132 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The iiianne of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



Fees 1,635.88 



Total 21,rA5.88 



Reports of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds have ])een rendered in accordance Avith the schedules pre- 

 scribed by this Department and have been approA'ed. 



The nnnil)er of agricultural students in the college is increasing. 

 Additional funds are urgently needed for its inspection and demon- 

 stration work, in order that the station officers charged with experi- 

 mental work may be able to devote themselves to it more thoroughly 

 and continuously. With the increase in the number of students and 

 the growth of the experimental work there should be a clearer differ- 

 entiation of the work of the college and station. The station needs 

 a stronger 'Organization and should have a director Avho can devote 

 himself wholly to the promotion of its interests. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station, \civ Brun.sicivlc. 



At li utters Cdliege. 

 E. B. VooRHEE.s, D. Sc, Director. 



New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station, yew Bnuisivick. 



Department of Rutgers College. 

 E. B. VooRHEES, D. Sc, Director. 



The work of the New Jersey .stations has been in development of 

 the lines inaugurated in previous years. The addition of about 45 

 acres to the station farm has provided facilities for extending espe- 

 cially the work in soil chemistry and bacteriology by affording op- 

 portunity for plat exi)eriments in addition to the laboratory and 

 greenhouse studies. This Avork is developing along the line of a 

 study of bacteria in relation to the fertilizer requirements and fer- 

 tility of soils, especially their nitrogen economy, the i)hase at present 

 under investigation being the function of lime in the control of bac- 

 teria. In this connection the elaborate pot experiments have been still 

 further developed. 



About 4 acres are also devoted to plant breeding. Some results 

 have been obtained which are of both .scientific and practical interest, 

 including the ])roduction of valuable varieties of sweet corn, toma- 

 toes, eggplants, Lima beans, and squashes. 



In the horticultural department an ex])eriment has been planned 

 to cover all of the problems connected Avith the growing, handling, 



