78 EEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



effects of '' fillers " — i. e., materials put in to add to the weight of fer- 

 tilizers, but not of themselves of fertilizing value. The influence of 

 vegetable matter on the solubility of ditl'erent phosphates is also 

 being investigated. The cooperative field experiments with numer- 

 ous farmers of the State to ascertain the fertilizing requirements of 

 cotton on different soils have been continued, and the botanist has 

 carried on corn-breeding experiments near JNIontgomery. A compar- 

 ative study of the quality of different lards as affected by various 

 feeds has been begun, and the cane-sirup investigations previously 

 undertaken have received special attention. 



As a result of the i^assage of the Adams Act a department of ento- 

 molog}' has been established and additional assistants have been em- 

 ployed in chemistry and veterinary science. Purchases of equipment 

 have been made for the departments of entomology, chemistry, and 

 agriculture, including an improved outfit for the manufacture of 

 sirup. 



During the past fiscal year the following publications have been 

 received: Bulletins 131, Cooperative fertilizer ex[)eriments Avith cot- 

 ton in 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1901; 133, The manufacture of cane 

 sirup; and 134, Corn culture; and the Annual Report for 1905. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal 3^ear was as fol- 



loAvs : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation. Adams Act 5.000.00 



Fees 10, 488. 33 



Fai'm products (iOC. 44 



Miscellaneous 1,027. 21 



Total .33,111.98 



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. 



"With the growth of the business of the Alabanui Station and the 

 increase of its funds there is need of a stronger and more unified 

 organization in order that the plans of work and the expenditures 

 of funds may be more directly under (he siij)er\ision of the director 

 and the station thus more clearly differentiated from the other de- 

 partments of the college. 



Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station, Vnl<>iihnr)i. 



.T. F. DcGOAK. M. S.. IHrcclor, Aiihiini: .T. M. Ru ukson. M. S., Ansi.'<t<nit 



Diicflnr. I niiiiiloini. 



The Can('I)rake Station has conlinucMl to devote its attention largely 

 to the breeding of cotton on tiiV worn-out .soils in the region. From 

 three years' experiments the results of plowing under various legum- 



