156 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Tlie publications of this station received during the year were 

 Bulletins 92, Marconi wheat; 93, Plums in South Dakota; 94, Al- 

 falfa and red clover; 95, The treatment of nail pricks of the horse's 

 foot; 96, P^'orage plants and cereals at Highmore substation. 1904—5; 

 and 97, Spelt and millet for the production of babv beef; and the 

 Annual Report for 1905. 



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



Unitetl States appropriation. Hatch Act i? 15, 000. 00 



United States appropriiition. Adams .Vet 5,000.00 



State appropriation 1, 000. 00 



]Mis<'c]l.Mneous 2.0.58. 11 



Total 23,658.11 



Reports of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds have been rendered in accordance with the schedules pre- 

 scribed by this Department and have been approved. 



The work of the South Dakota Station is on a verv satisfactorv 

 basis and is much appreciated by the farmers of the State. An 

 attempt is being made to take up lines of work in a scientific way. 

 and definite problems are being attacked with less apprehension of 

 failure to get immediate returns. In consequence some fundamental 

 results are being obtained. 



TENNESSEE. 



Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Kiio-rrille. 



l)ei)artnient of the University of Tennessee. 



II. .v. Morgan, B. S. A., lUrcctor. 



An active and aggressive attitude is characterizing the Tennessee 

 Station, and good jn'ogress is being made in developing its work and 

 strengtliening it in the State. An investigation of importance re- 

 cently l)egun is on the failure of clover. The botanist has traced the 

 cause to a disease attacking both the stem and root, and occurring 

 also on alfalfa, tlic Medicagoes and Lespede/a. It may be trans- 

 mitted through the .seed to some extent by soil inoculation and has 

 also been cai'iied by in.sects. At pre.sent it is widely distributed over 

 Tennessee and to some extent in Kentucky and West Virginia. 



In entomology the main lines of work are the life history of the 

 cattle tick and peach borer. Some studies are also being made of 

 stingless bees. 



The horticulturist has under way a study of methods of pruning 

 grapes. Results fiom a season's work with several varieties indicate 

 the gi'eatest benefit from long-arm pinning, lie is also giving atten- 

 tion 1(» the spraying of peaches. 



