112 KKPURT OK oFKIC!K OF KXPKKl.MKNT STATIONS. 



iiiul iiictliodsof j)!ist<'iiri/iii<; crcain for l»u(tcr lll!ll^ill«,^ 'I'lic .stud'n'son 

 tln' iiillut'iicf of cliiiiut*' oil forest -t rcc s('i'(lliii;4's, in cooiMTatioii uitli 

 tlir Huicaii of I'\>n>strv <»f this DcjKirtiiiciit. liavc been coiiiplcU'd. 

 The station is coopcratiiij^ ^vitll tlir liurcau of Plant Industry in tests 

 of novelties introduced ])y the seed ti"a(h', and with the Hiireaii of 

 Chemistry in the in\'estitration of the j^luteii eontent of wheat, sugar- 

 beet investi«rations. and the inlhienee. of en\ iroiunent on the suijar 

 content of nuisknieions. 



The new aiiiieultural huildin*,'" of the coHe'^e and station is now oe- 

 eu])ied and fuinishes exeeMent <|uai"ters for the a<;i"ieultui"ist, horticul- 

 turist, animal hushandman, dairyman, and veterinai'ian of the station. 

 The station suti'ered considerable h)ss h}' the destruction of its cattle 

 barn }>y lij^htning, July 10, 1903. The loss was about $4,800. A tem- 

 porary structure has been erected with the understanding^ that next 

 year a barn costing al)out $15,000 will be constructed. 



The university, with which the station is connected, is now receiving 

 more liberal treatment l)y the State. The last legislature dou])led the 

 tax lev}', so that the university now receives a I'evenue of $140,000 

 annually from this source. There is a disposition on tlic part of the 

 university officers to strengthen the agricultural work, and the station 

 is sharing somewhat in the forward movement. It is still greatlv in 

 need of additional funds, which will make possible a general strength- 

 ening of its research work. Considering the large and varied agricul- 

 tural interests of Indiana, this station could profitably use a nmch larger 

 fund in the extension of its present lines of work and in entering 

 other important fields which it is now compelled to neglect, 



LINES OF AVORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Indiana Station during 

 the past 3 ear were as follows: Chemistry — studies of sugar beets, the 

 nitrogen-free extract of feeding stuft's, the improvement of muck soils 

 of the State, fertilizer experiments with tomatoes, study of chemical 

 composition of corn at different stages of growth, corn breeding; pot 

 and field experiments — culture and fertilizer experiments with cereals 

 and forage crops, rotations, pot experiments with legumes and cereals 

 to test the efficiency of soil inoculation; horticulture — cross fertiliza- 

 tion of apples, vai'iety tests of fruits and vegetal )les, surface and sub- 

 irrigation for vegeta})les in hothouses, influence of climate on forest- 

 tree seedlings; feeding experiments — comparison of tankage and other 

 feeds for swine, feeding dairy cows; diseases of plants and animals — 

 studies of diseases of cattle, sheep and pigs, treatment of oats and 

 wheat for smut, study of edible fungi, and rusts of sedges; dairying — 

 study of moisture content of butter and of methods of pasteurizing 

 cream for butter making. 



