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studying different varieties of cowpeas, soy beans, adzuki beans, seta 

 beans, barley, and tobacco, making a plant survey of North Carolina, 

 and conducting tillage and rotation tests with cotton and corn. Co- 

 operative variety and fertilizer tests with cotton and corn were con- 

 ducted in different parts of the State on different types of soil. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows : Bulletins 206, Insects and Fungus Diseases of Apple and 

 Pear; 207, Hog Raising in North Carolina ; 208, Fig Culture in North 

 Carolina; 209, Self-sterility of the Scuppernong and Other Musca- 

 dine Grapes; 210, Improved Methods for Making Cottage and Neuf- 

 chatel Cheese; 211, Feeding and Management of Poultry for Egg 

 Production; 212, Prevention of Oat and Wheat Smut; and the 

 Annual Report for 1909. 



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



United States appropriation. Hatch Act $15 ,000 00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15,000.00 



Farm products, including balance from previous year__ 6. 377. 94 



Total 3G. 377. 94 



The affairs of the North Carolina station are in general in good 

 condition, and its numerous lines of experimental work are making 

 progress. Efforts are put forth to make all definite results imme- 

 diately available to the farmer. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the North Carolina State Department 



of Agriculture, Raleigh. 



B. W. KiLGORE, M. S., Director. 



The principal lines of work followed by this station during the year 

 consisted of soil studies to determine the plant food or fertilizer re- 

 quirements of the different types of soil of the State, the crops to 

 which they are best adapted, and the methods best suited to their 

 handling. In carrying out this work, systematic fertilizer tests 

 were made on the different soil types, varieties of different staple 

 crops were grown on them, and rotations for soil improvement were 

 studied. Considerable time was given to the analysis of soils. Work 

 was also can-ied on in different parts of the State with various horti- 

 cultural crops, including apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, grapes, 

 pecans, etc. 



Considerable cooperative work was done with farmers for the pur- 

 pose of popularizing results obtained by the station. In cooperation 

 with this department the station made a special study of the Scup- 

 pernong grape, carried on tobacco work, and continued a soil survey 

 of the State. The officers of this station give considerable attention 

 to demonstration work and to farmers' institutes. 



