KENTUCKY. 119 



KF.T^^TIICKY. 



Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Ijexiiujlon. 

 Pcpartiiu'iit ui till' A^'riniltiiial aiul Mechanical C'ollctjt' <>f Kentucky. 



GOVEKNING BOARD. 



Board of Control: George 15. Kinkead {Chairman), Lexington; William C. Bell, 

 Iliirroihlnn'fj; J. K. PattiTHoii, Lexington; M. A. ^co\q\\ {Secretary) , Lexington; D. F. 

 Frazee, Lexington; Richard C. Stoll, Lexington. 



STATION STAFF. 



M. A. Rcovell, INI. f^., Director; Cliemii^t. D. W. May, M. R., Animal IIuRhnndman. 



A. M. Peter, i\I. S., Chenmt. J. D. Tnriior, B. Fed., SWirtori/ to />/- 



H. E. Curtis, M. S., Clinnint. rector. 



Harrison < ianiiau, Kntoinologit^t, Botani>^t. R. M. Allen, B. A., Secretary of Food 



J. N. IlariH'r, B. S., Agriculturist. Diiision. 



J. O. La Bach, M. S., Clinnis:t nf Food Mary L. Didlake, M. S., Assi.'<t<int Ento- 



J)iri.'<ion. mologiM and Botanist. 



W. II. Sclu'rllius, B. S., Chemist. W. G. Campbell, B. A., A.-^siMant in Co- 

 J. \\'. Nutter, Assistant Dairyman. ojn'rative Experiments. 



O. M. Slu'dd, B. S., Assistant Clieniist. G. N. Keller, Assistant Enttnnologist and 

 S. D. Averitl, M. H., Assi.4ant Chemi.'tt. Botanist. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Kentucky Station is at present giving more attention to in- 

 creasing its facilities than to enlarging the scope of its investigations. 

 However, there has been considerable development of work in the 

 line of beef production, and a study of economic rations under local 

 conditions for dairy cattle is in progress. In an experiment in fatten- 

 ing beef cattle just brought to a successful close, dried distillery grains 

 proved to be a better feed with corn than some of the by-products 

 usnally fed. Plans ar(> now under way to cooperate with farmers 

 feeding large numbers of cattle at the distilleries to determine the 

 advisal)ility of feeding dried grains or slop. Some problems in horse 

 breeding are under investigation, also the source and system of sup- 

 plying water for stock and for irrigation. For two years White 

 Biirley tobacco has l)een grown under canvas for the purpose of 

 securing a finer (piality of cigarette wrapper, and during the ]>ast 

 season a tobacco company has also taken up the work, gi-owing two- 

 acre lots under shade in live diti'erent counties of the State. 



The station continues to cooperate with the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this Department in studying methods of establishing and maintain- 

 ing permanent pastures, the influence of origin of red-clover seed on 

 yield of crop, rotation of crops, farm management, and tests of novel- 

 ties introduced by the seed trade, and with the Bureau of Chemistr}' 

 on sugar-b(M>t investigations, investigations of the gluten content of 

 wheat, and studies of availabh> plant food in soils and of the intliience 

 of environment on the suuar content of nmskmelons. The station is 



