124 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The cooperative and extension work of the station with the farm- 

 ers of the State has assumed large proportions. Over 100 farmers, 

 representing nearly every county, have devoted from 4 to 10 acres to 

 an experiment for corn improvement, and over 500 boys from 10 to 

 20 years of age have grown pedigreed corn in a contest under the 

 direction of the station. Premiums aggregating $500 have been 

 offered for the best exhibits at the State Corn Growers' Convention 

 to be held at the college and at the State fair. A number of apple 

 orchards on typical soils have been secured for a systematic study of 

 the fertilizer requirements, and through the cooperation of the Mis- 

 souri Pacific Railway a poultry- farming train is to traverse the 

 State. 



During the 3^ear a cattle barn for beef animals has been completed 

 at a cost of $12,000, a hog barn costing $2,000, and a stone structure 

 for instruction and research in farm mechanics costing $5,000. A 

 greenhouse for the botanist is to be erected. Numerous additions 

 have been made to the station staff, and Dr. Paul Schweitzer, chem- 

 ist for many years, has retired from active service. 



The publications of this station received during the year were as 

 follows: Bulletins 66, Analyses of commercial fertilizers; 67, Sup- 

 plements to corn for fattening hogs; 68, Test of tin-can separators; 

 Test of a fly repellant ; and 69, Three fungus diseases of the cultivated 

 ginseng; and a circular on some fungus diseases and their treatment. 



The income of the station during the Dast fiscal year was as 

 follows : 



United States appi-opriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



State aijpropriatlou . 4. 000. 00 



Fees (J. 102. GO 



Farm products 5,644.48 



Balance from previous year 492.87 



Total .SO, 240. 01 



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. 



The Missouri Station has a large amount of valuable work under 

 way, and some of its new lines are especially promising. The great 

 demand upon it for institute and other extension work .shows an 

 increasing appreciation on the part of the public. The policy re- 

 cently adopted of relieving the station men from as much of the 

 teaching and routine work as po.ssible is yielding good results, and the 

 station is now thoroughly organized for aggressive research work. 



