EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



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DISBURSEMENTS OF EXPEEIMENT STATIOX — 5I0XETS OTHER THAN EECErV'ED FROM UNITED 



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STATES TREASURER. 



Salaries $2,677 48 



Labor 6,857 39 



Furniture and fixtures 6 99 



Postage and stationery 126 70 



Freight and express 498 56 



Heat, light and water 34 57 



Chemical supplies 63 18 



Seeds, plants and sundry supplies 1,081 47 



Fertilizer 181 40 



Library 49 39 



Tools, implements and machinery 181 73 



Scientific apparatus 48 25 



Building and repairs 1,022 87 



Traveling expenses 661 46 



Feeding stuffs 1,921 17 



Publications 13 07 



Live stock 2,703 85 



$18,129 53 



Balance on hand 4,130 01 



Total $22,259 54 



EEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND AGRICULTURIST. 



To the President: 



During the year ending June 30, 1906 there have been issued by the 

 experiment station the following bulletins : 



The fiscal year closing at the date mentioned above is not conspicuous 

 by reason of any important changes either in the staff or in methods 

 and equipment. The coming of Prof. S, W. Fletcher and his appoint- 

 ment as associate horticulturist has led to enlargement of the work in 

 that department along lines certain to be of interest and importance to 

 the state at large. The station is unfortunate in losing many of its 

 younger men who go from the position of assistant here either to 

 commercial work at a much larger salary than the station is allowed 

 to pay or to some higher position at another station; 



The money appropriated by the last legislature to the department 

 of live stock of the college has become available and has made it pos- 

 sible to carry forward a series of very interesting experiments with 

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