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lions. All iiu'iiibers of the staff participate, in farmers' institute 

 work, and the agronomist has prej^ared two leaflets on elementary 

 agriculture for use in the public schools. These are now placed on 

 the regular list of subjects taught in the schools. 



The work of the station in developing types of corn adapted to the 

 climatic conditions of the State and in breeding and feeding farm 

 animals is of distinct value to the agriculture of the State. The pos- 

 sibility of feeding beet pulp to cattle has opened a market for a con- 

 siderable supply of this by-product of beet-sugar manufacture. The 

 readiness with which the farmers have adopted the results of these 

 experiments and their willingness to cooperate with the station are 

 indications of an increasing appreciation of the station by its con- 

 stituents. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Idaho Station during 

 the past year were as follows: Chemistr}' — studies of wheats, irriga- 

 tion waters, and foods, miscellaneous analytical work; physics; 

 botany — studies of plant diseases and their remedies; field experi- 

 ments — plant breeding, tests of various grasses and other forage 

 crops for pasture and hay, experiments with cereals desirable for 

 introduction, rotation experiments; horticulture — cultural and vari- 

 ety tests of garden crops, fruits, and forest trees; entomology; feed- 

 ing exjieriments — cattle, sheep, and swine. 



INCOME. 



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

 follows : 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Farm products 8(i7. 15 



Balance 583. 77 



Total IG, 450. 92 



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 j)ul)Iications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 42—1-7 and the Annual IJeport for VMU. Tlie bulletins 

 are on the following subjects: Experiments in i)ig feeding, planting 

 the apple orchard, alkali and the treatment of alkali lands, traj) rocks 

 of Palouse region as road material, the grape phylloxera, and prun- 

 ing the apple orchard. 



