liU lU:roitT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



MNES OF WORK. 



The jirinc'ipal linos of work coiuluctcd :u llio Tennessee Station 

 (liirin<r the past year wciv as follows: CluMnistry — pot and other 

 experiments with soils, digestion experiments, analytical work; in- 

 spection of fertilizers; field experiments — selection of cereals and 

 legumes, experiments with forage crops for soiling and silage, meth- 

 ods of cultivation, green manuring, tests of meadow grasses, grazing 

 experiments, etc.; horticulture — cultural, fertilizer, and grafting 

 experiments with orchard and small fruits and vegetables; seeds; 

 weeds; diseases of plants; feeding experiments; beef and dairy cattle 

 and hogs; entomology, and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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

 follows : 



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United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Fees 680.00 



Farm products 4, 810. 10 



Miscellaneous (J77. 8!) 



Total 21,107.99 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund lias 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 Vol. XVII, No. 3, on training and pruning fruit trees 

 and vines, and No. 4, on replacing grain with alfalfa in a ration for 

 dairy cows. 



TEXAS. 



Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, 



Department of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 

 J. A. Ceaig, B. S. a., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



During the past fiscal j^ear the Texas Station has given special 

 emphasis to its feeding experiments to determine the value of local 

 feeds. An experiment has been made to test the value of rice and 

 rice products, alone and in combination with molasses feed, and a 

 bunch of yearlings has been ted for show purposes to demonstrate 

 what can be done with Texas feeds and molasses. Pigs have been fed 



