1()() REPOUT OF OKKK-IO OF EXI'EIUMRNT STATIONS. 



iu](liti(nial land hotter adaptcnl to a<>Ticnltural mid liorticnltural 

 operations will mako it possihlo to (l('\('lo|) those lines ol" investigation 

 to an extent hitherto inipossihle. 



LINES OF \Vt)Klv. 



Tlie principal linos of ^\■^n•k conductod at tho Xow ^foxioo Station 

 durin<2: tho i)ast year were as follows: Chemistry — chemical survey 

 of the waters of the Territory, analytical work, and study of native 

 fora'io plants (cacti) ; field experiments — alfalfa, grasses for lawns 

 and pastures, cereals, soil renovators, and forage crops; soils; feed- 

 ing experiments with dairj^ cows, steers, and sheep to test the value 

 of various grains and forage crops for soiling and for dry feed; 

 horticulture — culture, pruning, s})raying, and irrigation of orchard, 

 vineyard, and small fruits, vegetable culture, tests of shrubs, flowers, 

 and forest trees; botany — range problems; entomology; and irriga- 

 tion — duty of w^ater, pumps and pumping, irrigation waters. 



INCOME. 



The income or tho station during the past fiscal year was as 

 follows : 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Farm products , 2, 038. 43 



Miscellaneous 000.00 



Total ■— 17, G38. 43 



A report of the receij^ts 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 publication of this station received during the past fiscai year 

 "were Bulletins 51-53 on native ornamental plants of New Mexico, 

 onion culture, and pumping for irrigation. 



NEW YORK. 



New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. 



W. H. Jordan, D. Sc, Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Among the publications of the Xew York State Station during the 

 past fiscal year mention should be made of bulletins on specific gravity 

 as a factor in seed selection, the composition of commercial spraying 



