EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



147 



DlflBURSBMENTS OV EXPERIMBNX STATION MONByS— OTHER THAN RECEIVED PROM U. P. TREASURER. 



Salaries 



Labor 



Publications 



Postage and stationery 



Freight and express 



Heat, light, water and power 



Chemicals and laboratory sup!)lies. . 

 Seeds, plants and sundry supplies. . 



Fertilizers 



Feeding stuffs 



Library 



Tools, machinery and appliances. . . 



Furniture and fixtures 



Scientific apparatus and specimens . 



Live stock 



Traveling expenses 



Contingent cxpen.ses 



Buildings and land 



Total. 



1. 



S5,249 85 

 7,20.5 83 



15 07 

 682 28 

 336 68 



17 38 



215 35 



,451 98 



22 50 



120 06 



16 17 

 416 88 

 258 01 

 256 40 



2,409 47 



1,009 31 



7 00 



2,882 80 



$22,633 02 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 



To President J. L. Snyder: 



The work of the Michigan Agricultural College Experiment Station 

 is quite fully outlined in the individual reports of the heads of the 

 divisions which follow. As was stated in last year's report further ex- 

 tension of station work is dependent entirely on supplementary state 

 aid for the federal appropriations. D.uring the year the |15,000 Hatch 

 fund was divided approximately as follows, viz: for salaries |8,554.55 

 and operating expenses |6,445.45, while the |15,000 Adams fund was di- 

 vided as follows, viz: Salaries $10,869.06 and operating expenses $4,- 

 130.94. Of the state funds |3,338.45 was apportioned for salaries and 

 $3,417.52 for operation. These sums do not include the appropriations 

 for the sub-stations which were as follows, viz: South Haven Fruit 

 Sub-Station $2,258.44 and the Upper Peninsula Station at Chatham 

 $13,618.61. 



It is evident therefore from the above statement that further additions 

 cannot be made to the present staff of investigators without supple- 

 mentary state aid. There is perhaps no state in the country which pre- 

 sents a greater variety of problems because of varied prodnction due to 

 great variation in the character of our soils and the peculiar and 

 favorable conditions of environment due to geographical location. There 

 are many lines of production needing the support of the station at 

 present which we are unable to meet. 



One change only, has taken place during the year so far as the per- 

 sonnel of the Station Council is concerned. Professor J. A. Jeffery, Soil 

 Physicist of the Experiment Station, resigned about the close of the 

 year to accept the position of Commissioner of Agriculture and Immi- 

 gration for the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad. While the 

 efficient services of Professor Jeffery- will be missed, still the new posi- 

 tion presents a large field of endeavor and it is hoped that his work in 

 addition to the college extension work in tlie Upper Peninsula will 



