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can be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Attempts to 

 ward off early frosts by use of the smudge pot in the orchard pointed 

 out the greater difficulty of employing this method in open country 

 than in inclosed valleys and mountain pockets. 



The demonstration work of the university and station continued to 

 increase during the year. Eleven additional demonstration farms 

 were secured, making the number of siich fanns now in operation 

 about 36. These farms contain about 20 acres and are used for the 

 demonstration of methods of farm management and permanent soil 

 improvement. Two additional tracts for horticultural purposes, one 

 a 20-acre orchard and the other a 76-acre farm near Olney, were 

 acquired. At a number of these points in the State individuals have 

 clubbed together and secured pieces of land which they have deeded 

 to the university for the purpose of soil or crop experiment fields. 

 In a number of instances the university assisted local enterprise in 

 planning and executing schemes for the maintenance of community 

 demonstration fields, generally in connection with a school. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 135, Bordeaux Mixture; 136, Methods of Seeding 

 Oats, Drilling and Broadcasting; 137, A Study of Factors Influenc- 

 ing the Composition of Butter; 138, Pasteurization as a Factor in 

 Making Butter from Cream Skimmed on the Farm; 139, Composi- 

 tion of Market Butter; 140, Dairy Suggestions from European Con- 

 ditions as Seen in the British Isles, Holland, and Denmark; 141, 

 Relative Efficiency of Different Eations for Fleshing Horses for 

 Market; 142, Short Fed Steers: A Comparison of Methods of Feed- 

 ing ; 143, Economy of the Eound Dairy Barn ; 144, Growing Toma- 

 toes for Early Market; Circulars 122 (rev.). Eight Years' Soil In- 

 vestigation in Southern Illinois; 131, Handling of Cream and Mak- 

 ing of Butter on the Farm; 132, A Portable Panel Fence; 133, 

 Feeding the Pig; 134, Cow Index of Keep and Profit; 135, How to 

 Fix up the Yard : Some Kinds of Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, and 

 AMiere to Plant Them; 136, Directions for Making Spray Mixtures; 

 137, Results of Spraying Experiments, 1909; 138, The Small Home 

 Yard; 139, How to Grow Muskmelons; 140, The Live Stock Situa- 

 tion in Illinois; 141, Crop Rotation for Illinois Soils; 142, European 

 Practice and American Theory Concerning Soil Fertilit}'^; and 143, 

 Conservation of Energy, and its Relation to the Dairj^man. 



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



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



United States appropriation, Adams Act 1.3.000.00 



State appropriation 13S. 000. 00 



Farm products 14, 546. SI 



Balance from previous year 21,393. 11 



Total 201,939.92 



