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roforoMcc to its iiiillin^^ <|ii!ilitios. A fine lot of hroodinjr (\\])(>riiiionts 

 with cciH'iils Mild Icouiiu's was dosti'ovcd diiriii<i;" the j)ast soasoii hy a 

 liailstonii. Tlu' vctcrinaiiaii lias rocciitly invest i^'atcd tlic I'l'inji^cd taiMv 

 wonn atl'('rtin<i- laiiilts, and issnod a Imllctin scttiii*^' forth the results. 

 Considcralilc woi'k has hccii done in cooperation with the, farmeris of 

 the State in tiTowini,^ j^rains and jri-asses introduced l>y this Depart- 

 ment. Tests of these ero})s were also made at Brookings and at the 

 Iliiihniore Substation in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this |)epaitinent. The station is also cooperating with the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry in niakinj^- varic^ty tests of veeetahhvs and in iniprov- 

 in<i" the whciit industry of the Northwest, with the Buicau of C'hemistry 

 on the available plant food in soils, and with this Oflice in irrigation. 

 A new chemistiy l)uildin<^ erected by the college will give the station 

 much greater facilities for chemical work, and a $12,000 barn now 

 building will afford l)etter facilities for conducting experiments in 

 animal husbandry. A small mill has been installed for testing the 

 milling (jualities of varieties of v/heat. At the close of the year the 

 president of the college resigned and has since l)een succeeded by the 

 Rev. James Chalmers, of Klgin, 111. The funds of this station are not 

 adequate to enable it to meet the needs of the State for investigiition 

 of problems arising from the rapid development of the agricultural 

 interests of this region. There is especial need of work in animal 

 husbandr}', dairying, and agricultural engineering. 



LINES OF W^ORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the South Dakota Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Physics and chemistry of soils; 

 field experiments — rotations; plant breeding — selection and adaptation, 

 iTichiding native and introduced fruits, cereals, and forage crops; dis- 

 eases of plants and animals; animal husbandry — feeding experiments; 

 and ii'rigation. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station dui'ing the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 1, 200. 00 



Miscellaneous 954. 16 



Total 17, 154. 16 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendei'ed in accordance with the schedules prescribed by 

 this Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The pn])lications received from this station during the past fiscal 

 year were Bulletins 75-78, the subje(;ts of which are the treatment of 



