MICHIGAN. 133 



toiy is to be pul)lisli(Ml soon in a spcciul icpoi-t. Tlu^ Michioan 

 Station is making- oood proo-rcss in tlic iinprovcinrnt of its ('(juipnicnt 

 and the prosecution of useful lines of ^vork. It eould protital)ly give 

 increased attention to horticulture hy instituting more thorough and 

 comprehensive investigations along this line, and the resources of the 

 station might well he enlarged for this purpose. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Michigan Station during 

 the past year were as follows: Chemistry — analysis and control of 

 fertilizers and feeding stutls. analvsis of breakfast foods and condi- 

 ments; bacteriology — aeration of milk, its effect on gases, souring, 

 etc., study of milk supply and the bacteria of the dair\'; soils; field 

 expeiiments — fertilizer, cultural and variety tests with sugar beets 

 and man}' other field crops, production of sugar-beet seed, rotations, 

 experiments with cowpeas, soy beans, and other legumes, breeding 

 and selection of wheat; horticulture — variety tests and orchard manage- 

 ment: diseases of plants — fungus diseases of the sugar beet, clover, 

 and fruits; feeding experiments — utilization of cowpeas, soy beans, 

 and other legumes, comparison of corn silage with dried corn fodder 

 and with l)eet pulp, fattening lambs with beet pulp; diseases of animals; 

 entomology, and stable hvgiene. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation « 5, 000. 00 



Jees 2,120.00 



Farm produces 2, 681 . 10 



Miscellaneoui?, including Ijalance iruiu previous year 2, 824. 69 



Total 27, 625. 79 



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. 



PLTBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 109-20S, Special Bulletins 15-19, and the Annual Report 

 for 19(11. The Annual Report contains brief repoits by the director 

 and the heads of the different departments and reprints of Bullt>tins 

 193-2»t2 and Special Bulletin !♦'». The liulletins in the regular series 

 include reports of the inspection work of the station, reports from the 

 substations, and the records of investigations on the aeration of milk; 



a For substations. 



