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investigations of these diseases are being continued and extensive 

 field experiments in the introduction of disease-resistant varieties are 

 being carried on in cooperation with the Bureau of Phmt Industry 

 of this Department. The station is also cooperating with the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry in studies on the effect of climate on potato seed 

 and in drug plant investigations. 



The botanical and bacteriological investigations of the Vermont 

 Station are being vigorouslv and successfullv conducted and are of 

 more than local value. The inspection service is also well organized 

 and elliciently performed. The investigations in dairy husbandry 

 have given useful results, but have now^ reached a point where they 

 should be put on a different basis in order that by more thorough and 

 scientific work results of wide and permanent value to the dairy inter- 

 ests of the State may be obtained. To do this most effectively the 

 financial resources of the station should be increased, and it is hoj^ed 

 that a way may be found to do this. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Vermont Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Chemistry — composition of 

 j)otatoes, artichokes, etc., methods of analysis; bacteriology; analysis 

 and control of fertilizers and feeding stuffs; inspection of creamery 

 glassware ; field experiments ; botany — grasses and other forage crops, 

 destruction of weeds, etc. ; horticulture — propagation, pollenization, 

 and hybridization of plums; diseases of plants — soft rots of vege- 

 tables, and diseases of potatoes; feeding experiments, and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation .$15,000.00 



State appropriation 1,545.72 



Individuals 25.80 



Fees 2,824.44 



Total 19, 39.5. 96 



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. 



PIBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 10<S and 110-11;"), on the following subjects: Commer- 

 cial fertilizers, connnercial feeding stuffs, abstract of Seventeenth 

 Annual Report, 1003-4, prej)aiiilion and use of sprays, alfalfa in 

 Vermont, and disease-resistant potatoes. 



