130 EEPORT OF OFFICE OP EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Training and pruning experiments with orchard fruits were also in 

 progress. 



The chemist made chemical and mechanical analyses of soils from 

 different parts of the State, selecting soils from localities where dif- 

 ferent types exist. A study was also carried on at Boise on the com- 

 position of fruit grown under irrigation. The results of several 

 years of study on the same varieties of fruit grown in northern 

 Idaho without irrgation are on hand. In this work attention was 

 given to the causes affecting the quality of fruit, particularly the 

 soil as it influences the ash and sugar content. 



In dairying, observations were made on the shrinkage of butter in 

 pound lumps and in 90-pound cubes when kept in storage. The 

 station cold-storage plant can be held at about freezing with the 

 refrigerator system. The creamery is run the year round as a sepa- 

 rate establishment from the station. 



Little cooperative work other than that already mentioned is fol- 

 lowed. The station officers took part quite extensively during the 

 year in work at farmers' institutes and movable schools. The ap- 

 pointment of three field men for extension work in horticulture and 

 entomology, irrigation and general farming, and dairying, respec- 

 tively, was authorized to relieve the staff from this class of work. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year : Bulletins 66, Alfalfa ; 67, Better Dairv^ Methods ; and the 

 Annual Eeport for 1908. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as 



follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatcli Act $15, 000. 00 



United States appropriation. Adams Act 13, 000. 00 



Farm products, including balance from previous year__ 4, 355. 17 



Total 32, 355. 17 



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. 



The Idaho station is recovering from the effects of the disruption 

 of last year, and under the present regime is strengthening its organ- 

 ization, extending its lines of work, and improving its prospects in 



general. 



ILLINOIS, 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois, Urbana. 



Department of the University of Illinois. 



Eugene Davekport, INI. Agr., Director. 



Few changes were made in organization, personnel, or lines of 

 work during the year. The changes made on the station staff were 

 as follows: J. L. Edmonds succeeded E. C. Obrecht as associate in 



