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The .substations at Oriiiul Rapids and Crookston have been continued, 

 as hri('t()f<)n\ suijported l)y Stiite funds. At the latter place there 

 arc iield experiments inchiding" variety tests, rotations, and cultural 

 experiments with ihv principal cereals, and the seeds of promising 

 varieties arc distri])utcd throughout the region in which the station is 

 located. It is planned to close out some of the work at this station 

 and during the past season some progress has been made in this direc- 

 tion. Su])sequenth' experiments in animal husbandry will be devel- 

 oped, and a new l)arn and a silo are to be erected for this purpose. 

 The substation already has a poultry plant, and the experiments with 

 poultr}^ have resulted in some development of both conunercial and 

 farm ^wultry raising in the vicinity. There are also forestry experi- 

 ments, tests of different kinds of vegetables, and some work with 

 hedges. The matter of farm drainage is also being agitjited, and a 

 movement has been started for the establishment of an agricultural 

 high school at Crookston for Hcd River Valley pupils. 



The Minnesota Station continues to be a strong factor in the devel- 

 opment of the agricultural interests in the State. It has quite a liberal 

 income and the last legislature made grants for new buildings for the 

 college and station amounting to ^,300,000, and yet the demands made 

 upon the station are so great that it has been necessary to curtail some 

 of the investigations during the past year for lack of sufficient funds. 

 The university has recentl}^ come under the management of a State 

 board of control, established to manage the ffnances of all penal, 

 charitable, and educational institutions in the State. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Minnesota Station dur- 

 ing the past year were as follows: Chemistry of soils and farm crops; 

 lield experiments — rotations, tests of varieties of cereals and forage 

 crops, proportion of flax and wheat to use when sown together, time 

 and depth of seeding grains and amount of seed, methods of seeding 

 grasses; horticulture — tests of varieties of fruits and vegetal)les, use 

 of wind-])reaks, testing hardy stocks for apple trees, improvement of 

 native fruits; forestry; diseases of plants; food and luitrition of man; 

 plant and animal breeding; feeding experiments; diseases of animals; 

 entomology, and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $^^, W^. 00 



State ajipropriatioii, iiicliulin.L' suhstatioiis 41^, 8S2. 06 



Farm products, including substations V.i, 1.S7. 14 



Total 72, 019. 20 



