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Tarn worth and the Duroc- Jersey breeds. A poultry plant was started 

 and a study of the causes of low hatch in incubators with eggs from 

 six different breeds was made. Experiments in egg preservation were 

 started and an incubator cellar was constructed. The work in dairy- 

 ing was limited to some tests of covered milk pails and a comparison 

 of soiling crops. 



The principal investigation carried on by the department of 

 meteorology was in cooperation with the department of soils and 

 consisted of determining the air, water, and soil temperatures, rela- 

 tive humidity, wind velocity, and rainfall. The time of maximum 

 temperatures of the surface soil was determined, and some relation 

 between soil texture, soil temperature, and air temperature was 

 established. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Annual Reports for 1909 and 1910. 



The income of the station for the fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriatiou, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. 00 



Farm products 1,488.13 



Fees 1, 310. 38 



Balance from previous year 319.53 



Total 33, lis. 04 



The New Mexico station has to deal with varied agricultural prob- 

 lems, with only the comparatively limited Federal funds. Its effi- 

 ciency could be greatly increased and the benefit to agriculture cor- 

 respondingly enhanced by financial aid for supplementary lines of 

 work which can not be undertaken with the funds from the Federal 

 Government. 



NEW YORK. 



New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. 



W. H. Jordan, D. Sc, LL. D., Director. 



Several important changes occurred on the staff of the station 

 during the past year. A farm of about 90 acres, cornering on the 

 station farm, was secured with a State appropriation of $15,500, to 

 furnish additional land for experimental purposes. The special ap- 

 propriation for work on grape diseases in the Chautauqua district 

 was discontinued, but the work was maintained with a balance of 

 funds from previous appropriations. 



The Adams fund work of the station was in continuation of the 

 two projects heretofore approved, and was maintained in part by 

 State funds with which the greater part of the station work is car- 

 ried on. Progress was made on the project in animal nutrition with 

 special reference to the physiological effect of certain phosphorus 



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