11:3 liKl'UllT OF OFFICE OF EXPEUIMENT STATIONS. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station duiin^^ tlie past fiscal year was as folhnvs: 



United States ai»i»n»i)riiitiou !j!13, r»0(». UU 



State appropriation « 10, 000. 00 



Farm produets 210. 95 



Total 23, 710. 95 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance witli the scliedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 219-225, 22T, and 228, and the Annual Heport for 

 1904. The subjects of the bulletins are diseases of ginseng, skinnned 

 milk for pigs, alfalfa in New York, record of an atteni])t to increase 

 the fat in milk by means of liberal feeding, the grape berry moth, 

 two grape pests, bovine tuberculosis, mushroom growing for amateurs, 

 and potato growing in New York. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, West Raleigh. 



Department of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



B. W. KiLGOBE, M. S., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The work of the North Carolina Station continues to be developed 

 mainly along the lines of plant production for improved varieties and 

 soil renovation, jDlant diseases, and dairying. About 40 acres is now 

 devoted to plat experiments and 00 acres to rotation experiments, 

 conducted on a self-supporting basis. The dairy work is mainly on 

 problems of feeding and milk production, and is also largely self- 

 supporting. There is some poultry work, including feeding, incu- 

 bator and brooder work, and experiments with egg preservatives. 

 The biologist is working on watermelon wilt in cooperation with the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department, and on tobacco wilt, 

 trying different methods of treatment and testing different varieties 

 for resistance. He is also making some studies of the diseases of the 

 apple and tomato. 



The new agricultural building of the college, which is described on 

 page 329 of this rejjort, provides special research laboratories and 



o Estimated amount of State appropriation spent for experimental purposes. 



