of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally sub-
ject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of
useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative ad-
vantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of
crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the annaly-
sis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural
or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative ef-
fects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses
and forage plants, the composition and digestibility of the different
kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic ques-
tions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other
researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural indus-
try of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable
having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the re-
spective States or Territories."

The placing of agricultural demonstrations and extension work on
a national basis has been the direct outgrowth of the work of the
experiment station.

The students of the University, taking courses in the College of
Agriculture, are kept in close touch with the investigations in pro-
gress.

The Eastern Branch.

The Eastern Branch of the University of Maryland is located at
Princess Anne, Somerset county. It is maintained for the education
of negroes in agriculture and the mechanic arts.

Administrative Council

Raymond A. Pearson, M. S... D. Agr., LL. D. ... . President
H. C. Byrd, B. S ... . . Assistant to the President

Deans and Directors:

Maude F. McKenney ... . Financial Secretary
Alma H. Preinkert, M. A ... Acting Registrar
H. L. Crisp, M. M. E. ... . . Superintendent of Buildings

The University Senate

Raymond A. Pearson, M. S... D. Agr., LL. D., President of the University.
H. C. Byrd, B. S... Assistant to the President.

H. J. Patterson, D. Sc... Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station
and Dean of the College of Agriculture,

T. B. Symons, M, S., D. Agr., Director of the Extension Service.
A. N. Johnson, S. B... D. Eng... Dean of the College of Engineering.
T. H. Taliaferro, Ph. D., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
J. M. H. Rowland, M. D... Dean of the School of Medicine.
Henry D. Harlan, LL. D... Dean of the School of Law.
Robert H. Freeman, A. M., LL. B., Assistant Dean of the School of Law
Andrew G. Durnez, Ph. D... Dean of the School of Pharmacy.
E. Frank Kelly, Phar. D... Advisory Dean of the School of Pharmacy.
J. Ben Robinson, D. D. S... Dean of the School of Dentistry.
W. S. Small, Ph. D... Dean of the College oi Education.
M. Marie Mount, M. A... Dean of the College of Home Economics.
C. O. Appleman, Ph. D... Dean of the Graduate School.
Adele H. Stamp, M. A... Dean of Women.
R. S. Lytie, Major, U. S. A., Head of the Department of Military Sci-
ence and Tactics
T. O. Heatwole, M. D, D. D. S... Secretary of the Baltimore Schools.