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bottom and hill land at its disposal, i^lthough the third station to 

 receive the Government grant, it was about the first to begin actual 

 experimental operations. 



INSPECTION OF THE STATIONS. 



In accordance with the usual practice of the office, a personal 

 inspection was made during the 3'ear of the Avork and expenditures 

 of every exiDcriment station receiving Federal funds. In connection 

 with this inspection a large amount of first-hand information was 

 secured in regard to the progress of these institutions, and the oppor- 

 tunity was embraced for conference with the local station officers in 

 regard to the work and administration. This inspection was partic- 

 ipated in by four members of the office force, namely: The Director 

 (A. C. True), Assistant Director (E.W. Allen), W. IT. Beal, and 

 Walter H. Evans. 



The following reports upon the several stations are based on the 

 results of this inspection, together with the annual financial state- 

 ments of the stations rendered on the schedules prescribed by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, and the printed and other reports received 

 from the station officers. 



ALABAMA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 



Auburn. 



Department of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. 



J. F. DuGGAK, M. S., Director. 



The year's work at the Alabama station was carried on without 

 many changes in the station staff and without any marked departures 

 from the lines and methods of investigation followed last year. 

 J. C. C. Price was appointed assistant in horticulture and J. E. 

 Toomer assistant in chemistry. During the year the new agricul- 

 tural building, costing about $75,000, was occupied jointly by the 

 college and the station, and a new greenhouse was constructed at 

 a cost of about $1,500. The station had an interest in the State 

 horticultural fund amounting to $1,500, which was used for nursery 

 inspection in charge of the horticulturist. The department of animal 

 husbandry received $2,700 from State funds. The Live-Stock Sani- 

 tary Board has an annual appropriation of $4,000 for tick eradica- 

 tion, and the station veterinarian is connected with this work. 



Progress is reported in the work on the various Adams-fund 

 projects which the station has under investigation. In agronomy 

 the plant-breeding work with cotton, corn, and oats was continued 

 as heretofore. Detailed records for individual plants were kept, and 

 numerous photographs were taken in connection with these investi- 



