REPORT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMIST. 



C. L. Hare. 



Dr. C. C. Thach, 



President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 

 Auburn, Alabama. 

 Sir: 



The work in this department during 1910 was, as in 1909, 

 concerned with two main investigations. 



1. The experiment of breeding cotton in an effort to 

 increase the oil content of the seed was so far successful 

 that some of the strains bred for three years showed a 

 material gain in j:)ercentage of oil. These same strains, 

 continued in 1910, suffered seriously during their growth 

 from anthracnose which may necessitate the elimination 

 of these high oil strains and the introduction of others 

 which will in turn have to be bred up to the point attained 

 by those originally used in the experiment. This is an 

 illustration of the mau}^ problems that must be met and 

 solved before a high oil cotton can be bred without sacri- 

 ficing yield or quality. 



2. During the year there was published a preliminary 

 paper treating of the influence of feeds upon the properties 

 of lard. 



There have been obtained some striking results illus- 

 trating extremes of oiliness and hardness of lards produced 

 from different feeds. 



Thi- investigation, with the scope enlarged, is being 

 continued. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. L. HARE. 



