I'KNNSYLVANIA. 171 



The operations of the Oregon Station are considerably cramped for 

 lack of sulKcieiit funds. An arranoement has been made recently l)v 

 wliichsome relief is l)r()iiiilit al)()ut throiio-h a readjustm(>nt of salaries, 

 bnt there is still need of additional funds for work in animal husbandry. 

 The stjition is becoming increasingly popular throughout the State and 

 is producing marked ettects on agricultural practice. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Oregon Station during 

 the past year were as follows: Chemistry — analytical work, investiga- 

 tions with silage, fertilizers for prune trees, lime in straw heaps, i)lant 

 food in soils, experiments in drying hops and evaporating prunes and 

 apples, soils; tield crops — rotations, variety tests of cereals, grasses, 

 and othei- foi'age crops, fertilizer tests; horticulture; diseases of plants; 

 digestion and feeding experiments with dairv cows and swine, includ- 

 ing soiling experiments with both; entomology, and dairying. 



INCOME. 



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



Unitfd States appropriation $15, 000. GO 



Fami products, including l)alancc lioiu jircvious year 1, 445. 64 



Total 16, 445. 64 



A repoit 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. 



PUlil.ICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were lUdletins 70-75 and the Annual Report for 1902. The follow- 

 ing subjects were treated in the bulletins: Testing milk and cream, 

 stagnant water germs in milk, steamed silage, vinegar making, the 

 cultivation of vegeta))les, and insecticides and fungicides. The annual 

 report included a financial statement, the director's annual rcpoi't, 

 and reports from the different departments, including special articles 

 on cxpeiiments with gypsum on clov(n' and vetch, foot-rot of wheat, 

 and a bacterial blioht of strawberries. 



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PKNXS^ LVAXIA. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Slnlr < 'iillri/r. 

 I>cpiirtiiiciit. Ill' tlie I'cnn.syivaiii:! State Colici^c. 



(JOVERNINO HOAUI). 



Board of Tnisti-cs — Advisory Coniniittce: John A. Wno<l\vard ( ( 'lnilniKin ), /Imniril; 

 W. F. Hill, \\',sl/„ril; H. V. Wiiitc, li/oonixhanj; CJeorge W. Atherton, Slate Coltiyc; 

 II. r. Ariiishy {Secretaiij) , Slnlr Colhuje. 



