142 KEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



A chemical laboratory, costing about $48,000, has been completed, 

 which contains offices and laboratories for station and college work 

 and provides much needed facilities. A greenhouse is to be erected 

 for the botanist. A part of the funds from the Adams Act was 

 used in the purchase of a complete miniature modern roller flour 

 mill and a complete set of ajoparatus for baking tests. A compre- 

 hensive stud}^ of wheat and flour is being planned, to continue from 

 eight to ten j^ears and to cover all phases of the subject. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 65, Experiments in clover growing, trials with 

 alfalfa ; 66, AVater for domestic purposes in North Dakota ; 67, Paints 

 and paint products; and 68, Rust problems; Part I of the Annual 

 Report for 1904 ; and the Annual Report for 1905. 



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



United States appropriation. Hatch Act $15, 000. (K) 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5.000.00 



State appropriation for substations 1,250.00 



Farm products, including live stock 2,121.56 



Miscellaneous 307.21 



Total _• 23,738.77 



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 inspection work of the station continues to increase and now 

 occupies a large part of the time of a number of the staff. State aid 

 is to be sought to carry on this routine Avork, and in view of the sub- 

 stantial character of the investigations now under way it is to be 

 hoped that a more adequate financial support for the station will be 

 forthcoming. 



OHIO. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wuo.stc)-. 



C. E. TiiORNE, M. S. A.. Dirrrtor. 



The Ohio Station has been further developing its forestry work 

 under a State appropriation providing for a department of for- 

 estry, and Edmund Secrest, of the Kansas College, has been ap- 

 pointed assistant in forestry. The department will consider espe- 

 cially problems relating to the maiuigenient of the farmers' wood lot. 

 Over 400 forestry plantations have been established over the State, 

 mostly of catalpa and black locust, to meet the special demand for 

 woods suitable for posts. The increased State approj^riation has also 

 made possible the establishment of a department of aninlal hus- 

 bandry, and an experiment in feeding lambs has been carried on in 

 cooperation with an extensive feeder with very satisfactory results. 



