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products for sirup, wiue, and vinegar is being investigated jointly 

 with a resident of Hawaii. Other lines of cooperative work include 

 studies of the value of various cover crops for the Rogue River Val- 

 ley, the adaptability of various sections of Oregon to cranberry cul- 

 ture, irrigation investigations with this Office, and the testing of 

 disease-resistant powers of varieties of potatoes. 



The department of horticulture has been revived by the appoint- 

 ment of C. I. Lewis, who is expected to give his time exclusively to 

 station work. The programme for the year includes variety tests, 

 storage experiments with apples, a study of methods of handling 

 apples at the time of harvesting, and of the effects of wiping and 

 polishing, plant-breeding experiments with cherries and grains, pol- 

 lination experiments, and experiments with methods of practical 

 orcharding. 



Bulletins 87, Canning fruit and vegetables, preserving fruit juices, 

 and 88, San Jose scale, were received from this station during the 

 fiscal year. 



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



Unitert States appropriation. Hatch Act .$15,000.00 



United States appropriation. Adams Act 5.000.00 



Balance from previous year 285.63 



Miscellaneous, including farm crops 2.300.70 



Total 22,586.42 



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 Oregon Station is doing valuable Avork along several lines, and 

 its cooperative experiments with the farmers of the State have proved 

 of decided benefit in disseminating i-esults of station investigations, 

 the introduction of new and valuable crops, and the study of local 

 problems. The station is handicapped, howeA^er, by several pressing 

 needs. Farm buildings are urgently required, as Avell as better 

 library facilities, and in some of the departments additional assist- 

 ance. These obstacles must be overcome if the station is to attain its 



highest usefulness. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, ><tate 



VoUcye. 



Department of the Pennsylvania State College. 

 II. P. ARMsnv. I'll. D. LL. D.. Dirpctor. 



^o important changes in lines of work have been made at the 

 Pennsylvania Station during the past year, although radical plans 

 of reorganization ha A'e been formulated. An institute of animal 

 nutrition is to be established as a special research department of the 



