.52 UEl'OKT OF OFFICE OF KXl'KWIMKNT STATIONS. 



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Tlu> |)riMci|):il liin's <»f work coiKliiclfd at I lie New Jersey Stations 

 duriiiji' tlu" past year were as follows: ( liemist ly study of adulterants 

 of foodiiiw- stud's, elicniical composition and relative value of the \ arious 

 kinds of lime used in the State, methods of examinin<i" insecticides, 

 studies of the losses of nitroj^'en in barnyard manures; hiology — 03'ster 

 culture: hotanv; analysis of fertilizers, foods, and commercial feedin<r 

 stuUs; ])ot and Held exp(M-iments — forage crops, soilino- crops, experi- 

 ments with ftM'tilizers and oarden crops, expei'iments with ])arnyard 

 manures; horticulture — cultural experiments with orchard and small 

 fruits, ornamentals and vegetables, cross fertilization of eggplants, 

 sweet corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes; diseases of plants — diseases of 

 beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other garden vegetables; food and 

 nutrition of man; diseases of animals; entomology — study of mosqui- 

 toes and methods of eradicating them, study of the rose scale, orchard 

 insects, and the use of insecticides; dairy husbandry — breeding up a 

 dairy herd, stud}' of domestic pasteurizing methods and the care of 

 milk in the home, feeding dairy cows, including the investigation of 

 legumes as substitutes for purchased feeds; bacteria of soils, and 

 irrigation. 



INCOME. 



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



State station: State ai)i)ropriation (fiscal year ended October 31, 



1903) " $24, 500 



College station : United States appropriation 15, 000 



Total 39, 500 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed b}'^ this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of these stations received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 157-163, Special Bulletin T on Salt Marsh Mosquito, 

 and the Annual Report for 19012. Bulletin 1(U gives the result of inves- 

 tigations witli alfalfa, cowpeas, and crimson clover as substitutes for 

 purchased feeds. In the case of alfalfa hay versus jmrchased feeds the 

 investigation showed that while more milk was produced on the feed 

 I'ation the alfalfa ration was more profitable and resulted in a greater 

 gain in live weight. Similar results were secured in the comparison 

 of crimson-clover hay with purchased feeds, and in the comparison of 

 cowpea ha}', silage, and crimson-clover hay with purchased feeds the 

 conclusion was drawn that the home-grown ration was equally as good 

 as the ration containing purchased feed. Bulletins were also published 



