50 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



varieties for silage, ami the sweet varieties for the seed trade. E. M. 

 East, a graduate of the University of Illinois, has been put in 

 charge of this work. The botanist has devoted his time largely to a 

 critical study of the life history of the fungus of potato blight and 

 jjotato rot. Tinj^oi-tant investigations for the improvouK'nt of tol)ac'co 

 by selection and breeding from present types of tobacco are being 

 conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this 

 Department, and have already yielded interesting and valuable re- 

 sults. At Poquonock the station experiments with Sumatra tobacco 

 under shade are being continued, and it is thought that a type suit- 

 able for that region is being developed. 



A new two-story building with high basement is being erected at a 

 cost of about $15,000, which will contain a chemical laboratory and 

 quarters for the plant breeding and forestry work. During the year 

 the station has added about 50 acres to its experimental forest 

 tract and has planted a portion of this to chestnuts. 



The station is jDursuing its policy of laboratory investigations, with 

 field work in cooperation with existing agencies, rather than opera- 

 ting a permanent farm or experimental field. Although its inspection 

 work is increasingly heavy, it is maintaining its reputation for thor- 

 ough investigation, and through the various agencies in the State it is 

 in quite close touch Avith the farmers. 



linp:s of a\ork. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Connecticut State 

 Station during the past year were as follows: Analysis and inspec- 

 tion of fertilizers, foods, and feeding stuffs; inspection of Babcock 

 test apparatus and nurseries; cheniistr}^ — study of vegetable proteids; 

 diseases of plants; forestry; field experiments — tobacco, breeding and 

 selection of corn, grasses for turf making and pasture; and ento- 

 mology. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the j^ast fiscal j-ear was as 



follows : 



United States appropriation $7,500.00 



State appropriation, including balance of $4.50 15, 9i50. 00 



Individuals 8. 500. (JO 



Fees, including balance from previous year 3, GIO. 31 



Miscellaneous 30.71 



Total 35, .591. 02 



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. 



