Charles  F.  Vanderford  secretary.  On  the  death  of  Professor  Van-
derford  in  1899  Prof.  Andrew  M.  Soule  was  elected  agriculturist  and
superintendent  of  the  farm,  while  the  direct  management  of  the  station
reverted  to  President  Dabney.
ORGANIZATION.
The  station  is  governed  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  university,
which  consists  of  30  members,  elected  by  the  board  for  life,  and
approved  by  the  legislature.  It  meet«  twice  a  year  and  directs  the
workings  of  the  university  and  station.  Members  are  reimbursed  for
actual  expenses  incurred  in  attending  meetings.  There  is  a  conmiittee
in  immediate  charge  of  the  experiment  station.
The  staff  consists  of  the  president  of  the  university,  agriculturist,
horticulturist  and  forester,  botanist,  chemist,  farm  manager,  libra-
rian and  secretary,  gardener,  plat  expert,  dairyman,  grass  expert,  and
stenographer.  Members  of  the  staff  are  nominated  by  the  president
and  elected  by  the  board  of  trustees.  The  term  of  oflSce  is  limited  bv
merit.  The  president  of  the  university,  as  executive  officer  of  the
experiment  station,  directs  the  work  of  all  the  divisions.
EQUIPMENT.
The  station  buildings  comprise  a  main  bu^ilding,  two  barns,  dairy,
and  greenhouse.  The  main  building  (PI.  CXXX,  lig.  1),  erecti^.d  on  the
university  grounds  during  the  summer  of  1888,  is  a  two-story  brick
building,  92  by  55  feet,  in  which  are  the  laboratories  of  soil  physics,
chemistry  and  botany,  herbarium,  museimi,  library,  lecture  rooms,
offices,  and  photographic  department.  The  barns  have  five  distinct
departments — the  cow  stable,  the  horse  stable,  the  silos,  the  storage
barn,  and  the  tool  and  implement  sheds.  The  silos,  three  in  number,
are  built  in  accordance  with  plans  given  by  the  United  States  Depart-
ment of  Agriculture  in  Farmers'  Bulletin  No.  32.
