REPORT OF DIRECTOR AND AGRICULTURIST 



J. F. DUGGAR 



Aulnirn, Ala., January 28, 1918. 

 Dr. C. C. Thach, President, 



Alabama Polytechnic Institute, , 



Auburn, Ala. 

 Sir: 



I respectfully submit the following report for the past year 

 of the work under my charge as Director and Agriculturist 

 of the Alabama Experiment Station: 



PURLICATIONS 



The publications of the Alabama Experiment Station for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, consist of the annual 

 report, five bulletins, two circulars and five press bulletins, 

 making a total of thirteen publications. Below I give their 

 titles and authors: 



Bulletin No. 192: "Cottonseed Meal Compared with Velvet 

 Beans for Fattening Steers;" by the Animal Husbandman and 

 Assistant. 



Bulletin No. 193: "Peanuts; Tests of Varieties and Ferti- 

 lizers;" by the Director and Assistants. 



Bulletin No. 194: "Growing Peanuts in Alabama;" by the 

 Director and Assistants. 



Bulletin No. 195: "The Cause of the Disappearance of 

 Cumarin, Vanillin, Pyridine and Quinoline in the Soil;" by the 

 Botanist. 



Bulletin No. 196: "The Nitrification of Pyridine, Quinoline, 

 Guanidine, Carbonate, etc., in Soils;" by the Associate Agri- 

 culturist. 



Circular No. 35: "Annual Report of the Director of the Ex- 

 periment Station on Work Done Under the Local Experiment 

 Law in 1916." (From the Local Experiment Fund.) 



Circular No. 36: "Preserving Eggs for Home Use;" by the 

 Animal Husbandman. (From the Local Experiment Fund.) 



Press Bulletin No. 85: "Separation of Corn Cockle Seed 

 from Commercial Narrow Leaf Vetch Seed;" by the Assistant 

 in Agriculture. 



