8Q STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



teristics are. so obscure and so ill defined that experiments in their con- 

 trol are constantly rendered negative. The experimenter, in perfect good 

 faith sprays what he believes to be one scale when he in reality has 

 something else, perhaps possessing very different powers of resistance. 

 The experiences of different fruit growers disagree because they are really 

 working against several different insects, believing them to be the same. 

 This applies to the fleshy scales only in our State and while some of them 

 are now recognizable, many are not. It is also desirable to know the 

 list of host plants on which each will work. 



The time has now come when one man, on half time, cannot do all of 

 the work alone. Last year, during the summer, Mr. Bronson Barlow was 

 employed for one-third of his time by this office, and this summer Mr. 

 Tuttle will find work for part or all of his time. The quarters are inade- 

 quate to the performance of efficient work, it being necessary to put away 

 apparatus and books between classes and whenever the laboratory is 

 required for other work. A great deal of time is taken up in setting out 

 materials and putting them away again after an hour or two of work. 

 Another larger room even in another building would make it possible to 

 accomplish a great deal more. 



Respectfully submitted, 



R. H. PETTIT, 



Entomologist. 



REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



Prof. C. D. Smith, Director: 



Since July 1, 1902, only a small portion of my time has been devoted 

 to the horticultural work of the Experiment Station, my duties as Super- 

 intendent of the Farmers' Institutes and as State Inspector of Nurseries 

 and Orchards having taken the larger portion. The work of caring for 

 the experimental crops and carrying out the experiments has been per- 

 formed under the direction of Prof. U. P. Hedrick, the Superintendent 

 of the Horticultural Department of the College. M. L. Dean, the Assist- 

 ant Horticulturist, has had charge of the experiments and looked after 

 the taking of notes. 



At South Haven the work has continued in charge of T. A. Farrand, 

 who has proved an excellent manager. The results secured from the 

 various experimental work carried on there were given to the public dur- 

 ing the early spring in a bulletin prepared by him. The trees and bush 

 fruits came through the winter in good condition and although much in- 

 jury was done to Japan plums, sweet -cherries and other fruits by the 

 frosts during the early part of May of this year, the trees upon the Station 

 grounds escaped with very little injury and all promise at least a fair 

 crop, while many will need careful thinning. 



Some three or four years ago the testing of strawberries at this substa- 

 tion was discontinued as there was no ground available for the purpose. 

 This spring, however, the work was again taken up and a small planta- 

 tion containing all of the more promising sorts was made. If a con- 

 siderable tract of land in the vicinity of the Station grounds can be 



