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rhubarb, asparagus, and other plants. This is to be extended to de- 

 termine whether the effects are due to cold or to anesthesia. 



Few changes have occurred in other lines of work. Studies of 

 potato diseases are being made a permanent feature, both from the 

 botanical and bacteriological standpoint, and attempts are being 

 made to produce disease-resistant strains. The cooperative work 

 with the New York State Station on the soft rot of vegetables is 

 nearly completed. Cooperation Avith the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 has been continued as in previous years on the growth of drug 

 plants. A series of feeding experiments has been conducted with 

 cows on silage from frosted and unfrosted corn and on alfalfa meal 

 versus wheat bran. 



The inspection and miscellaneous analytical w^ork continues to be 

 very heavy and consumes a considerable share of the working time 

 of a portion of the staff. Extension work has been conducted through 

 farmers' institutes, and the station actively participated in the man- 

 agement of the " Better farming special " in its trip through the State. 

 During the year the station has lost its assistant botanist and an 

 assistant chemist. 



Morrill Hall, the new agricultural building, is in process of erec- 

 tion on a site purchased by the university. This will afford improved 

 facilities for the college of agriculture and for some of the station 

 work. 



The publications of this station received during the year were 

 Bulletins 109, 117, 118, Commercial feeding stuffs; IIG, 121, Com- 

 mercial fertilizers; 119, Abstract of Eighteenth Annual Eeport, 

 1904-5; 120, Planting white pine in Vermont; and 122, Disease resist- 

 ance of potatoes; a spraying calendar; and the Annual Reports for 

 1904 and 1905. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



State appropriation 1, 503. 51 



Fees 2,805.00 



Individuals 22.65 



Total 24, 331. 16 



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 relations of the station to the university farm are not such as 

 to lead to a strengthening of its work in field and feeding experi- 

 ments, and in other respects its special needs and the purpose 

 of its funds do not seem to be fully realized. The station has an 



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