1(')() KKI'oUr <»K OFFICK oF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



mimcroiis funH;iis mihI hactcriiil ili.sciiscs of vcj^ctublcs; f('('(liM<( cxpori- 

 inciits (lairv tow.-, slicop, :m<l swine; diso'.iscs of aiiimiils; poultiy 

 cxiuM-iiiKMits crcrssiiij; of hn^ods, oxporimcnls in tlic cost of ojrg 

 piodn.tion and on the cliVct of oarly nioItin«; on layinj( in the early 

 fall and winter; entonioloii;y — study of the life history of several 

 eeononiic insects, sprayin<( experiments; and daiiyinj^ — relation of 

 feed to fat content of milk. l»acteriolo«iicid study of the germicidal 

 action in milk, study of fermentation in condensed nulk. 



INCOME. 



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



United StiitcH aindopriatioii $13, 500. 00 



ytiite appropriation "^^, 833. 34 



Total 33, 333. 34 



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 year 

 were Bulletins 2(»2-21() and the Annual Report for 1902. The fol- 

 lowing are the subjects of the l)ull(>tins: Trap lanterns, or "moth- 

 catchers;" the care and handling of milk: cooperative experiments 

 on the cost of egg production; shade trees; sixth r(^port of extension 

 work: pink rot — an attendant of apple seal); the grape root worm 

 or grape\ine fidia; distinctive characteristics of the species of the 

 genus Lecanium, conmiercial })ean growing in New York. 



NORTI I C Alio L INA. 



North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Wrttl R<ili'i(jli. 

 Department of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



GOVEKXINf! HOAKI). 



8. L. Patterson, Coinmi'^sioiicr of AijricullKre (i'liairma)i), Jialeigh. 

 Board of Agriculture: .John M. Forehand, Rorki/liock; J. B. Stokes, Windsor; Wil- 

 liam Dunn, Nrwhern; C. N. Allen, Auburn; R. W. Scott, Melville;' A. T. McCallum, 

 Red Spriu(/x; J. P. ]\IcRae, Lduriuhnrg; R. L. Doughton, Laurel Springs; W. A. 

 Graham, MacltpelaJi; A. Cannon, Horseshoe. 



"This is approximately the amount spent for experimental j>urj)oses out of an 

 appropriation of $35,000 by the State for cooperative experiments and university 

 exti'nsion work in agriculture. 



