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A now colloge agricultiinil and horticultunil Ixiildiiij^ was dedicated 

 recently with appropriate cxcrci.se.s. It furnishes additional office 

 I'ooni and facilities for station work in agronomy, animal liusbandry, 

 horticulture, and forestry. The hist h>i;islature made an appropria- 

 tion of ^13, (too for equipping- this huilding, also $15,000 for general 

 expenses of the college, ^7,OoO for a college and station greenhouse 

 which is now building, and ^5,000 for additions to the heating plant. 

 An addition of about ^1,000 to station funds is realized from the 

 inspection of feeding stuffs, nurseries, and nursery stock in coopera- 

 tion with the State Board of Agricultiire. The staff and equipment 

 of the New Hampsliire Station are now in good condition for useful 

 and progressive work, but there is need of additional funds for work 

 in animal husbandry and for cooperative work in different parts of 

 the State. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the New Hampshire Sta- 

 tion during the past year were as follows: Chemistry — study of yield 

 of dry matter and digestible nutrients in corn and hay, loss of nutrients 

 in corn fodder under different methods of storing; analysis of ferti 

 lizers and feeding stuff's; field experiments — crop rotations, variety 

 tests of earl}' corn; horticulture — tests of varieties of muskmelons, 

 potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables, 

 experiments in forcing vegetables, renovation of old orchards; ento- 

 mology — suppression of insect pests, and a study of the life zones of 

 the principal insects of the State. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Fees 1 , 209. 97 



Total 16, 209. 97 



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 pul)li(ations of this station received during the past fiscal j^ear 

 wer(» Bulletins !)1-101 on the following subjects: Killing w^oodchucks 

 with carbon ]»isulphid; silage studies; cold storage of apples; remedies 

 lor fleas; how to grow a forest from seed; Anmial Kc^port for I'.MH; 

 inspection of fertilizers in llXiiJ; a sidected list of vegetal)les for the 

 garden; the white fiy of greenhouses, and fungus diseases and spray- 



