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iiious and nonlegnminons crops indicate that such soils need nitrogen 

 rather than humus. The yields of corn were but slightly affected by 

 different methods of preparing the soil and planting the crop, and 

 subsoiling for cotton was not successful. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry is carrying on a denionstration farm 

 near by, at which swine raising and alfalfa are being combined as 

 supplements to cotton growing in the rotation, the results being very 

 successful. Owing to the soil peculiarities there are difficulties in 

 drainage Avhich it is hoped to study. Tests of the relative value of 

 commercial fertilizers have been carried on and some attention has 

 been given to seed improvement. The Office of Public Roads has 

 recently built an improved road between the station and Uniontown. 

 These enterprises have stimulated a desire among the people of the 

 vicinity for better agricultural conditions, and more interest is being 

 manifested in the station work. 



Bulletin 23, Experiments with cotton and corn in 1005, Avas the 

 only publication received. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year Avas as folloAvs : 



State appropriation $2, 500.00 



Farm products 900. 00 



Total 3, 400. 00 



Tuskegee Agricultural Experiment Station, Tuskegce Institute. 

 DepartiiK'Ut of the Tuskegee Xurmai and Industrial Institute. 



G. W. Carver. M. Agr., Director. 



The Tuskesoe Station has continued to deA^ote its attention A^erv 

 largely to the problem of improA'^ing the tilth and productiveness 

 of the worn-out and eroded soils of the region. The results indicate 

 that by the selection of clean seed, thorough preparation of the soil, 

 and proper rotation of crops the A'arious diseases may be reduced 

 to a minimum, and that cotton, Avheat, r3'e, oats, and barley can be 

 made paying crops on even the poorest soils. Variety tests haA'e 

 been carried on Avith cotton, corn, cowpeas, jjeanuts, and SAveet pota- 

 toes, and some attention has been giA-en to the feeding of poultry 

 and to poultry diseases. During the summer an agricultural wagon 

 was equipped b}" the station and under the supervision of one of the 

 staff was used in extension Avork throughout the coimty. 



The publications of this station received during the fiscal year 

 Avere Bulletins 7, Cotton growing on sandy upland soils, and 8, 

 Successful yields of small grain. 



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

 State appropriation $1,500. 00 



The Tuskegee Station is doing useful Avork along practical lines 

 suited to the needs of its constituents. Taken in connection Avith 



