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Wliile we are not as yet warranted, from work done during the past 

 j-ear, in saying that there is a remedy which can be used in the manner 

 suggested, yet the. results from the work, encourage us to believe that 

 there is, and we hope during the next year, to test more thoroughly cer- 

 tain remedies and prove their efficiency, and be able to publish during 

 the j^ear something of value to sheep raisers. 



Another disease which has caused considerable loss in some parts of 

 the State is one known by a different name in different sections. 

 Throughout the north it is generally called "Grand Traverse" disease; 

 in the western part of the State the "Lake Shore" disease. 



In connection with the Live Stock Sanitary Commission some work 

 has been done in endeavoring to determine the cause and discover a 

 remedy for the disorder. The disease seems to be a derangement of the 

 digestive system, the exact cause of which has not as yet been determined. 

 Some affected animals from Ottawa county which were brought to the 

 experiment station some six weeks ago, have responded very nicely to 

 treatment. 



We hope to carry the experiment further by carrying out, as soon as 

 the opportunity presents itself, the same line of treatment with cattle 

 under the conditions in which they have been kept and under which they 

 became affected. 



We hope also, during the coming year, to present something definite 

 with regard to this disease. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GEORGE A. WATERMAN, 



Consulting Veterinarian. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June 30, 1903. 



REPORT OF BOTANIST. 



Professor C. D. Smith, Director: 



I herewith submit my report as botanist of the station for that portion 

 of the year between my appointment in September, 1902, and the pres- 

 ent date, . June 30, 1903. During that period my time has been em- 

 ployed in the following manner: As I am also employed by the college 

 as instructor in botany, only about one-half of my time has been devoted 

 to the work of the station. 



During the winter and spring terms of the college course consider- 

 able part of this time was spent in teaching the principles of plant life 

 to special course students in the stock and fruit courses and the stu- 

 dents in the beet sugar course. Laboratory methods were introduced 

 whenever the size of the classes would permit and at other times the 

 teaching consisted of lectures illustrated by means of experiments per- 

 formed before the classes and by specimens. In the beet sugar course 

 the students were instructed in the methods employed in testing seeds 

 of sugar beets and others, each student performing the operations and 

 keeping individual records. 



