NEW YORK. 157 



tilizers — study of the proportions and forms of fertilizinfr inj^redients 

 best suited to the staple c-rops of the State; analysis and control of 

 fertilizers; inspection of feeding stuffs, Paris green, and creamery 

 glassware; field experiments — tests of commercial fertilizers and stable 

 manure on crops in rotation, study of crops grown on soils treated 

 with crude cliemicals. and cooperative tests of forage and soil-renovat- 

 ing crops, variety tests of cowpeas and wheat, growth of mother beets 

 to test the possibility of raising sugar-beet seed; horticulture — study 

 of the cause and effect of self-sterilit}^ among grapes, effect of fertil- 

 izers on the quality of strawberries and bush fruits, tests of various 

 stocks for native grapes and for dwarf apples, comparison of American 

 and Japanese chestnuts, use of screens for shading strawberries, experi- 

 ments with apples in cold storage, breeding of grapes, raspberries, 

 currants, gooseberries, and strawberries, test of lettuce fertilizers in 

 the greenhouse, systems of fertilizing apple orchards, study of forcing 

 tomatoes with reference to frequency of pollination required, collec- 

 tion of data to determine the significance of correlation of parts as a 

 factor in plant breeding; diseases of plants — investigations and experi- 

 ments in the treatment of raspberry and blackberry diseases, especially 

 cane blight, study of diseases of apples, ten-3'ear test of the efficiency 

 of spraying potatoes to prevent disease and to increase yield, test of 

 repressive measures for black rot of cabbage and cauliflower, with 

 investigation of soft rot of the same plants, study of Khizoctonia as a 

 cause of plant diseases; feeding experiments; poultry experiments — 

 study of the effect and value of different classes of nutrients in poultry 

 feeding and of inbreeding and selection as affecting egg production; 

 entomology — biological stud}' of the San Jose scale and the develop- 

 ment of a successful and convenient method for controlling this insect, 

 experiments on the fertilization of fruit by bees, study of the economic 

 relations of Dactylopius; dairying; and irrigation. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $1 , 500. 00 



State appropriation 90, 258. 16 



Insurance 7, 804. 55 



Total 99, 062. 71 



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 publications of this station received during the past fiscal 3^ear 

 were Hulletins 213-232 and tliii Annual Report for 1JK)1. The subjects 

 treated in these bulletins are as follows: Treatment for San Jos^ scale 



