254 EEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



24, The Pruning of Apple Trees; 25, Gooseberries for the Home 

 Garden or Commercial Orchard ; 2G, Currants for the Home Garden 

 or Commercial Plantation; 27, Spraying Calendar for 1910; 28, The 

 Sulphur-lime Wash; Bulletin 1 (special series). An Experiment in 

 Clearing Logged-off Land by the Aid of a Donkej^ Engine in 1908 ; 

 and the Annual Reports for 190G, 1907, and 1908. 



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 2G, 896. 00 



Farm protlucts 13,224.87 



Total 68, 120. 87 



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 Washington station is in good condition and efficiently 

 managed. An earnest effort is being made to meet the needs of, and 

 through its extension department to carry its results to, the farmers. 

 Funds for printing popular bulletins would be of material assistance 

 in this connection. 



VIRGINIA. 



Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksbtirg. 



Department of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic 



Institute. 



S. W. Fletcher, Ph. D., Director. 



There were few changes in organization, personnel, or lines of 

 work at the Virginia station during the year. The departments of 

 animal husbandry and veterinary science were consolidated under 

 the charge of N. S. Mayo, who came to the institution at the begin- 

 ning of the year. W. A. P. Moncure, in charge of the investigation 

 of horticultural by-products, resigned about the close of the fiscal 

 year. The station was given a larger share in the management of the 

 work of various substation and cooperative enterprises in the State. 

 With the $5,000 appropriated annually for substations in tobacco 

 districts, six substations have been established under the management 

 of an agricultural board on which the station has representation. 

 By agreement with the State board of agi'iculture, the institution 

 supervises experimental work at Staunton and Saxe. The last legis- 

 lature appropriated to the station $5,000 for the year 1911 for the 

 establishment of district experiment stations, and steps were taken to 

 this end. 



Substantial progress was made in several of the Adams-fund 

 projects pursued by the station, while others received little or no 



