174 UKl'nUr <>K OKKICK oK KXI'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



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rill' iiu-oinc «>l' till" station iluiiiij^- tin* past li.scul year was as follows: 



liiitt'd Statfs appn .priatioii $lo, 001). 00 



l.\.,-s 11, 220. 00 



Fani. 1 .n .i liictH 2, 547. 08 



Miscrllaiu'ons 181. 64 



T..tal 28, 948. 72 



A rt-port of tlic rci-eipts and cxpt'iiditurcs for the United States 

 fund has hccn riMulercd in accordanci^ with the schedules prescribed 

 l)y this I)ei)artuKMit, and lias been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The piililit-ations of this station received durin<r the past fiscal year 

 were lUiUetins {\0-&2 on the rearin<( of calves on milk substitutes, 

 aiimuil report of the director, and an experiment in j^inseng culture. 



PORTO RICO. 



Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Mnii(t(iiiez. 



Under the .«uj)ervit5ioii of A. V. Tnu-, Diix-ctor, Ullice of Experiment Stations, United 



States Department of Agriculture. 



STATION STAFF. 



F. I). (Gardner, Specinl A(/ent in Charge. J. Van Leenhoff, jr., Tubacco Exjiert. 



J. W. Van Leenhoff, Coffee Exj)ert. E. F. Curt, Farm Foreman. 



O. W. Barrett, Entomologist, Botanist. Edw. C. Howe, Clerk, Stenographer. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The work of the Porto Rico Station during the past year has con- 

 sisted largely in the repair of buildings on the new station farm at 

 Mavaguez and the preparation of land and starting of experiments. 

 The farm had not been under close cultivation for a number of years, 

 and had to a considerable extent grown up with weeds, shrubs, etc. 

 It was necessary to repair roads, construct culverts, liuild fences, clean 

 ditches, and to clear aliout 15 acres of land before the farm could be 

 brought into condition for experimental purposes. Crops of corn, 

 beans, rice, Kafir corn, and alfalfa were planted, but by reason of insect 

 pests, fungus diseases, and drought, the yields were ver}^ meager. 

 Since the harvesting of these crops, land has been laid out in perma- 

 nent tenth-hectare plats, and a considerable portion of it is now under 

 experiment. Attempts have been made to establish various nurseries, 

 including seedlings of all the varieties of citrus fruits obtainable on 

 the island; a considerable number of tropical plants secured through 

 this Department, including 100 rubber seedlings, 200 tea seedlings, and 

 smaller numbers of tigs, pistachios, etc., and many native varieties, 



