DELAWARE. 97 



LINES OF W01!K. 



Tlio principal lines of work t-onductod at the Connecticut Storrs 

 Station during;- the ])ast 3'ear were as follows: Food and nutrition of 

 man and animals; bacteriolojry of dairy i)ro(lucts; lield experiments — 

 fertilizers, soil t(>sts, cover crops, nitrogen experiments; })()ultry 

 experiments; dairying'. 



INCOME. 



Tlu> income of the station durin*if tiie j)ast fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation ^7, 5{X). 00 



State appropriation 1 , 800. (X) 



Miseellaneons :W. 55 



Total 5), :ins. 55 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by 

 this Department, and has ])een approved. 



PUWJCATIONS. 



The publications of this station received duriui;' \\\v past fiscal year 

 were Bulletin 24, on the histoiy of a tuberculous herd of cows, 

 lUdletin 25, on the covered pail as a factor in sanitary milk production, 

 and the Annual Report for llMll. The latter contains in addition to 

 administrative reports the records of meteorological observations, and 

 reports on the followino-: An experiment on soil improvement, ])ot 

 experiments with nitroo-cnous fertilizei's, field exptMiments with 

 fertilizers, the digestibility and availability of food mat(U'ials. 



DETjAAVARE. 



The Delaware Colleg-e Agricultural Experiment Station, Xiimrk. 

 Department of Delaware College. 



GOVEKNING BOAKn. 



Board of Trustees — Committee on A<?ricultnre: ( Jeorge G. Kerr ( Chamn(tn), Netrarf;- 

 Jame.s Ilowsinger, Newark; Manlove Hayes, Doiir; Daniel \V. ("orbit, OdesKii; S. II. 

 Messick, Bridyeville. 



STATION STAFF. 



Arthur T. Neale, .M. .\.., I'li. 1)., JJiirrlor; ('. !.. iVnny, M. A., Cliaiiixl. 



Affricultitriyt. C. O. Ilougliton, B. A., JCiilomoloifl.tt. 



F. D. Chester, M. S., }fi/rolo<jisf. C. < ». Suiitli, H. S., Amdaitl lim-teriolo- 



C. r. Close, M. S., Hurl iriilt II rial. gii<l. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The lines of woik pursued by the Delaware Station during the past 

 year do not differ materially from those of i)revi()us years. Sonu> of 

 the features given especial prominence are studies in soil bacteriology 



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