184 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The subject of frost control was studied in the Rogue River Valley, 

 and a report prepared upon the work. Culture work with vegetables 

 was conducted, partly in cooperation, including irrigation experi- 

 ments. 



In entomology work was done on several insects injurious to fruits, 

 including the brown aphis of the apple. For the entomological work 

 $5,000 of the State appropriation is available for crop-pest studies. 



In animal husbandry attention was principally given to the feed- 

 ing of hogs. Experiments were conducted in which tankage versus 

 barley and tankage, and barley versus skim milk and barley, were 

 tested. The poultry work of the station included experiments in egg 

 production, and an experiment on pasturing cockerels on wheat- 

 stubble fields to utilize the waste grain. 



The bacteriologist made studies of diphtheria in fowls, the rela- 

 tion of bacteria to chicken mortality, and bacterial studies of legumi- 

 nous plants with a bearing on the inoculation of Oregon soils. 



The principal line of work carried on at the Hermiston substa- 

 tion was on the irrigation of fruit, the main problem being to get 

 organic matter into the soil cheaply, to increase the duty of water, 

 and to keep the soil from shifting. At the Dry Farming station at 

 Moro wheat and supplementary crops, especially legumes, were 

 grown. The Union substation conducted experiments in hog raising, 

 cereal breeding, and testing hardy varieties of vegetables. The Har- 

 ney Valley substation was located at Burns and has an elevation of 

 4,100 feet. Dry-farming experiments, including variety tests, cul- 

 tural methods, and other studies, were in progress. The substation 

 at Tolo in Jackson Count)% near Medford, is to be devoted to fruit 

 and poultry, the land, having been donated for the purpose. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletin 109, A Preliminary Report on the Vegetable 

 Growing Industry in Oregon; Circulars 7, Fire Blight of Pear and 

 Apple; 9, Iron Cow Stall — Hoard-Schulmerich Stall; 10, Produc- 

 tive Qualities of Fowls; 11, Garden Management, I; 12, Three Spe- 

 cies of Apple Plant Lice in Oregon ; and 13, Orchard Spraying. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows: ^ 



United" States appropriation, Hatch Act $13, 524. 82 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. (X) 



Balance from United States appi'opriation. Hatch fund- 1, 475. IS 

 State appropriation, including balance from previous 



I year 58,057.03 



Farm products, including balance from previous year_ S, 151. 75 



Miscellaneous 4. 0(X). 00 



Total 100, 208. 78 



