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The dairy department gave special attention to methods of deter- 

 mining moisture and the amount of shrinkage in the storage and 

 shipping of butter. Samples were kept in storage at the station for 

 six or more months and shipped away and returned to the station, 

 after which they were tested. 



The horticulturist conducted experiments with tomatoes, onions, 

 and muskmelons, including tests of varieties for their productivity 

 and blight resistance; methods of pruning, training, and mulching; 

 methods of packing the products, and deteniiining the cost of pro- 

 duction. Studies of summer and winter pruning of apples were 

 made in an orchard planted in 1905. Bulletin 69 of the station, 

 "The Farmer's Vegetable Garden," based on work done by the 

 predecessor, including four years' work, was published during the 

 year and the line of work was discontinued. The results of work 

 with the strawberry were published in Bulletin 70 of the station and 

 also discontinued. 



In animal husbandry a feeding experiment was made with 40 

 pigs to test the value of soy-bean meal as compared with peas, tank- 

 age, or corn. Shorts and barley were used in all the rations and 

 tankage gave the best results. Soy-bean meal was rather heavy for 

 the animals and was best fed in small amounts. At Caldwell 300 

 lambs were fed in two lots, the one composed of fine-wool and the 

 other of long-wool animals. This work was carried on for the pur- 

 pose of determining on a commercial scale the proper time for taking 

 animals off the range for systematic feeding. 



The department of chemistry published Bulletin 68 of the station 

 en the soils of the State. In addition to this work special studies 

 were made of soils from Clagston and Caldwell, which involved a 

 study of several types. Studies on the composition of fruit from 

 irrigated and nonirrigated regions were completed and prepared 

 for publication. 



The station cooperated with the State substation at Clagston in 

 determining the cost of clearing cut-over pine and fir timberland 

 and doing soil-improvement work on the timbered lands of northern 

 Idaho. At the Gooding State experiment station the effect of seed- 

 ing alfalfa with varying quantities of seed was studied, and varieties 

 of various farm crops were compared and improved by selection. 

 The station officials did some extension work in connection with mov- 

 able schools of agriculture, farmers' institute, and a demonstration 

 train. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year : Bulletins 68, Chemical and Mechanical Anal3^ses of Char- 

 acteristic Idaho Soils; and 69, The Farmer's Vegetable Garden. 



