198 HKroKT OK OKFICK OF KXTKUIMKNT STATIONS. 



SI'AIIo.V S'r'AKI' 



\V. A. Ilfiiiy. I'.. .\<:i!.. IHrrrtnr. II. L. Iliiss.-li, I'li. J)., lUtrtini.hxjhl. 



S. ISI. IiulM'ock, I'll. !>.. Assi.sliinl IHrnliir; Iv (i. I l:istiiijr.«, Assixtimt llnclirioloijixt. 



Cli ief ' 'lu'iii inl. K . A . M 1 11 1 n •, . I i/riiii<uii i.^t. 



A. H. WliitxoM. 15. S., Ai/rintllimil J'hi/s- V. W. Woll, M. S., ClianiKl. 



irixt. .1. C. Hidwii, M. S., Assi.^tdiil Chcinlxt. 



¥.. 1'. Saiiilslcii, M. .'~^., Ilniiiriilhtrixl. V.-hWi^Un, AssisftDif Ai/rlcnUnrnl I'ln/siciKl. 



FrcMh-ric {"niiidicl'l, A.'<si.sl(iiif llnrlinil- (i. A. (H.^oii, l>. S., Assislmit ('hnnist. 



tnrlst. L. II. Adain.M, F(tnii Snpi'riiiU'utlent. 



E. II. F:irriii-_'l<m. .M. S., Dnirii Ilnsl,<n,il- Ida llcrfiirtli, Clerk. 



mail. A. \j. Stone, Assisltnil A(/rorinmlst. 



U.S. I>acr, As.'<i.-<l<iiil Ituirji JIiislxmdnKUi. \V. I>. KicliuMlH, Axslxliinl Aiihiiul IIiis- 

 G. C. I liim|iliicy, \'t. >^., Aniiniil IhtxIxDid- IhhkIiikiii. 



man. S(j|)iii(( JM. F>ri^^H, Lihraridii. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Tho woik at tlio Wisconsin Station is ])i()orosHinj^ alonjf substan- 

 tially the same lines as heretofore. Much xaluahlc material has been 

 prei)ar(Hl and i)ul)lished during- the year rejj^arding feeding- experi- 

 ments and other investigations with cows, sheep, and swine; invest! 

 gations in curing cheese at low temperatures, and on other problems 

 in dairying, and in soils. The last legislature appropriatc^d $25,000 

 for furnishing and equipping the new agricultural building, 5^^15,000 

 for a new agricultural engineering 1)uilding, $1(». ()(»(! for the purchase 

 of improved live stock, $10,000 for the purchase of additional farm 

 lands, $1,500 annually for two jxars for tobacco investigations, and 

 |>2,500 annually for two years for cranberry investigations. The tobacco 

 investigations have been started at Janesville Center and Rio, where 

 experiments have been conducted in growing Sumatra tobacco and 

 Habana seed-leaf tobacco under shade. The cranberry investigations 

 have been going on for a number of years under the auspices of the 

 Wisconsin State (-ran berry Growers' Association. Th(^ material in 

 the hands of this a.ssociation has been, turned over to the station, and 

 a company (>ngaged in growing cranberries, near Cranmoor, has leased 

 the station 7 acres of land for a cranberry ex[)eriment station. On 

 this area a reservoir has been constructed, and adjacent to this, sit- 

 uated so as to be easily flooded, are plats designed for variety tests, 

 tests with fertilizers, tests in sanding, in controlling water, etc. A 

 small house has been erected nearby for the acconmiodation of emploj^- 

 ees. The station has continued to cooperate with the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry of this Department, in investigations on ripening cheese 

 at low temperatures; with the Bureau of Chemistry, in sugar-beet 

 investigations and studies of plant food in soils; with the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, in investigations of cereals, forage, and other crop:!, 

 and on the influence of origin of red-clover seed on 3deld of crop, and 

 with this Otlice, in irrigation investigations. 



