06 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



iiTi<^atioii waters; j)lant. pathology ami physiok)gy — fungus and bac- 

 terial diseases of sugar cane; field experiments — fertilizer, cultural, 

 and irrigation experiments with cane, variety tests of cane, antl ento- 

 mology. 



INCOME. 



. The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows, 



Hawaiian Sii.uar IManti'i-s' Association $58,591.84 



Fees 5,378.50 



Total 03,970.34 



IDAHO. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Idaho, Moscuw. 



Departmeut of the University of Idaho. 



II. T. French, ;m. S., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The new department of agronomy of the Idaho Station has imder- 

 takeii considerable work Avith cereals and forage crops. There has 

 been work with oats and corn to secure varieties earlier and better 

 adapted to the high altitudes. About thirty varieties of corn have 

 been tested, several of which matured and gave good yields. Seed 

 has been selected from the best varieties and will be tested again at 

 the station and by about twenty cooperating farmers. The director 

 is coojDcrating with the agronomist in a study of rotation and crop 

 management and is conducting some feeding experiments with cows 

 and ])igs. The problem of feeding pigs economically and well from 

 April to August is an important one in Idaho, and it is this problem 

 that the station is now working upon. The botanist has been relieved 

 from college work and is now devoting his entire time to field work 

 in entomology and i:)lant diseases, including a study of tomato blight ; 

 the use of fungicides in the prevention of smut in gi-ain, and other 

 experiments in controlling pear blight, milde^v in roses, and the cod- 

 ling moth. The chemist, before deciding to take u[) further studies 

 at Yale, completed an examination of soil conditions in the Paj'ettc 

 Valley, and spent considerable time in investigating the protein con- 

 tent of w'heat grown at different altitudes and in determining the 

 effect of minerals on waters used for irrigation. The horticulturist, 

 after spending considerable time in studying horticultural conditions 

 in the State, has undertaken quite extensive work with apples with 

 the intention of studying matters concerning harvesting, storing, 

 marketing, etc. He is also attempting to develop a variety of sweet 

 com suitable to Idaho conditions and to domesticate a number of 

 native fruits and shrubs. He has some greenhouse work with carna- 



