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The Agronomic Station in Haina, is now being managed by men of Science, whose competence is
well-known, and five Series of Technical Bulletins will be published and classified as thus:
A. Phytopathology, Microbiology, and Entomology
B. Botany and Ecology
C. Agriculture, Agronomy, Agricultural Industries, and Forestry Science
D. Chemistry
E. Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny
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In addition to the exchanges with homologous institutions, reports were published about the studies made
at the National Agronomic Station in Dominican journals and also in scientific journals in other countries,
taking advantage of the friendly relations with European researchers and editors as well as with those in Latin
America and in the United States.
The task of publication included teaching materials used by the students at the College, but there were
also circular letters, posters, and small pamphlets designed to reach the general populace with information of
interest to all farmers. This variety of formats sought to ensure that activities of the Station were responding
to the felt needs of crop growers and livestock breeders. For example, in 1926 the catalog of publications in-
cluded three pamphlets for dissemination that made reference to everyday problems: two written by Ciferri
himself, “The Battle against Mice” and “Twenty-Four Formulas for Fighting Plant Diseases,”
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a third written
by Dr. M. Conti
,
“Warts in Bovines.” All of these pamphlets were followed up with campaigns. Among the
studies published in
Boletines Técnicos
, from the series on Botany and Ecology, we find: No. 1.- Dr. R. Ciferri
and R. González Fragoso, “Parasitic and Saprophytic Fungi in the Dominican Republic,” Series 2 (February
1926); No. 4.- Dr. R. Ciferri and R. González Fragoso, “Parasitic and Saprophytic Fungi in the Dominican Re-
public,” Series 3 (May 1926); No. 5.- Dr. R. Ciferri and R. González Fragoso, “Parasitic and Saprophytic Fungi
in the Dominican Republic,” Series 4 (August 1926); No. 2.- Dr. R. Ciferri and R. González Fragoso, “Parasitic
and Saprophytic Fungi in the Dominican Republic,” Series 5 (September 1926). Of these mycological series,
at least some thirty-five were published. The following year, in 1927, another circular letter and two
Boletines
Técnicos
were published in the collection on Phytopathology, Microbiology, and Entomology, prepared by Dr.
G. Russo, the head of the Entomology Section: “Insects Harmful to Major Crops and Means to Fight Them”
(Circular No. 1, March 1927); “The Natural or Biological Battle against Insects Harmful to Crops,” No. 1 ( June
1927) and “Account of Plant Diseases in the Cultivation of Cotton, Eggplant, Onions, Potatoes in the Province
of Monte Cristy (sic),” No. 2 ( July 1927).
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For the first time, all of these were original publications.
Collections and Botanical Garden
Different collections of scientific interest were made for purposes of both research and teaching. Each collec-
tion was analyzed in its respective laboratory under the watchful eyes of specialists in different fields. In 1926,
these were the most relevant:
Phytopathologic Collection
, consisting of 96 jars with plants or plant parts preserved in alcohol or
formaldehyde and 164 dry preparations, including several of the types and cotypes of Dominican my-
coflora.
Morphological Plant Collection
, 31 samples under glass.
Xylologic Collection
, with 31 pieces of wood.
Cecidiologic Collection
, with 26 samples of cecidia and domiciles (insect galls on plants).
Ornithological Collection
, 56 samples, embalmed and mounted.
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Ichthyologic Collection
, consisting of 11 unclassified samples.
Mycological Collection of fungi in crops
, “varies according to the needs of the study.”
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DR. RAFFAELE CIFERRI’S CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC