158 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



TEXAS. 



Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, CoUeiic Citation. 



Department of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 



J. W. Cakson, R. S.. Acthnj Director. 



The work of llie Texas Station has jjroceeded along the lines of 

 previous years, although handicapped by the ill health of the director, 

 who resigned his position at the close of the year. Feeding experi- 

 ments with by-products of local production such as molasses, rough 

 rice, and fermented cotton seed have been comi:)leted. Work in 

 agronomy has been restricted mainly to cotton and corn, but co- 

 operative experiments with sorghum, milo maize, and Kafir corn are 

 under way in some arid sections of the State. P]laborate cotton 

 experiments, chiefly in breeding, are being carried on through the 

 cooperation of the cotton specialist with the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. There has also been cooperative work Avith farmers, in- 

 cluding fertilizer trials, and a test of the yield of cucumbers for 

 pickles at Palestine. 



A department of entomology has been established, Avhich has begun 

 investigations on the sweet-potato borer, melon louse, citrus Avhite 

 fl}^, Morelos orange maggot, the cotton boll weevil, and the San Jose 

 scale. Tlie veterinarian continues to give special attention to the 

 study of Texas fever. The horticultural work is largeh^ pomo- 

 logical, empliasis being given to peach culture, variety tests, and 

 fertilizer and culture trials. Breeding experiments are to be carried 

 on with tomatoes and grapes, including a study of the geotropism of 

 different species of the vine, and investigations of the vahie of native 

 species as a resistant stock for V'tfux rin/fcra varieties. Thus far 

 r. cJuimphil has shown most promise. Figs and citrus fruits are 

 being specially studied at lieeville, and phnns, apjdes, and small 

 fruits at Tr()Ui)e, where substations are still maintained by the State. 



A study has been made by -the botanist of nitrogen assimilating 

 bacteria, showing these to be of doubtful \'aliic. Seed tests indicate 

 a need of seed inspection, as the State is being ma<!e a dumping 

 ground for inferior stock. The feeding-stuffs inspection has Ihhmi 

 thorouirhlv established and nets the station some additional funds. 



Bulletin TO, Experiments in steer feeding, was the only publication 

 received from this station. 



The income of the station (hiring tlie jiast fiscal year was as follows: 



United States aiii)n)|)riatii)ii. Ilatdi Act ,?1.5. 000. 00 



United St.-ilcs appropriation, Adams .\ct ,'>. OoO. (tO 



Fai-in products IHJ.". 00 



Miscellaneous , 2JylXZ\ 



Total 23, 538. 31 



