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logical Bulletins 24G-257; Circular 17, An Act to Regulate the Sale 

 of Concentrated Commercial Feed Stuffs; and the xVnnual Report 

 for 1908, parts 1 and 2. 



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



United States approin-iation, Hatcli Act $15,000.00 



United States approitriatiou, Adams Act 13, 000. 00 



State appropriation 13,500.00 



Individuals 544. 17 



Fees 5, 970. 00 



Farm products 3, 208. 73 



Miscellaneous 6, 387. 84 



Balance from previous year 5, 538. 50 



Total 63, 149. 24 



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 field of activity of the Massachusetts station continues to 

 grow, and with it the demands upon the station are steadily in- 

 creasing. "With the extension work organized on a broader basis, 

 the efficiency of the station in pursuing experimental and research 

 work Avill be materially enhanced. 



MICHIGAN. 



Experiment Station of Michigan State Agricultural College, East Lansing. 



Department of Michigan State Agricultural College. 

 R. S. Shaw, B. S. A., Director. 



The year was marked by important improvements in equipment, 

 changes in organization, and additions to the staff of this station. 

 The new^ agricultural building was completed and furnishes excellent 

 office and laboratory facilities for several of the station departments. 

 fA greenhouse, 24 by 40 feet, and a brick annex to the botanical build- 

 ing, 33 by 61 feet, with two stories and basement, and costing about 

 $13,000, were constructed during the year. 



Dr. W. J. Beal, long connected with the college and station as 

 botanist, was made professor emeritus and was succeeded in active 

 charge of the deiDartment b}^ Dr. E. A. Bessey, of the Louisiana 

 University. V. M. Shoesmith, of the Maryland station, was ap- 

 pointed head of the department of field crops. J. F. Baker was 

 appointed forester, W. A. Wentworth investigator in soil bacteri- 

 ology, and O. B. Winter assistant chemist. A. R. Potts was made 

 field agent in soil and crop extension work, and M. A. Yothers, 

 assistant entomologist, resigned. 



The organization of the agricultural work in the college and station 

 now consists of the departments of animal husbandry, dairy hus- 



