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tion was continued for height of ears and for erect or drooping posi- 

 tion. Breeding work was also taken up from the standpoint of unit 

 characters and their Mendelian transmission. Similar work was done 

 with other field crops, but mainly with a view to improvement. 



In animal husbandry work was continued with varying amounts of 

 silage in fattening lambs, and experiments were made to determine 

 the place of alfalfa and silage in the ration for beef production. The 

 comparative cost of maintenance of horses and mules for farm work 

 was studied, together with the value of alfalfa and clover for feeding 

 hogs and sheep when allowed to harvest the crops themselves. Dur- 

 ing the year a long-continued investigation on market classes and 

 grades of meat was brought to a close and the results published as 

 Bulletin 147 of the station. 



The leading work of the dairy department was the operation of 

 the 20-acre dairy farm and the investigation into the effect of pas- 

 teurization upon the ripening of cream and the quality of butter. A 

 number of publications on dairy topics were issued. Competitive cow- 

 test associations have been organized and a number of herds were 

 tested as a line of extension work. A dairy bacteriologist was ap- 

 pointed and the fitting up of a laboratory for the purpose of studying 

 the milk supply of cities was begun. 



The botanist continued studies on the diseases of orchard fruits and 

 fruit trees on soil fungi and on ear rots of corn. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year : Bulletins 145, Quantitative Relationshi'ps of Carbon, Phos- 

 phorus, and Nitrogen in Soils; 146, Alfalfa Hay v. Timothy Hay 

 and Alfalfa Hay v. Bran for Dairy Cows; 147, Market Classes and 

 Grades of Meat (with abstract number) ; 148, On the Measurement of 

 Correlation with Special Reference to Some Characters of Indian 

 Corn (with abstract number) ; 149, Tuberculosis of Farm Animals; 

 Circulars 144, The Illinois Competitive Cow Test; 145, A Story of a 

 King and Queen ; 146, The Hessian Fly in Illinois, 1910 ; 147, Clean 

 Milk; 148, Care of Cream on the Farm; 149, Results of Scientific 

 Soil Treatment — Methods and Results of 10 Years' Soil Investiga- 

 tions in Illinois; and the Annual Reports for 1909 and 1910. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows: 



United States appropriation. Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. 00 



State appropriation, including balance from previous 



year 147, 241. 38 



Farm products, including balance from previous year_ 40, 649. 92 



Total 217, 891. 30 



The Illinois station has in progress a number of lines of work 

 which cover the State quite generally, and which have induced many 



