EXPERIMENT STATION. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 



The following; account shows the receipts and expenditures of the 



Experiment Station for the year ending June 30, 1901 : 



Dr. Cr. 



July 1, 1000 — To balance on hand $487 44 



July 5, 1000 received from U. S. Treasury 3,7.50 00 



OcL G, 1000 received from U. S. Treasury 3.750 00 



Jan. 5, 1001 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



April 3, 1901 received from U. S. Treasury 3,750 00 



June 30, 1001 license fees on 08 brands commercial fer- 

 tilizers 1,0G0 00 



miscellaneous I'eceipts 246 10 



farm receipts 1,51G 07 



miscellaneous receipts. South Haven 384 34 



from State appropriation for U. P. Ex- 

 periment Station 4,122 05 



June 30, 1901 — By disbursements as per vouchers filed in the 



office of the State Auditor General $23,100 7.-> 



July 1, 1001 balance on hand 616 lo 



$23,716 90 $23,716 00 



From thirty-five to forty 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. 



DISnrUSKMF.XTS ON ACCOUNT OF U. S. APPROPRIATION. 

 Salaries: 



Assistants to scientific stall', No. employed 4 $1,605 60 



Director and administrative oliicers, No. employed 6 1,086 80 



Scientific stafl", No. emploved 7 4,771 50 



$8,363 90 



Labor : 



Monthly employes, 2 ; average rate, $22.50 $540 00 



Daily and hourlv employes 1,572 28 



2.112 28 



Chemical supplies: 



Chemicals 130 57 



Half tones, mailing list, etc $100 60 



Bulletin envelopes and reports 418 77 



528 46 



Carried forward $11,144 21 



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