EXPERIMENT STATION. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 



The following account shows the receipts and expenditures ( .' ihe 

 Experiment Station for the year ending June 30, 1900: 



Dr. Cr. 



July 1, 1899— To balance on hand $895 66 



July 6,1899 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



Oct'. 9, 1899 received from U.S. Treasury 3,750 00 



Jan. 6, 1900 received from U.S. Treasury 3,750 00 



April 6, 1900 received from U.S. Treasury 3,750 00 



June 30, 1900 license fees ou 81 brands commercial 



fertilizers 1,620 00 



miscellaneous receipts, mostly farm pro- 

 ducts 586 64 



miscellaneous receipts, South Haven 257 52 



June 30, 1900 — By disbursements as per vouchers filed in 



the office of the State Auditor General $17,872 38 



July 1, 1900 balance on hand ' 487 44 



$18,359 82 $18,359 82 



From twenty-five to thirty-five 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: 



Assistants to scientific staff. No. 5 $1,854 56 



Director and administrative officers, No. 6 2,193 99 



Scientific staff, No. 7 4,771 60 



$8,820 05 



Labor: 



Monthly employes, 2; average rate, $20.50 $246 00 



Daily and hourly employes 2,353 25 



2,599 25 



Chemical supplies: 



Chemicals '. 272 01 



Half tones, mailing list, etc $324 52 



Bulletin envelopes and reports .386 83 



711 35 



Carried forward $12,402 66 



