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work was made. Different methods of storage were tried and the 

 percentage of ice lost was determined. 



The agi'onomist continued the work in breeding corn fcr high 

 protein and high fat content, comparing the profitableness of j^ro- 

 ducing corn, oats, and clover with and without live stock on the farm, 

 and testing durum Avheats, scab-resistant potatoes, and over 0,000 

 alfalfa plants. Selections of clovers and alfalfa plants were made 

 on the basis of foliage and seed production. Progress reports on the 

 work with corn and barley were made in bulletin form during the 

 year. The substations are ojDerated under the department of agron- 

 omy of the station. 



The department of animal husbandry made a further study of 

 feeding lambs on different grain rations while on rape pasture, breed- 

 ing western-bred ewes to pure-bred rams, and feeding steers of differ- 

 ent ages on the same kind of grain ration to determine the relation of 

 age to gain. The experiment in lamb feeding was closed out during 

 the jenr and the results reported. Ten lambs receiving alfalfa hay 

 gained 79 pounds more in 44 days than the same number of lambs 

 receiving upland prairie hay, when each lot consumed the same 

 quantity of grain. The results with 369 lambs showed that alfalfa 

 hay with a grain mixture and a little linseed meal was markedly 

 superior to any other grain or forage ration. Lambs fed a grain 

 ration of South Dakota oats while on rape pasture made a larger 

 gain than lambs fed a grain ration of corn or of barley while on the 

 same kind of pasture. At this station loss attending the feedinsf of 

 lambs on rape has not been greater than it has under ordinaiy feed- 

 ing operations. 



No other cooperative work than that already mentioned was done 

 by the station, and a very limited amount of extension work is per- 

 formed by the members of the station staff. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 113, Progress in Variety Tests of Barley; 114, 

 Digestion Coefficients of Grains and Fodders for South Dakota — 

 Experiments with Sheep; 115, Report of Work for 1907 and 1908 at 

 Highmore Substation ; IIG, Acidity of Creameiy Butter and its Rela- 

 tion to Quality; 117, Sugar Beets in South Dakota; 118, Corn; 119, 

 Fattening Lambs; and the Annual Report for 1909. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatcli Act $1.5, 000. 00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 13,000.00 



State appropriation 10, 000. 00 



Land endowment 1, 898. 74 



Farm products 3,015.35 



Balance from previous year 1,551.21 



Total 44, 465. 30 



