ARKANSAS. 51 



A dairy dopartinent has been established (hirin*^- the jQar and a 

 small herd of Brown Swiss cattle purchased jointly by the college 

 and station. The dairyman is conducting experiments on summer 

 soiling crops, the feeding of corn silage, and methods of raising 

 calves — testing skim milk, whole milk, and calf meals. The station 

 for the first time in its history has an apj^ropriation from the State 

 legislature. $8r),Q00 for two years, a portion of which will be used 

 for buildings and another portion for three cooperative farms in the 

 cotton sections of the State. The additional funds will also make it 

 possible to employ several addition'tl men on the staff of the station. 



The station is attacking the leading problems of the State, and the 

 appropriations it has received will eiudile it to strengthen its work. 

 In general the outlook for greater activity and efficiency is much 

 improved. 



LINES or Wt)RK. 



The principal lities of work condu.cted at the Arkansas Station dur- 

 ing the past year were as follow^s : Chemistry — adulteration of foods, 

 effect of feeding cotton-seed meal, the effect of cotton-seed oil on the 

 melting point of lard, and nutrition of man ; field experiments — rota- 

 tion of crops, testing and breeding cowpeas, corn culture, spring and 

 fall sowing of alfalfa, soy beans, peanuts, and other forage-plant 

 studio, broom corn, rice, etc.; horticultural investigations — ^testing 

 varieties of apples, peaches, small fruits, and vegetables, as])aragus 

 culture, and plant diseases; entomology — injurious insects and means 

 for their repression and inspection work; veterinary investigations — 

 animal diseases, poisonous properties of cotton-seed jjroducts. prej)- 

 aration and distribution of l)lackleg vaccine, inspection work, and 

 dairying. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal yeai- was as follows: 



Uiiitctl states apid-oprijitioii $1.'?. lf;;5. 4.'> 



Farm prudiRts 1,507.33 



Total 14,730.78 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The pul)lications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 83-80 and the Amuuil K('i)ort for 1004, the latter con- 

 taining a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June oO, li)04, 

 and reprints of Bulletins 77-82. The subjects of the bulletins issued 



