180 EEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The Ohio station is conducting a great campaign in which demon- 

 stration and cooperation form a prominent part. It serves as a bureau 

 of information for the farmers and agricultural interests of the 

 State, and it is reaching and aiding the farmer in a very large and 

 effective way. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, ^tilhcater. 



Department of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



J. A. Wilson, B. Agr., Director. 



In addition to the new appointments made at the beginning of the 

 year and mentioned in the previous report, C. K. Francis was ap- 

 pointed chemist and O. O. Churchill, agronomist, on the staff of the 

 Oklahoma station during the year. Since the close of the fiscal year 

 a number of other appointments were made. The building operations 

 were mainly confined to the construction of a commodious and well- 

 arranged greenhouse and a hog-cholera barn. 



Good progress was made on the two Adams fund projects under 

 the direction of the veterinarian. Two reports on the work on arti- 

 ficial impregnation, and dealing more particularly Avith the vitality 

 of the germ, were prepared for publication during the year. In 

 studying the effect of cottonseed meal and other highly nitrogenous 

 feeds on breeding stock, experiments were conducted with six hogs. 

 The station chemist cooperated to some extent with the veterinarian 

 in these investigations. 



The work on breeding drought-resistant corn was a failure, due 

 to severity of drought both at Stillwater and Good well, where the 

 outside work of the project was pursued. Better results were ob- 

 tained with milo maize grown at Goodwell in the work of breeding 

 drought-resistant sorghums. The chemist cooperated with the 

 agronomist to the extent of making a study of the chemical composi- 

 tion of the drought-resistant crops, particularly Kafir corn. 



The study of a f ujigus disease of San Jose scale was brought to a 

 close after the efficiency of the disease in the mycelium stage under 

 certain conditions in the field had been demonstrated. The spore 

 stage of this fungus, it was found, does not develop as far north as 

 Oklahoma. 



The sheep-breeding project was continued, and lambs from Shrop- 

 shire, Merino, and Dorset crosses were obtained during the past year. 

 Careful records, including data as to character of animals and avooI, 

 were made. The new sheep barn and lots furnished ample and excel- 

 lent facilities for this work. 



Under the Hatch fund the horticulturist made some fruit and pecan 

 plantings and compiled information regarding the culture of these 

 crops in the State. 



