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in a survey of the fruit soils of the State and of soil surveys in two 

 counties. 



Experiments in the improvement of tobacco and in testing Davis, 

 Mexican, and Connecticut seed leaf hybrid tobaccos and varieties of 

 cigar-filler tobaccos were continued by the chemist in Lancaster 

 County, with a State appropriation, in cooperation with this de- 

 partment. The chemist also continued work on the limestone soils 

 of the State, on the value of acidulated hair, hoof, and leather refuse 

 as sources of nitrogen in mixed fertilizers, and on various miscel- 

 laneous inquiries. 



In the forestry department work was continued on timber pres- 

 ervation and methods of tree planting and propagation. Much of 

 this work was done in cooperation with this department and with 

 private owners. Comparative tests of different kinds of shingles 

 with and without preservatives were in progress. 



The station cooperated w^ith the division of farmers' institutes of 

 the State department of agriculture, and exhibited certain lines of 

 its work at 11 county fairs. Eighty cooperative tests in 26 counties 

 were conducted during the year, chiefly by ex-students. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 101, Meadows and Pastures; 102, Methods of 

 Fattening Steers; 103, The Lighting of Farm Houses; 104, The 

 Respiration Calorimeter at the Institute of Animal Nutrition of the 

 Pennsylvania State College ; 105, Influence of Type and of Age upon 

 the Utilization of Feed by Cattle ; 106, The Apple in Pennsylvania — 

 Varieties, Planting, and General Care; 107, Poultry Experiments 

 and Management; 108, Variety Tests of Oats; 109, Some Soiling 

 Crops for Pennsylvania ; and the Annual Report for 1909. 



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

 follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 1. 5, 000. 00 



Balance from previous year, State appropriation 2, 465. 57 



Fees 17, 705. 00 



Farm products, including balance from previous year 15, 277. 65 



Total 65, 448. 22 



The Pennsylvania station has grown rapidly in recent years, and 

 its activities have increased in variety and in scope. The}^ now 

 include most of the lines of work of greatest importance to the agri- 

 culture of the State, and are thus widening the interest and support 

 of the farming population. 



The Pennsylvania State College Institute of Animal Nutrition, State College. 

 H. P. ARM.SBY, Ph. D., LL. D.. Director. 



The year's work of the institute was devoted mainl}' to putting 

 results of previous investigations in shape for publication and in 



