EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



117 



SUMMARY OF TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS— CLASSIFIED FOR DEPARTMENTS. 



Buildings and repairs to buildings.. $1,452 39 



Library .. 220 84 



Farm.: -..- 2,537 23 



Garden 587 08 



Cbemical — 383 05 



Botanical 141 70 



Zoological 13 92 



Veterinarian ,. 1,079 81 



South Haven Station 1,989 21 



Salaries 8,298 77' 



Apiary 240 67 



Office 655 18 



Sundry 140 41 



Total $17,740 26 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



To the President: 



I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report for the year ending 

 November 1, 1898 : 



There have been issued to June 30, 1898, and since June 30, 1897, the fol- 

 lowing bulletins : 



No. 



145 

 146 

 147 



148 



149 

 150 



151 



152 

 153 



154 

 155 



156 



157 



158 



159 



160 

 161 



Title. 



Fertilizer Analyses... 



Bacteria and the Dairy 



Pasteurization of Milk ... 



Strawberries 



Feeding Dairy Cows 



Sugar Beets in Michigan in 1897 



Raspberries, Blackberries and Grapes 



Report of South Haven Sab-Station 



Vegetable Tests, 1897 



Some Experiments in Corn Raising 



Spraying Calendar for 1898 



Preliminary Report of State Inspector of 

 Nurseries and Orchards and laws relating 

 to the same 



Hog Cholera 



Some Experiments with Poultry 



A Study of Normal Temperatures and the 



Tuberculin Test... ... 



Some Insects of the Year 1897 



Fertilizer Analyses.. 



Author. 



R. C. Kedzie 



C. E. Marshall 



C. E. Marshall- .. 

 L. R Taft and H. P 



Gladden 



C. D. Smith . 



C. D Smith and R. C 



Kedzie- 



L. R Taft and H. P 



Gladden 



T. T. Lyon 



L. R. Taft, H. P. Glad 



den and M. L. Dean 



CD. Smith 



L. R. Taft 



L. R. Taft and D. W 

 Trine 



G. A. Waterman 



C- D. Smith and C. S 

 Brooks_ 



f!.E. Marshall 



RufusH. Pettit 



R. C. Kedzie 



Dept. 



Chemical - 



Bacteriological 



Horticultural 



Agricultural 



Agricultural and 

 Chemical 



Horticultural 



Agricultural 



Horticultural 



ii 

 Veterinary... 



Agricultural 



Bacteriological 



Zoological 



Chemical 



Pages. 



24 

 20 

 28 



16 



56 



38 



12 



60 



26 



32 

 18 



11 



8 



16 



51 



41 

 17 



In addition to the regular bulletins, of which seventeen have been issued in 

 the period mentioned, there was begun in December, 1897, the publication of 

 a series of elementary science bulletins, designed for use in the nature study 

 work of the common schools of the State. Four bulletins in this series have 

 been issued. The work is carried forward by a joint committee of the Ex- 

 periment Station Council and the College faculty. 



I am very glad to report that there were few changes in the working 

 force of the Station to interfere with the carrying forward of experiments 

 in the period covered by this report. Professor A. A. Crozier was obliged 

 to sever his connection with the Station in March. 1898, on account of 

 continued ill-health. It is unnecessary to speak either to yourself or to 



