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

 Commercial Narrow Leaf Vetch Seed; by the Assistant in Agri- 

 culture. 



Press Bulletin No. 86: Tests of Varieties of Corn in 191G: 

 by the Associate Agriculturist. 



Press Bulletin No. 87: Varieties of Fruits for a Home 

 Orchard in Alabama; by the Associate Horticulturist and Field 

 Agent in Horticulture. (From the Local Experiment Fund). 



Press Bulletin No. 88: Tests of Varieties of Cotton in 1916: 

 by the Associate Agriculturist. 



Press Bulletin No. 89: The Home Orchard; Setting and Care; 

 by the Associate Horticulturist and Field Agent in Horticulture. 

 (From the Local Experiment Fund). 



Bulletin Index for Volume 22. (1914). 



Bulletin Index for Volume 23. (1915). 



Staff. 



Several changes have occurred among the heads of depart- 

 ments during the past year. Dr. W. J. Bobbins, of Cornell 

 University, was appointed Botanist of the Station in succession 

 to Dr. J. S. Caldwell, who had resigned to accept a position in 

 another state. Dr. Bobbins began work in February, 1916. 



A vacancy, created by the resignation of Dr. F. A. Wolf, to 

 accept a position in another state, was filled in June, 1916, by 

 the appointment of Dr. Geo. L. Peltier, then of the University 

 and Experiment Station of Illinois. 



Several changes have occurred among the assistants in the 

 several departments, as may be noted from the list of the 

 Station StafT published on another page. 



Beport of Departments. 



The attached reports of the Botanist, the Acting Horticul- 

 turist, the Entomologist, the Plant Pathologist, the Animal Hus- 

 bandman, the Chemists, and the Veterinarian, present a brief 

 statement of the experimental work in their respective depart- 

 ments. 



Agricultural Department. 



(Work Under Hatch and Adams Funds from Congress). 

 Plant breeding has continued to be one of the lines of work 



