110 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATONS. 



Reports of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds have been rendered in accordance with the schedules pre- 

 scribed by this Department and have been approved. 



The extension work in this State is chiefiy in the form of farmers' 

 institutes, for which a State appropriation of $2,000 is avaihible. 

 The station is well equipped and enjoys the hearty support of its 

 constituents. 



LOUISIANA. 



No. 1. Sugar Experiment Station, Auduhon J'ark, Xeiv Orleans. 



No. 2. State Experiment Station, Baton Rouge. 



No. 3. North Louisiana Experiment Station, Calhoun. 



Department of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical 



College. 



W. R. DoDSON, A. B., B. S.. Director, Baton Rouge. 



The Louisiana stations have completed a study of the composition 

 of the roots, stems, and leaves of sugar cane at definite stages of de- 

 velopment and at maturity. The results are of service in dealing with 

 problems in clarification of cane juices and in the handling of prod- 

 ucts in the sugarhouse, and will furnish much valuable data for 

 future investigations. The germination of seedling canes, the value 

 of deep preparation of the soil, and the fermentation of sugarhouse 

 products for the manufacture ofalcohol are now receiving attention. 



The veterinarian has brought to a close his investigations on the 

 nodular disease of the intestines of sheep. He concludes that by 

 keeping them in lots cleared of vegetation up to the time of weaning, 

 lambs from infected ewes may be raised practically free from the 

 disease. Investigations recently: inaugurated include a study of the 

 influence of stable manure and fertilizers on the quality of sirup made 

 from cane in north Louisiana and of methods for improving the 

 grapes, apples, and })eaches of the vicinity. Poultry breeding has 

 also been begun, numerous feeding experiments with cattle and 

 hogs are being conducted, and rice investigations are under Avay at 

 Crowley. Considerable time is required foi- tlio State fertilizer and 

 feed inspection, Avhich under a law recently passed is expected to net 

 the station about $5,000 a year additional revenue. The director re- 

 mains in charge of the State geological survey, and is a member of 

 the Crop Pest Commission which is investigating the cotton boll 

 weevil. 



The additional funds provided by the Adams Act have been used in 

 the employment of a research chemist for investigations on the car- 

 bohydrates of cane-sugar piodiicls and the j)iii(liase of equipment for 

 work in animal and plant pathology. Specialists have been engaged 

 in both these lines. 



