92 REPORT OF OFFICE OF KXPKRIMKNT STATIONS. 



from tlie IMiilippinos; and field experiments with s(H-«>:liiinis and other 

 gnisses and foi'a<;e crops (1*1. III. li^. 'J). The animal husbandman 

 tlevoted his attention larfrely to eomparinj; Florida -<rr(nvn with pur- 

 chased feeds for milch cows and steers and to the im|)rovement of 

 the native cattle. 



The station is carrvin*; on coojjerative work with farmers in 

 connection with various problems, with the Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try of this Department in testinf>: cowpeas and other le<^uminous 

 crops and grasses, and with the Bureau of Chemistry in studying 

 the sugar content of sugar corn in Florida. The director, as super- 

 intendent of farmers' institutes, simke at nearly all of the 55 insti- 

 tutes held during the year, while other monibers of the station staff 

 addressed comparatively few of these gatherings. 



The publications received from the station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins, 1)4, Fungus diseases of scale insects and white 

 fly; 95, Dwarf Essex rape for winter forage; 9G, Steer feeding; 97, 

 White fly studies in 1908; 98, Scaly bark of citrus; and the Annual 

 Rei)ort for 1908. 



The income of the station for the i>ast fiscal year was as follow^s: 



I'liitcd States iippropriation. Hatch Act $15,000.00 



T'niti'd States appropriation, Adams Act 11.000.00 



Balance from incidental fund Hi. 50 



Farm products, int-ludinfr fees 913.91 



Total 20. 980. 41 



A report for the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 

 ^ The Florida Station in general is well organized and equipped and 

 shows the effect of efficient management, left mainly to the station 

 experts. It has a loyal following, and since it removed to the new 

 location its mailing list has grown from 2,500 to 11,000 names. 



GEORGIA. 



Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment.'^ 

 Department of Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



M. V. Calvin, Dircetor. 



The lines of work at the Georgia Station were not materially 

 changed during the year. The only change in the station staff re- 

 sulted from the resignation of the dairyman and animal pathologist, 

 C. L. Willoughby. 



Most of the Adams fund projects were continued, but one or two 

 were discontinued or held in abeyance through lack of material. The 



« Telegraph, freight, and express address, Griffin. 



