104 IC! IMiUT OF OFFTOE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



turo; botany — biroding of corn, beans, and 1 )nia(ocs, analysis of 

 fertilizers, foods, and commercial feedin*; stulis; pot and field experi- 

 ments — forage crops, soilin<r crops, experiments with fertilizers and 

 «i:arden croi)S, experiments with barnyard manures, study of nitrogen 

 assimilation: horticulture — cultural experiments with orchard and 

 small fruits, ornamentals, and vegetables, cross fertilization of egg- 

 plants, sweet corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes; diseases all'ecting beans, 

 ]K)tatoes, sweet potatoes, and other garden vegetables; diseases of 

 animals; entomology — study of mosquitoes and methods of eradi- 

 cating them, study of the rose scale, orchard insects, and the use of 

 insecticides; dairy husbandry — breeding uj) a dair}^ herd; study 

 of domestic pasteurizing methods and the care of milk in the home; 

 feeding dairy cows, including the investigation of legumes as sub- 

 stitutes for purchased feeds ; bacteria of soils, and irrigation. 



INCOME. 



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

 follows : 



State Station: State appropriation (fiscal year ended 



October 31, 1005) $27,000.00 



College Station: United States appropriation 15,000.00 



Total 42,000.00 



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 these stations received during the past fiscal 

 year were Bulletins 172-185 and the Annual Report for 1903. The 

 bulletins include the following subjects: The use of fertilizers, a 

 review of the results of experiments with nitrate of soda ; experiments 

 "with manures and fertilizers on different varieties of asparagus and 

 raspberries; alfalfa hay, cowpea hay, and soy-bean silage as substi- 

 tutes for purchased feeds, cotton-seed meal v. Avheat bran and dried 

 brewers' grains; concentrated feeding stuffs; analyses and valuations 

 of commercial fertilizers; analyses of fertilizers; insecticide experi- 

 ments for 1904; free distribution of experiment-station seed; experi- 

 ments on the accumulation and utilization of atmospheric nitrogen in 

 the soil; insects injurious to shade trees and ornamental plants; a 

 popular review of the work of the experiment station ; the analyses of 

 stone lime, prepared lime, oyster-shell lime, wood ashes, and marl; 

 and condimental feeds and condition powders. 



