EXPERIMENT STATION. 



EEPOET OF SECRETAEY AND TEEASURER. 



The following account shows the receipts and expenditures of the 

 Experiment Station for the year ending June 80, 1897: 



July 1, 1896— To balance on hand $3,081 64 



July 9, 1896 received from U. S. Treasury 3.750 00 



Oct. 8, 1896 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



Jan. 7, 1897 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



April 8, 1897 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



June 30, 1897 license fees on 61 brands commercial 



fertilizers 1,220 00 



miscellaneous receipts, mostly farm 



products 282 41 



June 30, 1897 — By disbursements as per vouchers filed in 



the office of the State Auditor Gen- 

 eral $16,804 93 



July 1, 1897 balance on hand 2,779 12 



$19,584 05 $19,584 05 



Thirty thousand copies of station bulletins are now issued and the 

 demand is increasing as farmers learn of their value. Several press 

 bulletins have been issued and special information in bulletin form has 

 been sent out by the station. 



DISBURSEMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF U. S. APPROPRIATION. 



Salaries: 



Director and administrative officers $1,600 00 



Scientific staff 4,202 78 



Assistants to scientific staff 4,199 92 



Special and temporary services 148 94 



Labor: 



Monthly employes, two, average rate, $32.00 $926 37 



Daily employes, 500 days, average rate, $1.371/4 145 32 



Hourly 530 18 



Chemical supplies: 



Chemicals $329 96 



Other supplies 87 77 



Publications, envelopes, cuts, etc $125 84 



$10,151 64 



1,601 87 



417 73 



125 84 



