56 LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE

 "In the Agricultural Extension Division, President Mur-
phree took an especial interest, for he saw the work of the
county agents and the county home demonstration agents pene-
trating to all corners of the state and literally taking the agri-
cultural work of the University to the people.
 "The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 brought this work into
being, for it provided co-operation with the state and counties
from the federal government. There are now one hundred
and ten on the staff of the Agricultural Extension Division.
This brings the total on the staff of the College of Agriculture
in its three departments to 243.
 "Dr. Murphree gave his heartiest support to the work of the
county agents and home demonstration agents. He invariably
made a speech to them in their annual meeting here, and
always he would address them as 'members of the Faculty of
the University of Florida.'"

The Agricultural Experiment Station
 President Murphree was an ardent and enthusiastic sup-
porter of every movement looking toward the development of
Florida in her agricultural resources. In this connection he
threw his support toward building up the Agricultural Experi-
ment Station of the College of Agriculture of the University
with the faculty of this university group, and took every op-
portunity to further its interests.
 The Experiment Station developed steadily as possible
with the limited resources available, each year seeing its work
more effectively done and more highly appreciated. The Sta-
tion is devoted almost exclusively to research work connected
with Florida agricultural problems. This research work,
under the direction of Dean Wilmon Newell, is being carried
on along the following lines: The study of soils and fertilizers
on citrus, pecans, farm and truck crops, in relation to plant
growth and development; the study of citrus diseases; the
study of vegetable diseases; the study of the control of root-
knot and vegetable insects; the study of pecan diseases, in-
sects, varieties and cultural methods; control of aphids and
other citrus insects; comparison of rations for economical
milk and pork production; the study of tobacco diseases and