lie KEPUliT OF OITICE OF EXrElUMliKT STATIONS. 



INCOME. 



The iiiconu' of (lio station iltiriii<!: tlic pnsl fiscnl ycni' was as fol- 

 lows : 



UnitiHl States appropriation .fin, (MK». (K) 



StMtt' iipi»ropriation for sul)stati()ns T), ()(M). (HJ 



Fnrni products 1,213.70 



Jliseellaneous, including balance from previous year 4, 2GG. 16 



Total 25,479.80 



A report of the receipts and expentlitures for the United States 

 fund 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 62-G4, and Part II of the Annual Report for 1904. 

 The subjects of the bulletins were weed studies, adulterated food 

 products and food studies, and root systems of field crops. Part II 

 of the Annual Report gives the results of the inspection and analysis 

 of food products in North Dakota under the direction of the food 

 commissioner for the year 1904. 



OHIO. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster. 

 C. E. Thorne, M. S. a.. Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The work of the Ohio Station in the study of the problems relating 

 to maintenance of soil fertility is being continued along the lines 

 originally jirojected. It now covers more than 1,300 permanently 

 located plats of land sitmited in four Avidel}^ separated sections of the 

 State and on soils typical of large areas. Of several hundred of 

 these plats, located in part at the nuiin station at Wooster and in part 

 at the substation at Strongsville, the station has a definite history 

 covering ten years or more, a fact which makes them especially valu- 

 able for certain lines of investigation, and they are being utilized in 

 cooperative investigations by the Bureaus of Chemistry and Soils of 

 this Department. At the Germantown substation special attention 

 is being given to fertilizer and cultural ex])eriments with tobacco to 

 supplement the work of the Bureau of Soils on curing. At the 

 Carpenter substation emphasis is placed on apple growing and for- 

 estry. Forest plantings are also l^eing made in different parts of the 

 State. There is a sjDccial demand for woods suitable for posts, and 



