EXECUTIVE STAFF John J. Tigert, M.A., LL.D., President of the University Wilmon Newell, D.Sc., Director H. Harold Hume, M.S., Asst. Dir., Research Harold Mowry, M.S.A., Asst. Dir., Adm. J. Francis Cooper, M.S.A., Editor Jefferson Thomas, Assistant Editor Clyde Beale, A.B.J., Assistant Editor Ida Keeling Cresap, Librarian Ruby Newhall, Administrative Manager K. H. Graham, Business Manager Rachel McQuarrie, Accountant MAIN STATION, GAINESVILLE AGRONOMY W. E. Stokes, M.S., Agronomist* W. A. Leukel, Ph.D., Agronomist G. E. Ritchey, M.S.A., Associate* Fred H. Hull, Ph.D., Associate W. A. Carver, Ph.D., Associate John P. Camp, M.S., Assistant ANIMAL HUSBANDRY A. L. Shealy, D.V.M., Animal Husbandman** R. B. Becker, Ph.D., Dairy Husbandman W. M. Neal, Ph.D., Asso. in An. Nutrition D. A. Sanders, D.V.M., Veterinarian M. W. Emmel, D.V.M., Veterinarian N. R. Mehrhof, M.Agr., Poultry Husbandman W. W. Henley, B.S.A., Asst. An. Husb.* W. G. Kirk, Ph.D., Asst. An. Husbandman R. M. Crown, M.S.A., Asst. An. Husbandman P. T. Dix Arnold, B.S.A., Assistant Dairy Husbandman L. L. Rusoff, M.S., Laboratory Assistant Jeanette Shaw, M.S., Laboratory Technician CHEMISTRY AND SOILS R. W. Ruprecht, Ph.D., Chemist** R. M. Barnette, Ph.D., Chemist C. E. Bell, Ph.D., Associate R. B. French, Ph.D., Associate H. W. Winsor, B.S.A., Assistant ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL C. V. Noble, Ph.D., Agricultural Economist" Bruce McKinley, A.B., B.S.A., Associate Zach Savage, M.S.A., Associate A. H. Spurlock, M.S.A., Assistant ECONOMICS, HOME Ouida Davis Abbott, Ph.D., Specialist** C. F. Ahmann, Ph.D., Physiologist ENTOMOLOGY J. R. Watson, A.M., Entomologist** A. N. Tissot, Ph.D., Associate H. E. Bratley, M.S.A., Assistant HORTICULTURE A. F. Camp, Ph.D., Horticulturist** G. H. Blackmon, M.S.A., Horticulturist and Associate Head of Department A. L. Stahl, Ph.D., Associate F. S. Jamison, Ph.D., Truck Horticulturist R. J. Wilmot, M.S.A., Specialist, Fumigation Research R. D. Dickey, B.S.A., Assistant Horticulturist PLANT PATHOLOGY W. B. Tisdale, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist** George F. Weber, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist R. K. Voorhees, M.S., Assistant*** Erdman West, M.S., Mycologist Lillian E. Arnold, M.S., Assistant Botanist Stacy O. Hawkins, M.A., Assistant Plant Pathologist SPECTROGRAPHIC LABORATORY L. W. Gaddum, Ph.D., Biochemist L. H. Rogers, M.A., Spectroscopic Analyst BOARD OF CONTROL Geo. H. Baldwin, Chairman, Jacksonville Oliver J. Semmes, Pensacola Harry C. Duncan, Tavares Thomas W. Bryant, Lakeland J. T. Diamond, Secretary, Tallahassee BRANCH STATIONS NORTH FLORIDA STATION, QUINCY L. 0. Gratz, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist in Charge R. R. Kincaid, Ph.D., Asso. Plant Pathologist J. D. Warner, M.S., Agronomist Jesse Reeves, Farm Superintendent CITRUS STATION, LAKE ALFRED A. F. Camp, Ph.D., Horticulturist in Charge John H. Jefferies, Superintendent W. A. Kuntz, ALM., Assoc. Plant Pathologist B. R. Fudge, Ph.D., Associate Chemist W. L. Thompson, B.S., Asst. Entomologist EVERGLADES STATION, BELLE GLADE A. Daane, Ph.D., Agronomist in Charge R. N. Lobdell, M.S., Entomologist F. D. Stevens, B.S., Sugarcane Agronomist Thomas Bregger, Ph.D., Sugarcane Physiologist G. R. Townsend, Ph.D., Assistant Plant Pathologist J. R. Neller, Ph.D., Biochemist R. W. Kidder, BS., Assistant Animal Husbandman Ross E. Robertson, B.S., Assistant Chemist B. S. Clayton, B.S.C.E., Drainage Engineer* SUB-TROPICAL STATION, HOMESTEAD H. S. Wolfe, Ph.D., Horticulturist in Charge W. M. Fifield, M.S., Asst. Horticulturist Geo. D. Ruehle, Ph.D., Associate Plant Pathologist W. CENTRAL FLA. STA., BROOKSVILLE W. F. Ward, M.S.A., Asst. An. Husbandman in Charge* FIELD STATIONS Leesburg M. N. Walker, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist in Charge W. B. Shippy, Ph.D., Asso. Plant Pathologist K. W. Loucks, M.S., Asst. Plant Pathologist J. W. Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Entomologist Plant City A. N. Brooks, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist Cocoa A. S. Rhoads, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist Hastings A. H. Eddins, Ph.D., Plant Pathologist Monticello G. B. Fairchild, M.S., Asst. Entomologist*** Bradenton David G. Kelbert, Asst. Plant Pathologist C. C. Goff, M.S., Assistant Entomologist Sanford E. R. Purvis, Ph.D., Assistant Chemist, Celery Investigations Lakeland E. S. Ellison, Ph.D., Meteorologist* B. H. Moore, A.B., Asst. Meteorologist* In cooperation with U.S.D.A. ** Head of Department. *** On leave.