*.»S HKI'olM' OK (il'I'KK « U' K X I'KKI M KNT STATIONS. 



;iii(l cliciiiist r\ . (Inii \ liii-<li;m«lr\ . aiiiiiial disciisr.s. the iiil loiliicl ion ol" 

 llic pi-optT iiiftliixl (>r >|)i-:iyiii<^' iiiid orcliMnl iiiiiiiiij^'cliifiit in the State, 

 iiii*l llir ■'liiilx <>|' (■(i\cr crops lor oicliiirds in coopcratioii with llic 

 Bmcan of Plant Indiistrv ol" tins 1 )('partiin'nt . The stution i> also 

 coopcial in<i' with the l)i\ision id" iMitoiiioloofv in stiidyinfj;" the San 

 ,Ios(' scale and Asiatic ladyhiitL A test of a mercury vapor ch-ct fie 

 li^ht in foi<'in!^' h'ttuce and celeiy un<h'r ^recidiouse henches is bein<; 

 phmneiL At the I'lose of the yeai' the professoi' ot' a<i'i'icuit lire in the. 

 collcji-c and tlie inet(M)i-oh)eist ol" the station i'esi<rned and has been 

 suceocded l>y dames A. F(»ord. fonneily of CoiMudl rniviTsity and 

 station. A huildiiie-, foiincily occupied in part hy the collej^c foi- a 

 l;\ niiia>iuni and other purposes, has now heen tui-ne(l oxer exclusively 

 to the station. it has heen mo\'e(l and retitted and will add materially 

 to the station e(iui))iueid. In tin; college with which the station is 

 coiuM'cted an especial (dl'ort is h(Mii<^' made to develop a<,Ticult ural 

 courses, and- just now considerahle attention is Ix'ino- <>i\('ii to short 

 courses. The station council system has ])oen abandoned and the 

 aduiinistrati\'e ]>olicv is practically the same as it was ]>(»for«; the 

 louncil system was adopted. The colle<^c and station lia\e oidy a 

 very limited area of land for purposes of instruction or investio-ation, 

 and additional funds mi_54'ht profitably be used in the purchase and 

 ecpupment of a farm. The station should also have additit)nal funds 

 for tli<» purpose of developinj^- expei-iments in a^jfronomy and scicMititic 

 investii»ations in other lin(\s of work. Manv of the dilHcultios which 

 this station and the ccdle^e with which it is coimected have encoun- 

 tei"e(l in the de\ (dopment of their work have been due to a hick of 

 sufficient financial support from the State. 



IJNES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Delaware Station diirin*^ 

 the past yeai- were as follows: Chemistry; bacteriology — studies of 

 nitrifying ))acteria and nitrogen-assimilating bacteria; field experi- 

 ments—cultural experiments with legumes and other forage and field 

 crops, ))reeding experiments with cereals; horticulture — study of cover 

 crops for orchards, ])runing of orcliards, varieties of fruits; diseases 

 of plants — study of blights and othei- diseas(^s of cardalou[)es, canker 

 of pears and ap[)les, asparagus rust and other fungus diseases of fruits 

 and vegetal)les; feeding experiments; diseases of animals; entomol- 

 ogy — studies of insects attacking fruit and shade trees; and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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

 United States ai»i>rupriati(Jii $15, 000 



