operations, as rope splicing, care of farm tools, arrangement of farm buildings, etc. In the spring of the fourth year, laboratory work will be given in connection with the class-room instruction in Farm Crops. The laboratory work, as far as possible, will supplement the class-room work. Illustrations. will be given of the various principles which are involved in growing crops. Soil preparation, fertilization, seeding, and cultivation will be illustrated by practical work in the field. The College Farm is hilly, rocky, and generally fertile. It is typical of the farms throughout a large section of the State. While it does not furnish ideal conditions for experimental purposes, yet it serves well for purposes of illustration. Many fields at present are unimproved and unsightly. These should be brought under cultivation as fast as practicable. Even though the cost of improvements may be more than the value of the land for agricultural purposes, this should not deter us from making them. We have the land, it is subject to inspection, and we should make it presentable and productive. In this way we can make the College Farm best serve its true purpose, namely, that of a laboratory for instruction in agricultural methods. Respectfully submitted, L. A. CLINTON. REPORT OF A. G. GULLEY, M.S., Professor of Horticulture. To Rufus Whittaker Stimson, President: Very few changes in the methods of the horticultural department have been made during the year. The recent division of the courses of study has made the classes in horticulture smaller than before. It will need some time to determine if the change is favorable. Mention was made in the report of last year of the need of a laboratory for the department. This need grows much more urgent with the prospect of students in advanced work. There is at present no place where much of such work can be carried on. With this building must also be considered a new greenhouse for specimen plants and instruction in floriculture. Our present house is too small for such purposes, being fully occupied at present. More than that, the old house will very soon have to be largely replaced, as ten years is about the limit of life of such a building. Another call for room in both buildings mentioned is that of the experiment station recently established at this place. The results of continued work in care of orchards were well demonstrated by the great crop borne the past season by the College trees, the yield being noticeably heavy, even for this year of full crops of fruit. The value of the processes used in defense against insects and diseases was evident to all who visited the orchards while in fruit. The great value of thinning apples in full bearing years was plainly shown. For the first time, nearly all varieties in the trial orchard produced fruit, and the value of some of the newer kinds was thus partly determined. This was particularly the case among the peaches, of which over forty kinds were fruited. From this crop, and by the aid of the cold storage plant recently completed, the department is testing the keeping qualities of many kinds, a matter now of much importance. Of this the result will be published later. This department, in connection with the agricultural, made large displays of its products at various local fairs during the fall which attracted much attention. At the fruit show of the State Pomological Society it placed upon the tables a collection of over 125 varieties, probably the most extensive exhibit ever shown in Connecticut. The experiment station, referred to earlier in this report, will add very much to the importance of the department, both in amount of labor and value of results. The material already prepared will permit of extended operations at once, and make some of the results the sooner available. This branch of the department will also be another valuable source of information for the students. To my assistants, Mr. Walter A. Warren and Mr. Geo. H. Hollister, I am greatly indebted for relief from much of the detail work and for their help in the general operations of the department. All of which is respectfully submitted. A. G. GULLEY. REPORT OF CHARLES LEWIS BEACH, B.AGR., B.S., Professor of Dairying. To Rufus Whittaker Stimson, President: My work of instruction is confined to the following subjects: Feeding of Farm Animals, History of Dairy Breeds and Judging of Dairy Cattle, Animal Breeding, and Dairying. A synopsis of the ground covered in each study may be found in the catalogue. Dairy School. The short course in dairying is designed to meet the wants of young men expecting to engage in private dairying or creamery practice. This course begins the first week in January and continues twelve weeks. No entrance examinations are required of these students, and the lowest age limit is placed at sixteen years. An outline of this course, also, may be found in the catalogue. My work with these students includes the subjects of Feeding Farm Animals, Dairy Breeds, Breeding of Animals, and Dairying. The class work and practicums outlined for regular students will apply to work done by these students. The time given to each subject is somewhat shorter, and the subject matter more condensed. In addition to these subjects, Dairy Bacteriology, Diseases of the Dairy Cow, Crops and Crop Production, Farm Accounts, and Construction of Barns and Silos, are presented by other instructors. Dairy Herd.-The herd now numbers about fifty head of cows and young cattle. Two Advanced Registry Holstein cows have recently been purchased from the herd of Averill & Gregory of Syracuse, New York; two imported Ayrshire cows from the herd of Robert Redford of St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec; and two Guernseys from the herd of E. T. Gill of Haddonfield, N. J. Creamery. During the past year a cold storage plant was installed in the dairy building by the A. H. Barber Mfg. Co. of Chicago. This plant has been in operation since June, and has given the best of satisfaction. Brine from this plant is used to cool the milk, cream, and storage boxes. Some of the refrigerator space is used by other departments. The creamery works up the product of the College herd, and in addition the product of the herd of Messrs. C. H. Savage and A. M. Grant. This has supplied the Boarding Club and families of the Faculty with butter, cream, and milk, and, during the past year, an additional surplus of only five hundred pounds of butter. Experiment Station. The removal of the experiment station from Middletown to the College, and the assignment of the head of this department to a position upon the staff, calls upon, and will enable, the dairy department to carry on some experimental work. The following experiments are under way: Feeding Milk Substitutes to Calves; The Food Value of Milk containing various per cents of Fat; The Efficiency of Rations containing more or less Protein for Milk Production. Needs of the Department. This department is greatly in need of a better lighted, better ventilated, and better equipped dairy barn. Respectfully submitted, C. L. BEACH. REPORT OF E. H. LEHNERT, B. S., D.V.S., Professor of Veterinary Science, Physiology, and Animal Husbandry. To Rufus Whittaker Stimson, President: I herewith present the report of the department of Veterinary Science, Physiology, and Animal Husbandry for the year ending September 30, 1902. Veterinary Science.- Since making my last report, changes in the College curriculum have been made which have materially altered the course in veterinary science for the regular four year students. This subject is taught during the fourth year to those students who elect Agriculture; five hours a week during the fall term and three hours a week during the winter are devoted to the work. The course has been shortened to such an extent that the work of necessity is of an elementary nature. The time during the fall term is taken up with a course in Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, an outline of General Pathology and Materia Medica, with Dissection afternoons and evenings after the Thanksgiving recess. Diseases and treatment receive attention during the winter term. Instruction in this subject is given by means of lectures. supplemented by demonstrations with models and specimens - of which we have a very good equipment - also by operations on living animals. It is intended, so far as possible with the limited time at our disposal, to give the students a |