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much to iirousc interest in bettor methods of farming;:, there is great 

 need for the more th()roii«!;h or<i:anization of agricnUural education 

 in "West Vir«rinia. Tlie college of agriculture of the university 

 should be put in a position to do more etfective work at the university 

 and by extension work through the State, 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the West Virginia Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Chemistry — study of insecti- 

 cides and fungicides, analytical work with feeding stuffs and waters, 

 study of pressure as a preservative, of a process for the fixation of at- 

 mospheric nitrogen, and of the salt brines of certain poisonous plants, 

 methods of analysis; analysis and control of fertilizers; inspection 

 of orchards and nurseries; soils — study of fertility by use of rota- 

 tions, green manures, commercial fertilizers and barnyard manure, 

 study of acid soils, soils of orchard sections, methods of burning and 

 distributing native lime, etc.; field experiments — variety tests of 

 cereals and legumes, fertilizer experiments with pastures and mead- 

 ows; horticulture — adaptability of mountain-glade lands for truck 

 crops, cranberries and other fruits, forcing experiments with vege- 

 tables, experiments with insecticides and fungicides, and studies of 

 diseases of fruits and vegetables; feeding experiments with sheep; 

 poultry experiments — production of meat and eggs, incubation ex- 

 periments to improve flavor of meat and eggs of domesticated fowls ; 

 and entomolog}' — insects injurious to orchards, orchard products, and 

 forest trees. 



INCOME. 



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

 follows : 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Fees 11,682.33 



Farm products 2,951.83 



Miscellaneous 139.49 



Total 29, 773. 65 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance wdth the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The piiblicationB of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 02, 93, and 95, on commercial fertilizers, mixtures and 

 appliances for spraying, and Special Bulletin 3, on San Jose scale in 

 West Virginia. 



