EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 75- 



In the horticultural division the work of last year was continued. 

 Spraying wilh Bordeaux mixture or copper sulphate solution has been. 

 for leaf curl of the peach, continued with results the most satisfactory. 

 The discovery of the cause of crown j^all on the peach by Prof. Tourney 

 of Arizona, a j^raduate of this College, lessens the danger to be appre- 

 hended from this disease, although as yet remedies are not forthcoming. 



The work at the South Haven sub-station has proceeded very satisfac- 

 torily under the immediate supervision of Mr. Fulton. 



T>y an act passed by the last legislature and approved by the governor 

 in March, 1809, the State Board of Agriculture was authorized to estab- 

 lish a sub-station in the upper peninsula. This sub-station was by reso- 

 lution of the Board placed in charge of the director and council of the 

 Experiment Station. 



The station was located by the Board of Agriculture in October, 189i), 

 after a careful examination of proposed sites in many counties of the 

 ui»per peninsula. The location chosen was at Chatham, on the Munising 

 Railroad, eighteen miles southwest of Munising. One hundred and sixty 

 acres of land was donated to the Board for this purpose by the railroad 

 company, who engaged to clear certain portions of the land and fit it for 

 experimental purjioses in time for the beginning of experimental work 

 in the spring of 1900. 



Mr. I-eo M. Geismar of Reed City was placed in charge of the station, 

 and began work May 1, 1900. Experiments have begun with the cereals 

 and garden vegetables. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. D. SMITH, 



Director. 



Agricultural College, Mich. 

 June 30, 1900. 



REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



Prof. Clinton D. Smith, Director of Experiment Station: 



Dear Sir — I herewitli submit the re})ort of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of the Experiment Station for the year ending June 30, 1900: 



In the report submitted one year ago a general outline of the work ^n 

 progress was given. The experiments therein enumerated have been 

 conducted and are still continuing in accordance with their original 

 plans. Since that time the care of the pine plantations has been turned 

 over to the Farm Department of the College, leaving the other fields and 

 work in the hands of this dei»artment as described in the former report. 



CO-OPERATIVE SOIL TEST EXPERIMENTS. 



The com]>leti()n of lliese (\\j>eriments in the fall of 1899, though in some 

 cases somewhat disapj)ointing and unsatisfactory, led to some very 

 important conclusions in regard to the fertilizer question in this State^ 



