90 HKPUHT OF OFFICE OF EXPKHIMKNT STATIONS. 



'I'lic publications of the station diiriii"; the year inchided Bulletins 

 82, Report on forest conditions in Delaware and a forest policy for 

 the State; (S;}, Diseases of field crops in Delawaic in r.)()7; 84, Annnal 

 report of the director for the fiscal yejir ending June 80. 1908; and 

 85, Sprayinc: for brown-rot of the peach. 1008. 



The income of the station durin*; the past fiscal year was as 

 follows : 



liiitod States apinoin-iatioii. Hatch Act $!."», 0(K). DO 



United States approitriiitioii, Adams Act 11,(K)0. (X) 



Farm products 1, 984. G3 



Miscellaneous 228. 90 



Total 28, 213. 53 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 b}'^ this Department and has been approved. 



The Delaware Station was greatly strengthened during the year 

 for both scientific and practical work of great imjjortance to the 

 State. This was due to improvement of both farm and laboratory 

 equi[mient, enlargement of the staff, and clearer diti'erentiation of 

 college and station duties. The equipment of the former with suit- 

 able buildings will greatly enlarge the scope and increase the efficiency 

 of the experimental work of the station. 



FLORIDA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Florida, Gainesville. 



Department of the University of the State of Florida. 



P. II. Rolfs, M. S., Director. 



The Florida Station made further progress during the year in 

 establishing itself in its new location. Greenhouses, stables for the 

 horticultural department, and barns for the agricultural department 

 were constructed and much of the land was put into shape. The sta- 

 tion farm is entirely separated from that of the college and has its 

 own animals, pastures, fields, and equipment. 



A number of changes occurred on the station staff. II. S. Fawcett, 

 the assistant plant pathologist, was made plant pathologist. A. 

 Dickinson, Avho sncceeded W. Hess as gardener on Jidy 7, resigned 

 October 1. E. P. Green Avorked as assistant in entomology and 

 Thomas Hamilton as assistant in plant pathology for a number of 

 months during the year. At the close of the fiscal year O. F. Burger 

 commenced work as assistant in plant pathology, B. B. Ezell as as- 

 sistant in phiut physiology, and S. H Collison as assistant in 

 chemistry. The members of the station staff devote themselves almost 

 exclusively to station work, having but little connection W'ith teach- 



