128 KKlMiKT <»1" OFKICK OF KXI'KIUMKNT STATIONS. 



LINES OF WOIIK. 



TIm* j)rin('i])iil lines of woi-k coiuhictrd at the Miirvland Station during 

 tilt' past yrai' wiTc as follows: C-hoinistry analytical work, stud}' of 

 milk prt'scrvatix t's. t)akin^povvdrr.s, etc. ; soils; licddcxpcM'inionts — tests 

 of varieties of gnisses, foraji^e crops, soil iciioxators, corn, potatoes, and 

 wheat, cultural, t'crtilizcr, and inoculation cxperinuMits. In-ceding and 

 s(dection of corn and wheat; hoi'tieulturt^ orchaid inanageincnt, 

 variety tests, cover crops, cultural methods, hreeding and selection of 

 strawberries and carnations, rotation of vegetables in the forcing house, 

 systematic study of fiiiit areas in Maiyland; diseases of j)lants; feeding 

 experiments; dairying; diseases of animals; entomology — inspection 

 of orchards, study of life history of injurious insects. 



INCOMK. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal 3^ear was as follows: 



Unitvil Slates ai.i)n)i)riati«m $15, UUU. 00 



State appropriation 5, 000, 00 



Farm products 4, 257. 58 



Balance from previous year 20. 40 



Total 24, 277. 98 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were the Annual Report for 1902, and Bulletins 83-88 on thinning 

 fruits, investigations as to the cause of pithiness in celery, feeding 

 experiments with cows, influence of preservatives on the food value 

 of milk, the periodical cicada and its occurrence in Maryland in l'.»()2, 

 and economical methods for improving the keeping qualities of milk. 



IMASSACHUSKTTS. 



Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 



Aiii]ierxt. 



Department of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees — Committee on Experiment Department: James Draper (Chair- 

 man), Worcester; J. Lewis Ellsworth, BoKtov; William "Wheeler, (_\>nrnrfl; Elijah "W. 

 Wood, West Newton; William H. Bowker, Boston; Henry H. Goodell, Amherst. 



