IIU Ki:i'(»KT OF OFFICE OF KXI*KKIMP:NT STATIONS. 



stutioii stall. 'Pile suhstation at Edj^elcv is supported by a Stsitc appro- 

 priation ot" sj^;'), 000. The cxpcriiiKMits tluMHi consist larj^olyof licld t<'sts 

 of crops to secure varieties suited to the regions of the State havinj]^ 

 lifht soils and small I'ainfall. 



riie North Dakota Station has considerahle work in hand which is of 

 nuich ini{)()i-tancc to the aj^riculturc of the State. It has now deter- 

 mined the a<rricultural conditions in the State sufKciently to he in posi- 

 tion to undertake work of much greater moment provided sufficient 

 funds ar(> ])laced at its command. It is especially in need of funds for 

 experimental investigations in animal industry, dairying, and farm 

 mechanics, and it is to be hoped that the State will adopt a more liberal 

 policy toward the station. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the North Dakota Station 

 during the past year, were as follows: Chemistry — investigation with 

 soils and fertilizers, stud}^ of gluten content of selected wheats, and of 

 plant food in soils; botany — studies of grasses and forage plants and 

 noxious and poisonous weeds, seed control; field experiments — rota- 

 tions, methods of culture, tests of hardy varieties of cereals and forage 

 l)lants, selection of seed, selection and improvement of potatoes, sugar 

 beets, corn, clover, alfalfa, and other farm crops; plant breeding — 

 cereals; horticulture — variety tests of native plums and other fruits 

 and of vegetables, experiments with forest trees; analysis of foods; 

 diseases of plants — flax wilt, asparagus rust; animal husbandr\' — feed- 

 ing experiments with horses, mules, sheep, and pigs, and tests of the 

 comparative feeding value of brome grass and timoth}'; diseases of 

 animals; dairying; tests of farm machinery. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15,000. 00 



Farm products 3, 044. 44 



lyiiscellaneous 428. 23 



Balance from previous year 48. 99 



Total 18,521.6(3 



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 pu))lications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 52-55 on the length of the growing season in North 

 Dakota, food products and their adulteration, abortion in cattle, scours 

 in new-born calves, and flax and flaxseed selection; Special Bulletin 

 No. 2 on weeds, and the Annual Report for 1902. 



