment Station, it is believed that this department will exert
a much larger influence upon the horticulture of the.State
and be instrumental in promoting many kinds of profitable l  
horticultural enterprises. l  j
DEPARTMENT or Rnsmnon. Although each department p i
. of the Station is expected to carry on scientific investigations ‘  
in its own particular field as an integral and essential part  
of its work, the Board of Control has recently sanctioned the ·  t·‘, _’
i establishment of a separate Department of Research under  
l the general guidance and control of the Director. In this ‘  
way, it is hoped the better to be able to comply with the