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plant brooding — cotton, strawberries; feediiijc: experiments — mainly 

 \Yitli dairy cows and poultry; veterinary science — diseases of cattle; 

 entomolofry — orchard inspection, methods of destroying insect pests 

 of fruits and vegetables, and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation .$15,000.00 



State appropriation 1,020.83 



Farm products 960.70 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 2, G35. 34 



Total 20,216.87 



A report of the receipts 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 publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 88-94, 96-108, and 110-113. Bulletins 92, 94, 97-102, 

 104, 106, 107, 108, and 110-113 are on the analyses of commercial 

 fertilizers. The other bulletins include the following subjects: Sor- 

 ghum as a sirup plant; sanitary conditions in the home and on the 

 farm ; Texas fever, inoculation ; coast experiments ; grasses and forage 

 plants; a chemical study of the tea industr}^ in South Carolina; 

 reports of experiments with forage crops at the coast land experiment 

 station, 1904, and analyses of cotton-seed meals. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings. 



Department of South Dakota Agricultural College. 



J. W. Wilson, M. S. A., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



This station continues to give chief attention to the breeding of 

 fruits, ornamental plants, cereals, forage crops, and live stock suited 

 to South Dakota conditions. As a result of the extensive experiments 

 with fruits and ornamental plants to increase hardiness and shorten 

 the period of maturity so as to meet the severe climatic conditions of 

 the region a number of excellent varieties have been developed by 

 selection, crossing, and grafting from native fruits, such as the sand 

 cherry and plum, or from hardy varieties introduced from other 



