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with the increase in price of hmiber farmers are much more interested 

 in forestry. The horticultural department is also giving attention 

 to fruit and vegetable growing, the latter in cooperation with the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, which is also cooperating with the botanist 

 in conducting a plant-disi>ase survey of the State. The other work 

 of the botanist is mainly on the crossing of varieties of corn, wheat, 

 and tobacco. 



The station's investigations on the treatment of barnyard manure 

 and on the imj)()rtance of lime to clover and alfalfa are attracting 

 much attention and are influencing the practice of many of the lead- 

 ing farmers of the State. Many carloads of powdered phosphate rock 

 and of lime are being iLsed over the State as the result of this work. 

 The entomologist has continued spraying experiments for the San 

 Jose scale and the codling moth. In the case of the codling moth 

 the July spraying has been shown to be important. Observations 

 have been made on ditl'erent varieties of wheat with reference to rela- 

 tive innnunity from the Hessian fly and midge. There seems to be 

 little difference as regards immunity from the Hessian fly, but for 

 the midge, bearded varieties are less affected than smooth and late 

 varieties than early. Examinations have been made to determine 

 the time of egg laying of the Hessian fly and whether other plants 

 feed the fly. The agronomic work of the station is being extended to 

 include not only a continuation of varietal and cultural tests of 

 cereals and forage crops, but also a line of investigations on the 

 improvement of the quality of the cereal grains through seed breeding 

 and selection. A stud}' of leguminous forage crops and corn is being 

 conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



The experiments in cooperation with farmers, conducted under the 

 supervision of the station experimentalist, are giving promise of 

 great usefulness. A leading object of these experiments is to dis- 

 cover, through their agency, a number of farmers in different sections 

 of the State who, by conducting scientifically planned experiments 

 on their own farms under the station's guidance, may become demon- 

 .strators of improved methods in their respective neighborhoods. 



The Ohio Station is actively endeavoring to meet the growing 

 demand for demonstration work in different localities, which here as 

 in other States is tending to broaden materially the scope of the 

 operations of the station. At the same time the officers of the station 

 keenly realize the necessity for increasing the scientific thoroughness 

 and accuracy of their original investigations, and are seeking to 

 strengthen their work in this direction. This is a wise policy, and 

 the State will do well to su])port the station liberally in carrying it 

 out on a consistent and efficient plan. 



