MONTANA. 143 



[)ri{ition is ii\"ail{il)l(' Tor ;i new cjittle l)ani to accomniodiitc from 75 to 

 80 lioud of cattlo. 'Vhv clHinist of the station has rccentl}' resigned to 

 go to the State rnivci-sity at Boulder, Colo. The station has an 

 iniicased income from farm receipts and from the State, and is in better 

 condition than ever before for useful work, l)ut the large extent of the 

 State and the pressing n(H>d of studies of problems connected with the 

 development of new agricultural regions make it impi'acticable for this 

 station to satisfy the demands made on it with its present resources. 



LINKS OK WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Montana Station during 

 the past year Avere as follows: Chemistry — study of alkali soils, alkali 

 limit of plant growth, effect of mine tailings on vegetation, efi'ect of 

 various rotations on soils, sugai--l)eet investigations, food inspection and 

 miscellaneous analytical work; meteorology; botan}' — study of plants 

 utili/ed l)y Indians, })lants poisonous to stock, and other systematic 

 woik; field experiments — rotations, improvement of cereals, cooper- 

 ative sugar-beet tests, test of grasses and forage crops; horticulture — 

 orchard and small fruits and forest trees; feeding experiments — 

 cattle and sheep; poultry experiments; entomology — codling moth 

 and other insects ati'ecting fruits, vegetables, and shade trees; irriga- 

 tion — duty of water, losses ])y evaporation, seepage, methods of appli- 

 cation, study of water rights, and plant and pot experiments to 

 determine the water requirements of plants and methods of application. 



INCOME. 



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



United States apitropriatioii $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 5, 120. 97 



Farm products 4, 56S. 60 



Total . . 24, 689. 57 



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. 



rUBLlCATlONS. 



The pul)lications of this sttition received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 3.5-44: and the Ammal Report for 15*02. The bulletins 

 include rejjorts on investigations with beef cattle and sheep, forage 

 conditions of central Montana, ])ork pi'oduction in Montana, root crops 

 in Montana, food adulteration, sheep feeding in Montana, sugar IxM^ts — 

 the crop of I!M)2, the codling moth, the dut}' of water in Montana, 

 and apph^ growing in Montana. 



