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available for even the rental of the necessary areas. A bill providing 

 funds for the purchase of a farm to be used jointly by the college and 

 station has been passed by the Stale legislature. 



The new director has entered upon an aggressive and energetic 

 campaign for strengthening the station work in a number of direc- 

 tions. If he receives the support of the governing board and the 

 farmers of the State, it is believed that much will be accomplished, 

 but without this the station can not expect to advance in effectiveness. 



FLORIDA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Florida, Gainesville. 



Department of the University of the State of Florida. 

 P. H. Rolfs, M. S., Director. 



The removal of the Florida University and Station from Lake City 

 to Gainesville has been the leading event of the year. In consequence 

 of it no new projects have been attempted by the station, but a num- 

 ber of lines of work have been brought to a close, including an exten- 

 sive study of pineapple culture and marketing, and an investigation 

 by the veterinarian of " salt sickness," or bovine uncinariasis. Con- 

 siderable progress has also been made in the publication of accumu- 

 lated material, the publications of the year including Bulletins 79, 

 Insects of the pecan; 81, Fertilizer suggestions; 82, A preliminar}^ 

 report on growing Irish potatoes; 83, Pineapple cidture. III — Fer- 

 tilizer experiments; 84, Pineapple culture, IV — Handling the crop; 

 and 85, Second report on pecan culture ; and the Annual liej^orts for 

 1903, 1904, and 1905. 



Cooperative tests with alfalfa and Irish potatoes and of the fer- 

 tilizer requirements of cotton and citrus fruits have been continued 

 with the farmers of the State, as have also tests of the adaptability 

 of different varieties of potatoes and cotton and the introduction and 

 acclimatization of a number of subtropical plants. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal j-ear was as follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



Farm products 853.04 



Total 1 20,853.04 



Eeports 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. 



At Gainesville the station has been provided with laboratory facil- 

 ities, farm outbuildings, a greenhouse, and a dwelling house. An 

 experimental tract of about 40 acres has been reserved adjacent to 



