CONNECTICUT. 89 



The investigation in tobacco improvement by methods of seed 

 selection and hybridization has residted in the establishment of two 

 hybrid varieties of decided promise. Several years' tests in plats 

 of an acre or more indicate that both the broad leaf and Connecticut 

 Habana seedlings are superior in shape, size, and vein of leaf to 

 those from which they originated, while in other respects the quality 

 is in no way impaired. 



The station forester has given attention to a study of the growth 

 of chestnut trees and to the establishment of small plats of woodland 

 for the future stud}^ of forest problems. The entomologist and bota- 

 nist have carried on cooi3erative work and demonstration experiments 

 with a number of farmers. There has also been some extension work, 

 chiefly through farmers' institutes and other farmers' organizations. 



A substantial brick laboratory building, costing $15,000, has been 

 completed, the cost being met in part from fees accumulated from the 

 inspection work. An exceptionally well-equi2;)ped laboratory has 

 been fitted up on the first floor for the researches on proteicls, carried 

 on under a grant from the Carnegie Institution. The second floor is 

 to be used for the work in plant breeding and forestry. 



The Adams fund available for 1906 for Connecticut was divided 

 by the governor equally between the State and Storrs stations. A 

 permanent division will be effected by the legislature at its next 

 session. The inspection work required of this station by the State 

 is increasingly heav3^ 



During the year the following publications of this station were 

 received : Bulletins 152, The improvement of corn in Connecticut; 

 and 153, The gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth; and the An- 

 nual Report for 1905. Parts 1-3 of this report are devoted to the 

 results of the inspection of fertilizers, food products, and commer- 

 cial feeding stuffs; part 4, to the report of the entomologist, includ- 

 ing notes on scale insects, mosquito investigations, and insects visit- 

 ing fruit blossoms; part 5, to the report of the botanist, giving 

 notes on fungus diseases ; and part 6 to tobacco-breeding experiments 

 in Connecticut. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows : 



T'nited States appropriation. Hatch Act $7. .500.00 



T'uited States appropriation. Adams Act 2, .500. 00 



State appropriation, including balance of .$4.50 15,9.50.00 



Individuals 7, 949. 30 



Fees, including balance from previous year 20,491.92 



Miscellaneous, including farm products 443.70 



Total 54,834.92 



