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the effect of manure, inoculation, and different forms and amounts 

 of lime on alfalfa ; tested varieties of wheat, barley, field peas, and 

 corn; and pursued breeding work with kale and kohl-rabi. 



The animal husbandman conducted a series of feeding experiments 

 with pigs; the entomologist gave attention to work on the brown 

 aphis; and the dair^nnan followed some work along practical lines. 



The station did considerable cooperative work among the farmers 

 and dairymen of the State in the introduction of cereals and forage 

 plants, (jrain was supplied to farmers in new agricultural sections, 

 and selected seed of kale was distributed largely among dairymen. 

 Cooperative work in orchard management was followed for the pur- 

 pose of demonstrating methods of culture and testing varieties 

 adapted to the foothill regions of the western part of the State. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 103, An Investigation of the Mortality of Incu- 

 bator Chicks; 104:, Pollination of the Apple; 105, Culture of Small 

 Fruits; lOG, Spraying for Peach Fruit Spot; 107, Commercial Fer- 

 tilizers and Insecticides; 108, Insecticides and Fungicides; Circulars 

 5, Thousand-headed Kale; 6, Alfalfa in Western Oregon; and 8, 

 Pamphlet for Distribution on the Farming Demonstration Train. 



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 13, 000. 00 



State appropriation 16, 100. 00 



Farm products 3, 246. 47 



Miscellaneous 3, .508. 08 



Total 50, 8.54. 55 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 bj^ this department and has been approved. 



The Oregon station has gi-eat opportunities, and the interest in its 

 activities is keen. With its work further systematized and differen- 

 tiated from the instruction and extension work, both as to funds and 

 working force, the position of the station would be materially 

 strengthened. State appropriation is greatly needed to enable it to 

 meet the present requirements of agriculture in the State. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, 8t(filG 



College. 

 T. F. Hunt, D. Agr., D. Sc, Director. 



During the year T. I. Mairs, head of the department of animal 

 husbandry, was placed in charge of the department of agricultural 

 education in the college and W. A. Cochel was appointed to succeed 

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