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more if some provision were made for holdint;' farmers' institutes in 

 the State. The president of tli(> university with which the station is 

 connected is starting the institute work, ]>ut can not accomplish nuich 

 in this direction without additional State aid. It is hoped that such 

 aid and also additional funds for the station will soon ])e provided. 



LINKS OF WORK. 



The prin(i[)al lines of work conducted at the Arkansas Station dur- 

 in**- the past 3'ear were as follows: Chemistry of foods — lard and oils 

 used in cooking", eft'ect of diti'erent feeds on the quality of the fat of 

 hogs; held experiments — selection of wheat and oats, culture of corn 

 in c()niT)i nation with cowpeas, soy beans, rape, peanuts, etc., for for- 

 age; horticulture— apjiles, peaches, small fruits, and garden vegetables, 

 investigation of insecticides; plant breeding — cowpea; diseases of 

 plants; fiMiding experiments — feeding and pasturing swine on peanuts, 

 chufas, cotton-seed meal, etc.; and diseases of animals — swine plague, 

 swine pest, and investigation of methods for appl3'ing vaccine. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriati< )ii $15, 000. 00 



Fai'iii in'iKlncts 914. 79 



T. .tal 1 5, 914. 79 



A report of the receipts and expenditunvs for the United States fund 

 has l)een rendertMl in accordance with the schedules prescribed b}^ this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



ITIJLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal 3"ear 

 were Hulletins 72-75, including reports on experiments with sweet 

 potatoes, pork production and hog ranching, alfalfa, and the phosphate 

 rocks of Ai'kansas. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California, Purkeley. 



Dcparf iiiciit of llic rnivcrsity of California. 



(;OVERNIN(i HOAItl). 



The Rcj^onts of the University: (Jovcnior < i. C. Panlee {cx-officio Prrsident), Sacra- 

 mnilii; Aldcn Amler.'jon, .i Monjan itl., SuiKini ('ilij; Artiinr <J. Fi.^k, Mills liitilding, 

 Sii)i Fidiicixfo; T. .1. Kirk (Slalr SniirriiiloKh'nl a/ I'nhliv fiislni(ilon), Stirrainrnto; 

 IJcnjaiiiin F. Rush, Saituu < 'Hi/; K. .1. Tan.s.si<.', jt; Main si., S((ii Fraud kco; Henjaniin 

 Idc Wheeler, ISJOSrrnlrave., liprkclnj; Isaia-s \V. Ilellnian, Nevathi liniik, S<m Fmu- 

 eisrii; Clu'Hti'r Howell, Fremin; .1. A. Wayniire, Alamedn; C. W. SlaiU, Xerada 

 liliirk, Siiii Frtnirisfii; .1. I'>. Ivcinstciii, ..'/7 Sinisiniif si., Son Fr<ni<-isi-ii; ,] . ]•]. Rudd, 

 Sloi-kliin: Mrs. IMiohc A. Hearst, rini.tiiiiliin: A. \V. Foster, Midiutl l.ij'c liisiiraiice 



