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ADDITIONS TO THE STAFF OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION.
The Act of the General Assembly approved March 11, 1912,
appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars annually to
the Experiment Station contemplated not only the establish-
ment and maintenance of a number of experimental fields
in different parts of the State for the study of the various
soil types represented in the State, together with the crops
best adapted to each, but also experimental investigations in
horticulture, feeding experiments with beef cattle, sheep
and swine, methods of dairying, investigations looking to (
the development' of the horse and poultry interests of the
State, and the general maintenance of the Experiment
Station. In compliance with the provisions of this act, _
therefore, it has been found necessary to extend our work
considerably in a number of directions. Accordingly, the
work in animal ,husbandry in the Experiment Station has
been divided into two divisons, namely, (1) Beef cattle,
V sheep and swine, in charge of Professor Good and (2) Horses,
dairy cattle and poultry in charge of Professor Hooper. The
latter has been made a member of the Station Staff.
Within the period included in this report, Mr. T. R. Bryant
was made Professor of Agricultural Extension Work and
` arrangements were made for the appointment of a person
to take charge of extension work in Home Economics and
also for the appointment of assistants in animal husbandry,
horticulture and chemical research. A plot of ground of
considerable size on the Experiment Station farm, was
definitely set apart for the horticultural work under Professor
Mathews.
/ Within the year 1912, the following appointments to the