ll?0 RKI'OKT OF oKKKK OF KXTKHIMKNT STATIONS. 



(loiiit; :i lar;^*' aiiioiiiil ol' iii.s|)f»(i(iii w oik. ami its stull it'iidcrs assist aiK-o 

 to the Slate commissioiu'i- of a«,'"i'iciiltui(' in rarnin-s' institutes and to 

 tho State hoaiil nt" healtli in elieiiiical and l»a(leriolo;;ical analyses. 

 The iiis[)eetion woiU includes t'ertili/ers, foods, feeding; stuH's, and 

 luirserv products. 



A dairy l>arn. costinn" !?S,r)()0, and some smaller huildinj^s have 

 recently heen coinpletecj. The liaiii (IM. III. liti'. 1) coidains an ollice, 

 vetei'inary fooin, hei'dsnian's looin. halhrooui, stalls for lU) milch cows 

 (IM. III. lie-. 2), l>ox stalls foi' hulls and cal\'es,and the necessaiy stoi"a<ife 

 space for feed, foraj^e, and heddinjj;'. A new station huildinj,'', costinj^ 

 ^20,000, is under construction. It is heine; huilt of pi'cssed hi'ick and 

 will he wholly devoted to the ofHces and lahoiatories of the various 

 (li\ isions of the station. The new faiin is heinji- in part laid out for 

 exjx'rimental work this season tor the first time. The Kentucky Station 

 now has a lil)eral income, which is devoted strictly to station uses, and 

 a statl' which is almost entirely rtdicvcd I'l'oin collee-e duties. Tuder 

 such conditions it is I'apidly securine' such facilities as will (Miahle it in 

 the near future to ofreatly broaden its work of i n vest ij^-at ion and thus 

 increase its usefulness to the auriculture of the State. 



I.INES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted by thc^ Kentucky Station dur- 

 ing the past year were as follows: Chemistry; soils; analyses of fer- 

 tilizers, foods, and feedinj^ stuffs; inspection of orchards and nur.series; 

 field experiments — henij), tobacco, cereals, legumes, fertilizers; horti- 

 culture; plant breeding — wheat and sorghum; breeding of animals; 

 pig feeding; diseases of plants — broom rape of hemp and tomato rot; 

 entomology — the Hessian fly, apievdture; dairying. 



INCOMK. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal j'ear was as follows: 



United States appn>]jriHtioii $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation, including balance from i)revious year. . 5, 712. 99 



Fees, including balance from previou.s year ;i5, 177. 36 



Farm jiroducts, inclu<ling 1)alanco from previous year 9,216.50 



]\Ii^:(•(•llaneous, including balance from j)rcvious year 619.81 



Total 65, 726. 66 



A report of the receipts and ex})enditures for the Tnited States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed ])y this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 9S-106. These cover the results of the studj' of forage 

 plants for Kentucky; varieties of oats and their feeding value; inspec- 



