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minations of carbon dioxid in soils were maae and field experiments 

 were conducted on the depletion of potash in the soil of the station 

 farm as due to tobacco growing. Numerous soil analyses were made 

 for farmers and others, and the analyses of phosphate rock have been 

 a factor in placing the mining of this rock in the State upon a com- 

 mercial basis. 



The work in agronomy covered experiments with com on the rate 

 of planting, methods of cultivation, selection of long; as compared 

 with short, and rough with smooth ears, and ear-to-row tests in the 

 improvement of varieties. Culture and variety tests were continued 

 with the soy bean and attention was given to methods of handling 

 the crop for hay. Other activities along agronomical lines included 

 variety tests with wheat and oats, work with spring and winter 

 barley, inoculation experiments with alfalfa, and fertility and rota- 

 tion trials. 



The cooperative work of the station with this department con- 

 sisted of rotation experiments now under way for several years, the 

 inspection of imported florists' stock brought into the State, sheep- 

 dipping experiments, and work with barley, oats, and tobacco. The 

 station also cooperated with the State geological survey in soil work. 



The extension work of the station other than cooperative experi- 

 ments was done mostly in connection with the public schools, normal 

 schools, and with farmers' institutes. In this connection a number 

 of the station staif gave lectures during the year. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 146, Commercial Fertilizers; 148, Seed-testing 

 Apparatus — A Study of Conditions under which our Germination 

 Tests are Made; 149, Bleached Flour; 150, The Preservation of 

 Drugs; 151, An Outbreak of Gadflies in Kentucky; 153, Boys' Corn 

 Clubs and Improved Methods of Corn Growing; and the Report on 

 Food and Drugs for 1908-9. 



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 31. 773. 52 



Fees, including balance from previous year 64, 385. 66 



Farm products, including balance from previous year — 13, 170. 58 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 1, 500. 43 



Total 140, 8.30. 19 



The Kentucky station has developed into a large enterprise with 

 many interests. Its inspection work has been organized on an effi- 

 cient basis, and the addition to the administrative staff of a number 

 of experts the past year should materially strengthen its experimental 

 and research features. 



