128 REPORT OF ori'lCE or EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



LINKS (»1" WORK. 



The principal lines of Nvork condnotod at the Khodo Island Station 

 diirin<r llu' past year wt-iv as follows: CluMnistry — analytical work 

 in connection with other experimental invest i<;ations; niete()rol()<;y ; 

 soils; analysis and inspection of fertilizers and feeding stuffs; field 

 and pot experiments — fertilizers, rotations v. continuous cropping, 

 variety tests, experiments with grasses; horticulture — rejuvenation 

 of old orchards, manurial experiments with hush fruits, selection and 

 hreeding of fruits (raspberries and blackberries) and vegetables, 

 orchard cover crops, and lawn grasses; and poultry experiments — 

 diseases, brooding, incubation, etc. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Farm products 1,028.81 



Miscellaneous 2, 709. (M 



Total 18,738.45 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Dej)artment and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 100-104 and the Annual Report for 1904. The bulle- 

 tins are on the following subjects: Wlien to spray, analyses of com- 

 mercial fertilizers, experiments in grass culture, and plant peculiari- 

 ties as shown by the influence of sodium salts. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

 South. Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Clemson Colleger 

 Department of Clemson Agricultural College. 

 J. N. Hakper, B. S., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The investigations of the South Carolina Station have not changed 

 materially during the last fiscal j^ear. The chemical division is in- 

 vestigating among other things the manufacture of starch from the 

 sweet potato and has erected a plant for the purpose. The agricul- 



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