1(W) KKI'oi;'!' OK (tlKICl': <»F KXPKRIMKNT STATIONS. 



iippropriatioii ol' >>!(>, ("•<) I'oi- two years. Two of tlioso fai'iiis woro 

 otulilislicd (luriii^r th(> past year — one at Carpentei', in tlie hilly regions 

 of soutlH'astern Ohio, and oiu" at (Jerniantown. in south\vest(>i'n Ohio, 

 where i'speeiai attention will he j;iven to tohaeco culture. The other 

 test farm is at Stron«is\ille, in northeastern Ohio. The northwestern 

 tost faiin, located in Fulton County, has boon abandoned. Tho station 

 has installed a c()ni])lete printinj^- outlit with funds provided ))y the 

 State, ^^'ith the. better conditions arisin<( from tho reorganization of 

 the stjitioii and the appropriation of State funds for its partial support, 

 the station is now in position to strengthen its scientific invostigations 

 and develo]) considerable work in animal husbandry, and might i)rotit- 

 al)ly use larger fujids for these purposes. 



LINE8 OF W^ORK. 



The ])rincipal lines of work conducted at the Ohio Station during 

 the past year were as follows: Soils; field expei-iments — fertilizer and 

 rotation experiments with corn, oats, wheat, |)otatoes, tobacco, and 

 legiuuinous crops, variety tests of cereals, experiments with cover 

 crops; horticulture — cauliflower and other vegetables under cheese 

 cloth, study of 175 varieties of plums, forcing tomatoes, lettuce, 

 cucuml)ers, and muskmelons, variety tests of vegetables and fruits, 

 orchard management; plant breeding and selection — corn and wheat; 

 diseases of plants — Khizoctonia in potatoes, onion smut, grape rot, 

 diseases of ginseng and tol)acco; breeding and feeding experiments 

 with cattle; diseases of animals — bovine tuberculosis, stomach worms 

 of sheep; and entomology. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State ai)propriation, iiicludiiif^ balance from previous year. 47, 4S;>, 93 



Fees :\9:i. 05 



Farm i)ro(lucts, inclndinji balance from previous year 5, 862. 78 



Miscellaneous 1, 959. 96 



Total 70, 699. 72 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has })een 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 j-ear 

 were Bidletins 133, 134, 137, 138, and 140, the subjects being potatoes, 

 the value of barnyard manure, experiments with oats, suggestions 

 concerning apple cultui-e, and the corn croj). 



