122 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Under the Hatch fund the horticulturist conducted variety tests 

 and fertilizer experiments with cabbage, with special reference to 

 securing fresh cabbage in winter. Experiments were also conducted 

 with watermelons, figs, sweet potatoes, celery, peaches, and pecans. 

 The effect of clean culture in orchards was compared with sod and 

 no cultivation, and an effort was made to determine the possible 

 influence of the reduction of vigor in apple trees on the prevalence of 

 blight. Spraying experiments were made with lime sulphur and 

 Bordeaux mixture on grapes and with different solutions on peaches. 

 AVork was also done on the control of the twig girdler and on methods 

 of blanching celer3\ 



In animal husbandry experiments were made with sorghum and 

 corn meal as a source of carbohydrates for dairy cattle, and Spanish 

 peanuts, so}' beans, and skim milk were comj^ared as supplements to 

 corn in pig feeding. The best returns were from feeding corn and 

 peanuts. Hog breeding was begim by crossing the razorback with 

 the Berkshire, with a view to gi-ading up the stock. 



The agronomist conducted the customary fertilizer and field tests 

 with corn and cotton, and continued the tests of varieties of cotton. 

 In addition fertilizer experiments were made with tankage, cottonseed 

 meal, nitrate of soda, and nitrate of ammonia as sources of nitrogen, 

 the largest yield being with sulphate of ammonia. Other experi- 

 ments in agronomy included a variety test of oats, a comparison of 

 sumac sorghum with Link hybrid, the growth of vetch and rye and 

 crimson clover as cover crojDs, and a comparison of 30 varieties of soy 

 beans tested in cooperation with this department. 



The following jjublications were received from the station during 

 the year: Bulletins 84, pt. 1, Corn Culture; 85, Some Studies on 

 C oUetotnchuni gossypi'i; 8G, Sorghum v. Corn Meal as a Source of 

 Carbohydrates for Dairy Cattle; 87, Spanish Peanuts, Soy Beans, 

 and Skim Milk as Feeds Supplementary to Corn; 88, Com Culture; 

 and 89, Cotton Culture. 



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 33,000.00 



State appropriation 710. 10 



Farm products 5,760.51 



Balance from previous year 1, 830. 17 



Total 36, 300. 78 



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 been approved. 



At the Georgia station there was general improvement during the 

 year and lines of work of interest to the agriculture of the State were 

 followed. 



