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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 work of the Montana Station is expanding in many useful 

 directions, and, through publications, local cooperative work, farm- 

 ers' institutes and other farmers' organizations, is being brought 

 into touch with agricultural interests all over the State. Its corre- 

 spondence continues to increase very rapidly. The State and private 

 corporations show a disx^osition to extend liberal aid. 



NEBRASKA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska, Lincoln. 



Department of the T'niversity of Nebraska. 



E. A. Burnett, B. S.. Director. 



At the Nebraska Station a considerable number of changes have 

 taken place in the statf. The resignation of T. L. Lyon, agronomist 

 and associate director, to accept a position at Cornell University and 

 Station, was followed by the division of the department of agronomy 

 into departments of soils and field crops. F. J. Alway has suc- 

 ceeded S. Avery as chemist. Forestry has been added as a new 

 department, and experimental work in botany has been begun. Ad- 

 ditional assistants have been provided in several departments. 



In the animal husbandry work cattle feeding has again been made 

 the leading feature, particularly as to the relative value of a number 

 of forage crops. The most economical ration for Nebraska has 

 been found to be alfalfa, corn stover, and corn. Experiments in 

 pig feeding are also being conducted. A barn for this purpose is 

 being constructed, and the cattle barn has been remodeled. 



In horticulture demonstrations in spraying in cooperation with 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry are being carried on in several locali- 

 ties. Experiments in breeding hybrid apples and peaches are under 

 way. Variety tests with vegetables, Avhich have been carried on for 

 several years, have been concluded, as have also extensive experiments 

 in the selection and propagation of seed potatoes An assistant has 

 been provided in this department. 



The recently established department of botany has been equipped 

 and studies have l)een made, jointly with the veterinarian, of poison- 

 ous plants and of moldy corn in relation to diseases in horses. The 

 mold, which seems to be unlike any heretofore reported, is quite 

 destructive to the crop, causing a loss of about 00 per cent in the 

 weight of the defective ears, and is believed to be the cause of 

 death of a considerable number of horses. The botanist is also 

 studying a monilia disease of apples that produces an unusual form 



