120 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



a special Congressional appropriation a study of hemorrhagic septi- 

 cemia will be made in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. 



Extensive plant breeding experiments have been continued, espe- 

 cially with durum wheat, oats, flax, and barley. A series of crop 

 rotation and farm management experiments is proceeding in different 

 parts of the State in cooperation wdth former students of the school 

 of agriculture and the Bureau of Statistics. The main object is to 

 determine the lines of farming most j^rofitable for the various parts 

 of the State, and valuable data have been secured as to the cost of 

 production of farm crops and the income of farms. 



Feeding exj^eriments with milch cows have been continued upon 

 the relationship between the maintenance requirements and those for 

 milk production, and experiments have been undertaken with cattle, 

 sheep, and swine, with a view to ascertaining the influence of breeding 

 and feeding on the value of the finished products. The entomologist 

 has given special attention to bee keeping and to an investigation of 

 the cabbage maggot. 



An administration building for the agricultural department of the 

 university, costing about $200,000, is nearing completion, which will 

 furnish quarters for the director of the station and the departments 

 of agriculture and entomology. An insectary, costing $2,500, has also 

 been erected. Special State appropriations of $4,500 for the purchase 

 of live stock, $4,000 for experiments in plant breeding, and $1,000 for 

 soil investigations, have been available. 



The following publications of this station were received during 

 the year: Bulletins 92, The digestibility and nutritive value of cot- 

 tage cheese, rice, peas, and bacon ; and 93, The diptera of Minnesota — 

 two-winged flies affecting the farm, garden, stock, and household; 

 and the Annual Report for 1904. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows : 



United States appropriation, Ilatoh Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5, 000. 00 



State appropriation, including substations 37, 189. 18 



Farm products, including substations 11,188.21 



Total 08, 877. 39 



Reports of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds have been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and have been approved. 



The Minnesota Station, from a material standpoint, is in a very 

 flourishing condition, and its influence for good is being widely recog- 

 nized. The supj)ort given it by the State is very encouraging and the 

 extensive cooperative enterprises between the station, former student 

 organizations, and others show a considerable widening of its sphere 



