104 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



muck soils have been studied, with resuUs which indicate that the 

 most needed element is potash. 



A large feeding experiment with steers to compare tlie relative 

 value of different roughages is being carried on, together with a 

 similar experiment with pigs. A cross is being made of the Poland 

 Chinas and Berkshires to increase fecundity. The dairyman is study- 

 ing the efficiency of creaming by various systems prevailing on the 

 farms of the State, the making of cottage cheese from pasteurized 

 buttermilk, and methods of curing the same. Considerable work 

 has been done bv the veterinarian in the treatment of hog cholera and 

 some attention has been given to the cornstalk disease. 



The publications of this station received during the year were as 

 follows: Bulletins 107, xVgriculture at Purdue University; 108, Soy 

 beans, middlings, and tankage as supplemental feeds in pork pro- 

 duction; 109, P^xamination of horses for soundness; 110, Corn im- 

 provement; 111, Indiana plant diseases in 1905; and 112, Com- 

 mercial fertilizers; and the Annual Report for 1905. 



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



Uuited States appropriation. Hatch Act $15, 000. 00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



State appropriation « 2.^. 000. 00 



Miscellaneous 14, 657. 45 



Balance from previous year 3,306. 12 



Total 62. 963. 57 



RejDorts 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. 



During the year the mailing list of the station was enlarged from 

 11,400 to 17,000 names, and the correspondence has also very largely 

 increased. The station is getting into much closer relations with the 

 farmers, and its work is becoming very popular. Owing to the 

 character of the State appropriations and the present demands upon 

 the station, there is some danger that its attention will be too largely 

 absorbed by the immediately practical needs of the farmer, especially 

 the demonstration to him of methods which are ^"^11 kno\A'n. The 

 station has become, however, one of the active, aggressive stations of 

 the Middle West in its work for improved agriculture. 



" For the fiscal year ended October 31. 



