228 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The chemist collected data on the limestone soils of the State; on 

 hair, hoof, and leather refuse as sources of nitrogen in mixed ferti- 

 lizers; and on other problems of a similar nature. 



Members of the station staff gave lectures in connection with six 

 special trains sent out by two of the leading railways of the State. 

 They also attended various agricultural meetings at the college and 

 elsewhere. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 92, Concentrated Lime-sulphur: Its Proper- 

 ties, Preparation, and Use; 93, A Study of Pennsylvania Butter; 

 94, Variety Tests of Wheat ; 95, Pig Feeding Experiments ; 96, Cab- 

 bage Strain Test; 97, Milling and Baking Test; 98, Potato Variety 

 Test ; 99, Lime-sulphur Solution ; and 100, Orchard Fertilization. 



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



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



United States appropriation, Adams Act 13, 000. 00 



State appropriation 5,000.00 



Fees 12, 616. 00 



Farm products 13, 288. 05 



Balance from previous year 4,871.68 



Total 63, 775. 73 



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 Pennsylvania station has secured the hearty sympathy of the 

 progressive men of the State, and the result is increased State appro- 

 priations coupled with an increased demand for service. 



The Pennsylvania State College Institute of Animal Nutrition, State College. 

 H. P. Armsby, Ph. D., LL. D., Director. 



The investigations of the institute were conducted in cooperation 

 with the Bureau of Animal Industry of this department, and also 

 with the Pennsylvania Experiment Station, a portion of the Adams 

 fund being assigned to this work. There was no material increase 

 in buildings or equipment, and the staff remained the same in num- 

 ber as during the previous year. F. AV. Christensen returned to 

 duty from a year's leave of absence, taking the place of R. A. Lich- 

 tenthaeler, and J. W. Calvin was succeeded by H. Cloukey, and 

 K. C. Jones by H. A. Dodge. Since the close of the fiscal year 

 F. AV. Christensen has taken up work in animal nutrition at the 

 New Mexico station. 



The principal investigations of the institute during the year con- 

 sisted of a comparison, of the energj^ value of corn meal with that 

 of hominy feed manufactured from the same lot of corn. Inci- 



