NEVADA. 99 



varieties of fruits In- hyhridization, ijjrafting, and selection and breed- 

 ing of beans; diseases of plants; forestry; feeding and breeding ex- 

 periments; diseases of animals — cholera in hogs, dysentery in calves, 

 abortion, mange, sorghum poisoning, cornstalk disease; dairying; 

 entomology — grassh()})i)er fungus disease, chinch-bug disease; exter- 

 mination of prairie dogs with Pintsch gas by-products; irrigation — 

 iXH-ords of water used on different crops, methods of cultivation, and 

 records of discharge of several rivers. 



INCOME. 



iThe income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows : 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



State appropriation for substation 15,000.00 



Farm products 7, G7t). 47 



Balance from previous year 055.98 



Total 38,335.45 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fand has been rendered in accordance Avith the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 85-88 and the Annual Reports for 11)03 and 1904. The 

 l)ulletins are on the following subjects: Feeding experiments with 

 cattle, destroying prairie dogs, a test of calf rations, methods of 

 controlling contamination of milk during milking, and apple scab 

 and cedar rust. 



NEVADA. 



Heno Agricultural Experiment Station, Uriio. 



Department of Nevada State University. 



J. E. SxUBBS.a L). 1)., LL. ])., Dilator. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The work of the Nevada Station is now being developed more 

 definitely along the lines of agronomy, animal husbandry, and hor- 

 ticulture as modified by irrigation practice. Cereals are being studied 

 as to water re(iuirements and adaptation to local conditions, including 

 (h"y-fai"iuing practice. The irrigation investigations are in coopei-a- 

 tion with (his Ollice. Alfalfa is being tested as a pasture for pigs, 

 imd breeding experiments with cattle, sheep, and swine have been 



o Ou leave. 



