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funds At McXcill llic -Naru'ty aiul fcitili/or tosts with farm, fjardcn, 

 and orchard crops have been continued. At Ilolly Sprinjj^s ])ro<;ress 

 was niacU' in rechnniin<jr a ])ortion of the 200 acres of badly eroded 

 brown h)ani which was (U)nated by tiie peoph' in that vicinity, and 

 phmtations consisting of 7 acres of strawberries and 10 acres of 

 Klberta peaches were put out. At Stoneville, where the people do- 

 nated $15,000 for the })urchase of a 200-acre experiment farm of 

 delta land, the work was also of a preliminary nature. 



The fjeneral conditions surroundino^ the Mississippi Station have 

 been materially improved durin<r the year, and the station work is 

 in better shape than ever before. With the employment of more 

 experienced assistants to the station men the work would be some- 

 what strengthened. The station has a strong hold on the people 

 of the State, as was evidenced by the recent appropriation for two 

 additional branch stations and by the increasing appeals to the 

 station for assistance. The outlook for the future is exceptionally 

 good. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted by the Mississippi Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Soils — restoring and maintain- 

 ing fertility, study of artesian waters, methods of preventing erosion, 

 and restoring w^ashed soils; fertilizers; field experiments — growing 

 pasturage and forage crops, testing varieties of wheat, oats, and cot- 

 ton, selection and breeding of corn and cotton ; horticulture ; animal 

 husbandry — beef production, combined with swine and sheep pro- 

 duction, and poaltry culture; dairying; diseases of animals — Texas 

 fever and other diseases; entomology — boll weevil, chicken mite, and 

 insects affecting the leading garden and farm products. 



INCOME. 



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

 follows : 



United States appropruation . .$15,000.00 



State appropriation for suljstations 20,000.00 



Farm products 2,001. 18 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year — 3,240.40 



Total 40, 301. 67 



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 publications of this station received during the past fiscal 

 year were Bulletins 82-84 and 86, and the Annual Report for 1904, 



