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The scope of the work of the Minnesota station is widening and the 

 influence of the institution is extending to all parts of the State. 

 The liberal support given by the State shows that the value of its 

 work is receiving recognition. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College^ 



Department of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



J. W. Fox, M. S., Director. 



Few changes occurred on the staff of the Mississippi station during 

 the year. At its close, R. P. Hibbard, the bacteriologist, handed in 

 his resignation, and later J. W. Fox, the director and agronomist, 

 resigned, to take charge of a large tract of land for private parties, 

 and he was succeeded as director by E. E. Lloyd, who will also 

 continue to be animal husbandman, and as agronomist by J. R. 

 ]licks, the assistant agronomist of the station. Since the close of the 

 fiscal year James Lewis, the veterinarian, also resigned and was 

 succeeded by E. M. Ranck. On March 5, 1911, one of the cattle barns 

 of the station was destroyed by fire and about 70 head of stock were 

 lost. Since then the construction of a new barn, 48 by 125 feet, with 

 concrete drives and 200-ton hay capacity, together with a 160-ton 

 concrete silo, was begun. 



Among the Adams fund projects, j)rogress was noted in the mule- 

 breeding work and additions to the stock under experiment were 

 made to include other breeds. (Pis. Ill and IV.) 



In connection with the cottonseed meal project in charge of the 

 bacteriologist and the dairyman, the bacteriological study of the 

 blood, milk, and urine of the cows fed cottonseed meal was continued 

 and was supplemented by studies with hogs. Fresh and stained 

 Ijlood was examined for changes in the leucocytes, specific gravity, 

 percentage of hemoglobin, and other conditions. Examination was 

 made of the urine for blood and of the milk for pus cells. 



In the study of cotton anthracnose, a very complete investigation 

 was made into the life history of the fungus C oUetotrichum gossypii. 

 Observations were made on stalks in the field to determine how long 

 they would continue as a source of infection to the new crop, and 

 some physiological and ecological studies of the fungus were pursued. 

 The varieties entering into this work did not show an appreciable 

 resistance to the disease. 



The study of inheritance of different characters in cotton was con- 

 fined to 4 varieties, but in addition 50 varieties were planted for 



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