246 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



KEPOKT OF THE DIKKOTOK OF THE EX PElilMENT STATION. 



To Fiesident F. S. Kedzie: 



The details of the work of this Experiment Station are quite fully 

 covered in the reports of the various departments and in the official 

 publications of the year. No changes have taken place in the personnel of 

 ihe Station Council excei)t in the case of the Horticultural department, 

 where Prof. C. P. Halligan took charge in a ver}^ satisfactory way dur- 

 ing the year while Vice-Director H. J. Eustace Avas away on a year's 

 leave of absence. _ 



The lines of work jmrsued by the various departments under Adams 

 were largely a continuation of work in progress except in a few instan- 

 ces where projects were comjdeted and superseded by others. The or- 

 ganization of Extension work in the State and the establishment of more 

 than a score of county agents has brought to the Experiment Station 

 many new demands for assistance, which have been taken care of as far 

 as possible from Hatch and State funds. We were fortunate this year 

 in receiving larger appropriations from the State, generously granted 

 by the Board of Agriculture. 



For this year the various Experiment Station funds were apportioned 

 and used as follows, viz. : Hatch fund, salaries -f 9,476.90, working equip- 

 ment and operating expenses |5,523.10; Adams fund, salaries |10,093.80, 

 working equipment and operating expenses |4,906.20. The total state 

 funds expended during the year amounted to |27,881.53, including |15,- 

 555.00 appropriated directly by the State Board of Agriculture, the 

 balance of |1 2,320.53 being derived from license fees and sundry re- 

 ceipts. In addition to those sums |9,850.00 was appropriated from cur- 

 rent funds of the institution for the maintenance and development of 

 tke Upper Peninsula Station at Chatham. The total expenditures of 

 the Experiment Station for the year, therefore, amounted to |71, 672.44. 

 These funds do not represent the total support given the Experiment 

 Station as the College, Avitli some few exce])tious, provides buildings 

 for officers and laboratories with both light and heat. 



During the year special equi})ment was procured through the use of 

 state funds for classifying the bulletin mailing list, which has grown 

 to enormous proportions and which could not serve the public satis- 

 factorily in an economical way. Station publications have been classi- 

 fied into ten groups as follows! viz. : 1. ANIJ^IAL HUSBANDRY— Beef 

 Cattle, Sheep, Hogs and Horses; 2. DAIRY HUSBANDRY— Dairy 

 Cattle, Milk, Butter and Cheese; 3. FIELD CROPS— Grains, Forage 

 and Root Croj.s; 4. HORTICULTURE- Fruits, Small Fruits and 

 Vegetables; 5. SOILS; 6. POULTRY; 7. BEES; 8. FORESTRY; 

 0. PLANT DISEASES; 10. ANIMAL DISEASES. Before placing a 

 name on the list the individual is required to indicate which group or 

 groups are desired. In addition to subject classification, the following 

 regional and special grouping has been made: 



