100 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



RErOKT OF DlRKCTOll OF EXrERIMENT STATION. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



Permit me to hand von lierewith the annual report of the Director 

 of the Experiment Station for the year ending June 30, 1907. During 

 that rear the following bulletins were issued : 



Bulletin 230 — Fertilizer Analyses. A. J. Patten. Aug., 1006. 



Bulletin 210— Roots Supplementary to Silage for Diary Cows. R. S. 

 Shaw, Sept., 100(5. 



Bulletin 211 — A Plan for the Improvement of :Michigan Cattle. R. 

 S. Shaw, Sept., lOOC. 



Bulletin 212— Feeding Whole Grain. R. S. Shaw, Oct., 190G. 



Bulletin 213— Cull Beans as a Food for Swine. R. S. Shaw and A. C. 

 Anderson, Nov., 1906. 



Bulletin 241— Insects New or Unusual in Michigan. R. H. Pettitt, 

 Dec, 1906. 



Bulletin 245— Poultrv Raising. J. G. Halpiu, Jan., 1907. 



Bulletin 246— Practical Use of Starters. C. E. Marshall, L. D. Bush- 

 nell and W. R. Wright, June, 1907. 



Bulletin 247— Dried Beet Pulp for Fattening Steers. R. S. Shaw and 

 H. W. Norton, April, 1907. 



Special Bulletin 36— Spraying Calendar. L. R. Taft, March, 1907. 



Special Bulletin 37— Spraying. L. R. Taft, March, 1907. 



The resources of the experiment station have been greatly increased 

 during this period, first by an appropriation of $30,000 by the legisla- 

 ture for use in live stock work; |10,000 for the erection of suitable 

 buildings wherein the work could be conducted, and |20,000 for the con- 

 duct of the work itself. The expenditure of this fund has been judi- 

 ciously done by Prof. Shaw. He has taken dairy cattle of the type 

 found on Michigan farms, and tested the matter of breeding, feeding and 

 selection, as well as the simple one of the record of the performance of 

 a mediocre herd under optimum conditions. The results of this work are 

 not yet published in their entirety, but the bulletins have been reports 

 of progress for the most ])art. The first annual report of a gi'ade dairy 

 herd, for instance, gives the data in regard to the jterformance of that 

 grade dairy herd in the first year of its existence. The work is still 

 in progress, and later re[>orts will indicate whether the somewhat re- 

 markable ijerformance of these cows under these excellent conditions 

 are due to the sudden stimulation, or whether the similar excellent 

 yields will be continued during the second and subsequent years of the 

 life of the herd. In Bulletin 241 Prof. Shaw presented a plan for the 

 improvement of Michigan cattle. This bulletin, like 238, was received 

 by the farmers as a distinct contribution to the literature of breeding, 

 and although 45,000 were issued, the supply is well nigh exhausted. 



In the same way bulletin 245, being the lirst bulletin published since 

 the reorganization of the poultry department, has had a call from all over 

 the state, which indicates the deep interest on the part of the farmers 

 in poultry raising. The other bulletins eminating from the farm de- 

 partment have been of technical character, reporting work on special 



