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demonstration farms were the testing of corn, wheat, and oats with 

 some attention to fertilizer and soil-fertility experiments. 



An extension department was organized by the university which 

 will also have charge of extension work of the college of agi'iculture. 

 E. H. Emberson was appointed professor of niral education and 

 has charge of the extension work for rural schools. During the 

 year 5 men from the college of agi'iculture in 11 days' time gave in- 

 struction on agricultural to2:)ics to 28,000 people. This was accom- 

 l^lished by means of sjoecial trains furnished by 3 ditferent rail- 

 roads interested in the State. Instructors from the college and 

 station also taught agriculture to 2,300 persons at special night 

 schools in St. Louis and Kansas City. During the past year in the 

 114 counties of the State -IGO addresses were made to 100,000 farmers 

 in attendance. 



A series of research bulletins to serve as a medium for the publica- 

 tion of the results of the more technical results of the station was 

 begun during the year. Decided jDrogress was made in the general 

 publication work of the station. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 81, Specific Effects of Rations on the Develop- 

 ment of Swine ; 83, Soil Experiments on the Upland Loam of South- 

 east Missouri; 84, Soil Experiments on the Prairie Silt Loam of 

 Southwest Missouri; 85, Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers; 86, 

 Soil Experiments on the Rolling Limestone Upland of Southwest 

 Missouri; Circulars of Information 31, Hardiness of Peach Buds, 

 Blossoms, and Young Fruits as Influenced b}' the Care of the Orch- 

 ard; 32, Missouri ApjDle Growing; 33, Hotbeds and Cold Frames — 

 Their Preparation and Management; 34, Instructions for Spraying; 

 35, Protecting Orchards Against Frosts and Freezes; 36, Cooperative 

 Experiments of the Department of Agronomy; 37, Variations in 

 Cream Tests; and 38, The Principles of Maintaining Soil Fertility. 



The income of the station during the jDast fiscal year Avas as follows: 



United States appropriation, Hatcli Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 13, 000. 00 



Fees 10, .580. 20 



Farm products 5,052.30 



Miscellaneous 14. 15 



Total 43. 646. 65 



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 Missouri station is carrying on a large amount of carefully 

 organized and well-managed work of fundamental importance to the 

 agriculture of the State. ^Vith liberal State aid it is widely dis- 

 seminating the practical results of this work. 



