lis IJKi'oirr <»K OKKICK OF KXl'KItlMKNT STATIONS. 



Till' Kiinsas Stution is doiiit;- cotisidcriihlc uscriil work, hut needs 

 nunv ^eiHM'oiis suj)j)()r( in order to iiisikc its iii\esti<i'!it ions coniiucn- 

 sunitc with the aLTricnlt iiial interests of the Stat<'. With the rapid 

 eidw til of t lie eoUei'-e w itii w hich the station is contiected, and increased 

 interest in the faiineis' institutes in the Stat<% the duties of the men 

 on the station stall have heconie too numerous and sevei'c^ to j)erinit 

 them to Lfivt' !is mueli time and ener<iy to the station work as is most 

 (U'sirahh'. This could he remedie(l if the institution wei'e more liher- 

 ally supi)lied w ith funds, so that th(> station stall' could he oru-unized 

 ])rimaiily with reference to the work of inv<'stit<^atin»>' agricultural 

 prohlenis. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The ])rincipal lines of work conductiHl at the Kansas Station durinpf 

 the past year were as follows: Soils — moisture (h'terminations, hacterio- 

 loo'ical investigations; horticultui'e -interpollinatinj^" apples, selectinj^ 

 aiul imprt)vint^- native fruits; plant hreedinj^ — to increase the protein 

 content of corn; field experiments — ^rowin<( drouolit-rcsistant crops, 

 variety tests of j^rasses; feedinj^ and digestion experiments — mainte- 

 nance ration, experiments with wheat and wh<^at sti-aw, feeding calves; 

 diseases of animals- infectious sore mouth of cattle, cattle distemper, 

 blackleg, poisoning from weeds; entomology; dairying; and extermina- 

 tion of ])i'airie dogs and gophers. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station dui'ing the. past liscal year was as follows: 



United Stiites ajjpropriatic )ii $15, 000. 00 



State ai.i)n.i)nat ion "I^, 000. 00 



Farm ptudncts 5, 511. 61 



Balance on haii.l July 1, 1902 1, 74:^ 18 



T. ital 25, 254. 79 



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

 has ]>een rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The pnldications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were the Annual Report for 1002 and Bulletins 110-11(1 on grapes, 

 <iuality in l)eef, fattening steei's without hogs to follow, ba))v beef, 

 growing alfalfa in Kansas, the exact calculation of balanced rations, 

 destroying prairie dogs and pocket gophers. The station also pub- 

 lishes a large mnnl)er of press bulletins which from time to time are 

 collated and reprinted under a regular bulletin number. 



« For Fort Hays Substsition. 



