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solutions for combating plant diseases, including peach yellows, 

 develoi^ing perfectly safe fungicides for fruits, methods of destroy- 

 ing weeds, and the selection and testing of seeds. It was discovered 

 that a 5 per cent solution of formalin used for disinfecting the seed 

 tester retarded germination. The results of work on the spraying 

 of weeds shoAved that when some sprays are soon washed oft' the 

 weeds will recover, while with strict poisons that was not the case. 

 The plasmolyzing sprays acted best in dry and warm weather. It 

 was further found that vapor from phenol-impregnated fertilizer 

 may be injurious to plants, while a similar fertilizer containing 

 naphthalin had no injurious effect. 



The following publications of the station were received during 

 the year: Bulletins 133, Cabbage Experiments and Culture; 134, 

 The Brown-tail Moth— The House Fly— the Mosquito; 135, Butter 

 Making in Maryland ; 136, Whipped Cream ; 137, The Angoumois 

 Grain Moth ; 138, The Poultry Industry in Maryland ; 139, A Tape- 

 worm Disease of Fowls ; 140, The San Jose Scale and the Osage Orange 

 Hedge; 141, Corn — Variety Tests — Seed Breeding, Selection, and 

 Testing; 142, The Codling Moth; 143, Plant Diseases and Spray 

 Calendar; and 144, Apple Culture. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year w^as as 

 follows : 



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



United States appropriation, Adams Act 13, 000. 00 



State appropriation 11,500.00 



Farm products 8, 189. 46 



Balance from previous year 116. 91 



Total 47, 806. 37 



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 Maryland station made steady progress during the year, but 

 with the growing interest in agriculture in the State the demands 

 upon the institution are increasing to such an extent that a broader 

 organization will be required to keep up the amount of experimental 

 work the station is doing. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst. 



Department of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



W. P. Brooks, Ph. D.. Director. 



At the Massachusetts station the new entomological building, pro- 

 viding increased facilities for experimental and research work, was 

 completed during the year. In addition to the appointment of B. N. 



