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The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 182, Silo Construction; 183, Work at the Tobacco 

 Stations; 184, Impurities of Grass and Clover Seed Sold in Virginia; 

 185, Clean and Sanitary Milk; 187, Lime for Virginia Farms; 188, 

 The Use of Lime-sulphur Preparations in the Summer Spraying of 

 Virginia Apple Orchards; and Circular 7, rev.. Fighting the Insect 

 Pests and Diseases of Orchard, Field, and Oarden Crops. 



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 1.3, 000. 00 



State appropriation, including balance from previous 



year 8,000.40 



Individuals 5.00 



Farm products ' 2, 706. 75 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 519. 63 



Total 39,231.78 



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 Virginia station conducted successfully a large amount of 

 well-organized, scientific investigation in agricidture, and endeavored 

 to make the results of this work practically applicable to the varied 

 agricultural conditions of the State. A permanent State appropria- 

 tion for the general use of the station is essential if the demands for 

 extension work are to be properly met. 



Virginia Truck Experiment Station, Norfolk. 



Cooperating with the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the United 



States Department of Agriculture. 



T. C. Johnson, B. S. Agr., M. A., Director. 



At the Virginia Truck Station a spray laboratory and tool house 

 and a cottage residence were added to the station buildings during the 

 year. C. S. Heller, assistant horticulturist, resigned, and P. T. Cole 

 was appointed to take his place. F. A. Johnston of this department 

 was assigned to work with this station, and L. L. Corbett was 

 appointed assistant in truck crops. 



The principal investigations and experiments carried on during 

 the year included a study of the influence of certain commercial 

 fertilizers on truck soils and truck crops, truck-crop rotations, plant 

 breeding, control of truck diseases, control of truck-crop insects, and 

 the irrigation of truck crops. The station worked out methods of 

 controlling insects affecting certain crops in the seed bed. 



Cooperative work in spraying was carried on with farmers in the 

 immediate vicinity. Other lines of cooperative work included investi- 

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