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The Station is now in possession of a herd of milch goats num- 

 bering forty-two animals. While the milch goat is not ordinarily 

 thought of as a dairy animal, it is believed that as a source of milk 

 for certain purposes, it will have a place of increasing importance 

 in this country, particularly as a source of food for very young 

 children who are unable to thrive on food of any other kind. 



The purpose of keeping this herd is to determine the cost of 

 maintenance, the yield of milk and the uses to which the milk can 

 be put. Very encouraging success has already been reached with 

 infants and young children who were not previously prospering. 

 No results have been published, however, and will not be until data 

 are secured covering a considerable period of time and a large 

 amount of experience in the use of the milk. 



The Station has no animals for sale. It will retain all desirable 

 animals and the undesirable ones will be disposed of otherwise. 



fruit production. 



The Experiment Station has devoted a great deal of attention 

 to the interests of the fruit grower. Not only has the Horticul- 

 tural Department directed its energies almost wholly along this 

 line, but the Departments of Botany and Entomology have been 

 occupied to a great extent with the study and control of the pests 

 from which the fruit grower must be defended. It is quite nat- 

 ural that a generous share of the Station's activities should be di- 

 rected toward aiding the fruit interests, partly because these are 

 greatly important in this State and are increasing in magnitude, 

 and partly because fruit production has offered definite problems 

 that have been available for study. Moreover, among the fruit 

 growers of the State have been many men who have had the dis- 

 position and the ability to co-operate with the Station in the study 

 of their problems. 



The Station has made extensive observations as to the character 

 and value of varieties of fruit. This has been accomplished partly 

 by the cultivation of a large number of varieties of several classes 

 of fruit on the Station grounds. The usefulness of variety tests 



