CONTENTS 1 5 



I'age. 

 Annual rcjxirt nf tlic Hawaii Aurii'iiitiiral Iv\])criiiKMit Station, 1903 — CoiitM. 



Kxperinitiits 392 



( 'i )rn 392 



I'utatuoji 395 



Taro 396 



Tomatoes 397 



Forai^o jdants 898 



1 )airying 401 



Animal diseases 401 



Tobacco 402 



Vanilla 402 



Sisal 403 



Peppers 404 



Castor 1 )eans 404 



Pineapples 406 



Cotton 407 



Sugar cane 407 



Coffee 409 



Publieaticms 412 



Farmers' institutes 413 



Work in outlying islands 413 



Funds 413 



Entomologica) investigations 414 



Annual report of the Porto Kico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1903 419 



Introduction 419 



Improvements and equipment 420 



Drainage 420 



Clearing and prej)aration of land 421 



Travel 421 



Scope of investigations 422 



Leguminous crops 423 



Grasses and forage plants 424 



Vegetables from n( irthern-grown seed 424 



Fertilizers 426 



Test of varieties of pineapoles 425 



Cotton 425 



Meteorological observations 426 



Administrative work 427 



Miscellaneous notes 427 



Plans for future investigations ^ 427 



Tobacco investigations „ 428 



Pomi il( )gy 428 



Animal industry 428 



Soil investigations 429 



Report of O. "W. Barrett, entomologist and botiinist 429 



Results f>f work 430 



Plant collections 431 



Banana plat 431 



Yautia collection 432 



Yams 43;; 



Miscellaneous native crops 433 



Bulbs 434 



Miscellaneous imported crops 435 



