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tankage produced more rapid and also more economical gains than 

 shorts when either are fed with corn or hominy feeds. A mixture 

 of shorts and tankage as a supplement to corn gave better results 

 than either supplement fed separately. The first systematic attempt 

 of the station to obtain data on the relative value of different feeds 

 for fattening sheep was begun during the year. In September, 1910, 

 a poultry department was started, and an experiment was begun to 

 study the effect of protein in the form of skim milk in rations for 

 laying hens. 



The department of agricultural extension held farmers' short 

 courses at several points in the State, operated two educational 

 trains, established a seed laboratory in cooperation with this depart- 

 ment, made exhibits at the State and county fairs, and carried on 

 demonstrations in domestic science and horticulture. Assistance was 

 given to rural school agriculture by supplying school-teachers with 

 bulletins and weed-seed collections, and giving practical demonstra- 

 tions of methods of teaching agriculture. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 141, Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuffs; 

 142, Steer Feeding, V— Finishing Steers, 1907-1909 ; 143, Standards 

 for Evaporated Milk, Sweetened Condensed Milk, and Condensed 

 Skim Milk — Federal and State Dairy Laws (with popular edition) ; 

 144, Growing Tomatoes for the Canning Factory; 145, Testing 

 Cream for Butter Fat (with popular edition) ; 146, Steer Feeding, 

 VI — Influence of Age on the Economy and Profit from Feeding 

 Calves, Yearlings, and 2-year-olds, 1906-1909; 147, Corn Silage for 

 Winter Feeding of Ewes and Young Lambs; 148, Commercial Fer- 

 tilizers; 149, Summary of Five Years' Kesults of Cooperative Tests 

 of Varieties of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Soy Beans, and Cowpeas, 1906- 

 1910; Circulars 23, Agricultural Extension, VII — How to Grow 

 More and Better "Wheat; 24, Agricultural Extension, VIII — Infor- 

 mation on Work of Purdue Experiment Station and School of Agri- 

 culture; 25, Agricultural Extension, IX — How to Grow More and 

 Better Corn; 26, Agricultural Extension, X — Milk Production, IV — 

 Computing Rations for Dairy Cows; 27, Suggestions for Beginners 

 in Alfalfa Culture; and the Annual Report, 1910. 



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

 follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15,000.00 



State appropriation, including balance from previous 



year 103,093.12 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year — 05, 801. 57 



Total 198, 894. 69 



