GUAM. 95 



Individuals apparently varied in their requirements for protein and 

 a deficiency in this particular food constituent limited growth. 



The project on the cotton red spider was completed during the 

 year. Spraying experiments carried on in this connection pointed 

 out that lime sulphur and scalecide solutions killed over 99 per cent 

 of the spiders, as well as the eggs, without producing injurious effects 

 upon the plant. Studies were also made during the year on the life 

 history and means of control of the mole cricket. Several phases of 

 the life history of this pest were worked out. 



With the Hatch funds various field experiments with fruits and 

 vegetables were continued, as were fertilizer and culture experiments 

 with field crops. Two years' experiments in cabbage culture were 

 brought to a close and a bulletin published. Late spring frosts 

 injuriously affected the fig orchard and the peach crop. 



In animal husbandry, work was done on pasturing dairy cows, 

 feeding cottonseed meal, growing lespedeza for grazing, and breed- 

 ing razorback hogs. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 90, Protein Eequirements of Growing Cattle Un- 

 der One Year of Age; 91, Cabbage Culture; 92, The Cotton R«d 

 Spider; 93, Com Production; 94, Cotton Production; Circular 66, 

 Variety Test of Cotton and Corn, 1910 ; and the Annual Eeport for 

 1909. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follow^s: 



United States appropriation. Hatch Act .$1-5,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 710.00 



Farm products 4,553.33 



Total 35. 263. 33 



The Georgia station is conducted in an orderly way and is ad- 

 dressing itself to many of the practical questions of farming in the 



State. 



GUAM. 



Guam Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Under the supervision of A. C. True, Director, Office of Experiment Stations, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



John B. Thompson, B. S., Specnal Agent in Charge. 



Much work was done at the Guam station in the constiniction of 

 new buildings, building roads, clearing and draining lands, and 

 making other improvements. The new office building was completed 

 and occupied in the fall of 1910. A storehouse for farm implements 

 was completed during the year, as was a stock barn 30 bj^ 40 feet in 

 extent. Considerable additions were made to the office equipment, 

 and the beginning was made of a station library. 



