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al)lo flnrins: the past year was used in the preparation of quarters for 

 new assistants, the erection of feeding sheds, and the employment of 

 assistants for the special investigations. 



In the dairy division an assistant has been employed to visit the 

 different creameries of the State, aid in the improvement of the meth- 

 ods em^doyed, and arrange cooperative experiments. 



In the soil and crop improvement division much work has already 

 been done in the way of starting experiments in different parts of the 

 State. Assistants have been provided for this work and the farmers 

 of the State are taking great interest in it. No difficulty is being 

 experienced in securing volunteers to conduct cooperative experiments 

 and in several places the station has been fortunate in securing the 

 active cooperation of former students of the university and other per- 

 sons having the neces-sary scientific training and means to insure the 

 success of such work. At the present time twelve corn-breeding ex- 

 periments are being carried on in different parts of the State to test 

 the adaptability of varieties bred at .the station, and records of corn 

 distributed by the station in from 150 to 200 different places are being 

 kept. 



In the division of animal husbandry barns, sheds, and other equip- 

 ment have been arranged for feeding three carloads of cattle. Studies 

 will also be made of breeding problems from records kept by breeders 

 in the State. 



The anticipated beneficial results from relieving the station of the 

 care and management of the college farm and placing the business of 

 the State chemist's office directly in charge of the station have been 

 realized. Through these changes the station has been financially 

 benefited during the past year to the extent of several thousand 

 dollars. 



Tlie way in which the State and the universitj'' authorities have 

 relieved the financial embarrassments of the station is especially 

 gratifying because of the permanent character of the additional 

 resources which the station has ac(]uired. It will thus be able to plan 

 and execute its new enterprises in a thorough and far-reaching man- 

 ner, and the results should be of great value to the agricultural inter- 

 ests of the State. 



LINES OF AVORK. 



The i)rincipal lines of work conducted at the Indiana Station dur- 

 ing tlie past year were as follows: Chemistry — study of soils of the 

 State, chemical (•()mi)osition of corn at different stages of growth, and 

 corn breeding; pot and field experiments — breeding, cultural and fer- 

 tilizer experiments witii cereals and forage crops, rotation; pot 

 experiments witli legumes and cereals to test the efficiency of soil 

 inoculation; horticulture; feeding experiments — comparison of tank- 



