70 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



INCOME. 



Tlic income of tlic stntioii diiriiiir llic past fiscal ycjir was as 

 follows: 



United States nppnipriation $ir., 0()0. 00 



State approiJi-iation S"), 0(Mi. 00 



Fees r.L'2. ".0 



F.inii iiroducts 0.S2. 04 



I'.al.uue from previous year l.OO.*]. HG 



Total 102.208.10 



A report of the receipts and Xjxpenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal 

 year were Bulletins 95-101 and Circulars 75-89. The subjects of 

 the bulletins are as follows: The more important insect injuries to 

 Indian corn ; the testing of corn for seed ; market classes and grades 

 of swdne; the curculio and the apple; soil treatment for the low^er 

 Illinois glaciation; directions for the breeding of corn, including 

 methods for the prevention of inbreeding; crops for the silo, cost of 

 filling, and effect of silage on the flavor of milk. The circulars treat 

 of investigations and topics of current interest to the people of the 

 State. 



INDIANA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, Lafayette. 



Department of Purdue University. 



Arthur Goss, M. S., A. C, Director 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Indiana Station has continued its former investigations, but 

 has devoted much time during the past year to the inauguration of 

 new work contemplated in an act of the legislature appropriating 

 $5,000 for the year ended November 1, 1905, and $25,000 a year there- 

 after to the experiment station. The annual appropriation includes 

 $10,000 for general purposes, $5,000 for investigations in live stock 

 feeding, with special reference to beef production ; $5,000 for soil and 

 crop improvement, and $5,000 for the advancement of the dairy inter- 

 ests of the State. The act i^rovides for an advisory committee of 

 three, composed of representatives of the corn growers", dairy- 

 men's, and live stock associations of the State. The $5,000 avail- 



