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In the experiments on milk production, milk produced on cotton- 

 seed meal as a protein feed costs 17 cents per gallon, and on coconut 

 meal 18 cents. With sorghum silage as a source of carbohj^drates 

 the milk cost 19 cents per gallon, and with sweet potatoes 22 cents. 

 Two tests were made with cottonseed meal and velvet beans in the 

 pod. In the first test, when feeding velvet beans, the cost per gallon 

 of milk was 16.7 cents, and when feeding the cottonseed-meal ration 

 18 cents. In the second test the velvet-bean ration produced milk at 

 a cost of 17 cents per gallon, and the cottonseed meal ration at 20.5 

 cents per gallon. 



In cattle-breeding experiments 5 native cows were bred to a Here- 

 ford bull, 5 to a Shorthorn, and 5 to a native Florida bull. Two 

 calves from each bull were kept until from 2 to 3 years old for com- 

 parison. The average birth weight of the calves from the different 

 bulls was as follows : Shorthorn, 56 ; Hereford, 47.9 ; and native, 48.6 

 pounds. At 1 year of age the calves from the Shorthorn bull aver- 

 aged 447.5; from the Hereford, 405 pounds; and from the native, 

 447.5. 



The results obtained with Japanese cane have shown this plant to 

 be one of the best forage crops for the State. Yields of from 18 to 

 27 tons per acre were secured at a cost of approximately $15 per acre. 



The station carried on cooperative work with citrus growers, espe- 

 cially in stem-end-rot investigations, and in treating the white fly 

 with fungus. In this work the station acted in an advisory capacity. 

 Extensive work Avas carried on in connection with the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry of this department, especially in testing new forage- 

 crop introductions. 



Extensive plans were inaugurated by the university for carrying 

 on extension work, which was placed directly in charge of the direc- 

 tor of the station. The farmers' institute work was made a part of 

 the extension work. The State appropriated $15,000 for extension 

 work during the biennium. 



The publications received from the station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletin 99, Milk Production; 100, Corn; 101, Pine- 

 apple Culture — VI, The Effect of Fertilizers upon the Quality of 

 the Fruit; 102, The Velvet Bean; and the Annual Report for 1909. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 13. 000. 00 



Fees S5. 00 



Farm products 1. 058. 79 



Total 29. 143. 79 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this department and has befen approved. 



