58 KEPOltT OF OFFICE OF KXPHKIMENT STATIONS. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal linos of work conducted ai ihr Connecticut Storrs 

 Station durin<i- the j)ast year were as follows: P'ood and nutrition of 

 man and aninnils; bacteriology of dairy products; field experi- 

 ments — fertilizers, soils tests, cover crops, nitroiren exjieriments; 

 horticulture; poultry experiments; and dairying — soft cheese mak- 



ing. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as folloAvs: 



United States appropriation __. .$7,500.00 



State aiipropriation 1,800.00 



MiscellaiiL'ons (iJSl. ;{1 



Total 9. 084. 31 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has l)een rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has Ix'en approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 31-35 and the Annual Report for 1904. The bulle- 

 tins are on the following subjects: The food value of a pound of milk 

 solids, protecting cows from flies, a successful brooder house, discus- 

 sion of the amount of protein required in the ration for dairy cows, 

 and the Camembert type of soft cheese in the United States. 



DELAWARE. 



The Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, Neu-ark.^ 



Department of Delaware College. 



A. T. Neale. a. M., Ph. D., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The general conditions and the lines of work at the Delaware Sta- 

 tion remain about the same as hitherto. The experiment on the pro- 

 duction of sanitary milk on an economic basis has been continued 

 and is yielding some interesting data. The horticulturist has been 

 giving much attention to dust spraying as compared with liquid 

 spraA'ing for orchard fruits. Some of the dust sprays have given 

 good results and may be applied more economically than the liquid 

 sprays. The limoid and kerosene emulsion prepared by this station 

 and experimented with by a number of other stations is attracting 

 much attention, and it is believed that it wnll be found a useful addi- 

 tion to insecticides. The horticulturist has used it lately to destroy 



