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fruit. Other work on plant diseases and insect pests is being carried 

 on, including spraying experiments for the extermination of the hop 

 louse and a study of the crown gall of hops. Tlie veterinarian is 

 studying the morphology of the bacterium supposed to cause the 

 symptoms of poisoning in sheep,' and has continued his studies of 

 tuberculosis in cattle and poultry. In the department of chemistry 

 the study of Washington forage crops has been continued, attention 

 being given to the chemical comjiosition as affected by time of cutting, 

 stages of growth, methods of curing, and the application or with- 

 holding of irrigation water. Studies are in progress on the chemistry 

 of insecticides and of ripening fruits, and on the action of enzyms on 

 ripening fruit. A soil survey is being made and a study of the effect 

 of environment on the chemical composition of wheat has been 

 started. 



The new horticulturist, W. S. Tlfornbor, formerly of South Dakota, 

 came to the station late in the year and devoted his time largely to 

 planning his work and starting plantations of forest seedlings and 

 ornamentals. AV. A. Linklater, recently of the corresj)ondence agri- 

 cultural school at Sioux City, Iowa, has been appointed head of the 

 animal husbandry department of the college and station. The last 

 legislature changed the name of the Washington Agricultural College 

 and School of Science to State College of Washington, and appro- 

 priated $105,000 for maintenance during the next biennium. Xo 

 appropriation was made for the Puyallup substation, which has been 

 closed, nor for farmers' institutes, which will be continued with 

 college funds. 



! The Washington Station is gaining in appreciation among me 

 people, is making good progress in developing and carrying on inves- 

 tigations of importance to the region, and is in a fairly satisfactory 

 condition, except that the teaching work of the staff is heavy and the 

 funds of the station are too limited to permit the appointment of 

 assistants to relieve the situation. The president has recommended 

 the separation of the presidency and directorship, and it is hoped that 

 the regents will act favorably upon his recommendation. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Washington Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Chemistry — methods of analy- 

 sis, chemical studies of hay, forage crops, fertilizers, foods, and dairy 

 products; botany — study of crown gall, black spot, canker, tomato 

 blight, pear bligiit, grain smuts: bacteriology: soils; field experi- 

 ments — tests of grasses for pasture, varieties of oats, barley, emmer, 

 spelt, and einkorn, rotations, time of seeding, sugar beets; horticulture; 

 plant breeding — cereals, clover, alfalfa, and vetches; diseases of 



