244 EEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPEEIMENT STATIONS. 



regard to the width of rows and dej^ths of plowing for cotton, studies 

 of alfalfa to overcome difficulties in starting the crop in that region, 

 rotation experiments in wdiich corn, cotton, cow^peas, peanuts, oats, 

 and soy beans are used in different combinations, methods of treating 

 cotton seed for weevil control under the direction of the entomologist, 

 a comparison of drilling and broadcasting cowpeas and sorghum, 

 and fertilizer tests with leguminous crops. 



The entomologist carried on field experiments on the control of 

 the cotton-boll weevil, giving special attention to the use of arsenical 

 poisons. The chemist prepared for publication the results of work 

 on irrigation water, alkali soils, and the use of cottonseed meal as a 

 human food. He also made studies .of pecan oil and of wax. More 

 than GOO samples of fertilizers and 1,000 samples of feed were ex- 

 amined in the chemical laboratories during the year. 



In animal husbandry, feeding experiments were made with grade 

 Shropshire lambs and yearlings, in which cottonseed meal and hulls, 

 molasses, corn, and Kafir corn were compared. A ration of molasses, 

 cottonseed meal, and hulls gave the best results with the lowest cost, 

 while corn or Kafir corn with cottonseed meal and hulls was the most 

 expensive. Feeding experiments were also carried on with hogs. 

 In these experiments a pound of cottonseed meal per pig per day 

 w^as fed for 60 claj's without injury to any of the animals. 



The veterinarian made studies of remedies for Texas fever, and 

 continued the hog-cholera serum work with funds from the State. 



Cooperative fertilizer experiments were carried on with farmers 

 of the State. Station officers were not engaged in extension work of 

 any kind. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 109, Alfalfa; 121, Report of Progress at the 

 Troupe Substation, Smith County, Tex.; 122, The Effect of Salt 

 Water on Eice; 123, Commercial Fertilizers and Poisonous Insecti- 

 cides in 1908-9; 124, The Pecan Case Bearer; 125, The Chemical 

 Composition of Some Texas Soils; and 128, Cottonseed Meal as 

 Human Food. 



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 



Miscellaneous 818. 90 



Balance from previous year 956. 82 



Total 29, 775. 72 



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 Texas station, as a result of better equipment and improved 

 organization, has been enabled to place its work on a more active and 



