122 liKI'ORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



l)ju-n as related (o velocity and direction of the wind and liuniiditv 

 of the atmosphere. 



'Hie i)oiiltrv work included tests of poultrj' houses to ascertain the 

 type best adaj)ted to the climate of Marvhuid and breeding of 

 Barred Plymouth Tvocks for e^r^ production. K<r^s from improved 

 stock were di>tributed to a limited extent in the State, and an inves- 

 tipition of the poultry industry in Maryland was made during the 

 year." 



The activities of the veterinary department were confined princi- 

 pally to a study of the cow's udder with reference to milk produc- 

 tion. Investigations on tuberculosis and bovovaccination were con- 

 tinued during the year, and a report on these subjects is being pre- 

 pared. A study of the properties of fat cells in milk of different 

 breeds was begun, and investigations on the relation of bacteria, 

 leucoc^'tes, and chemical changes in milk as affected by inflammation 

 were continued. 



In the entomological department experiments were made with 

 spray mixtures and on the treatment of the codling moth, woolly 

 aphis, green aphis, asparagus beetles, flea beetles, plum curculio, and 

 peach-tree borer. Further experiments were made in the dipping of 

 fruit trees, and in cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology of 

 this Department an investigation of the bee-keeping industry of the 

 State was begun. The state horticultural and nursery inspection 

 work was done by the botanist and entomologist of the station, as in 

 previous years. The members of the station staff also participated 

 to some extent in farmers' institutes and other farmers' meetings. 



The last legislature passed an act constituting the board of trus- 

 tees of the college the state board of agriculture and making the 

 director of the station the secretary of the board. 



The following publications of the station were received during the 

 year: Bulletins 126, Manuring and fertilizing truck crops; 127, Mis- 

 cellaneous greenhouse notes; 128, The effect of animal digestion and 

 fermentation of manures on the vitality of seeds; 129, Silos and 

 silage in Maryland; 130, Nurseries and nursery inspection; 131, Mis- 

 cellaneous treatment for San Jose scale; and 132, Irish potato in- 

 vestigations; and the Annual Report for 1908. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $1.5,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 11,000.00 



State appropriation 7, 500. 00 



Balance from previous year, state appropriation 3,396.24 



Farm products, including balance from previous year. 4, 745. 86 



Total 41,642.10 



o Maryland Sta. Bui. 138. 



