72 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERTMFNT STATIONS. 



testing the best feeds for \vinteriii<5 2 aiul :> year-olds, and the study 

 of the economy of (iiushiii^ cattle on southern jjastures, supplemented 

 by cotton-seed cake. l*i«::-feedin«2: experiments were carried on to 

 compare finishin<; with irrain versus grain and trreen crops, such as 

 soy beans and jieanuts. With sheep some feedin<j: experiments to 

 test the ell'ccts of cotton-seed meal wci-e made. 



In addition to the c()operativ<> work mentioned, the station con- 

 ducted soil tests with cotton, corn, alfalfa, and other crops in coopera- 

 tion with farmers, and studied dairy conditions in the State in con- 

 junction with the Dairy Division of this Department. 



The following publications of the station were received during the 

 year: Bulletins 143, Feeds supplementary to corn for southern pork 

 production; 144, The San Jose scale and lime-sulphur wash; and 145, 

 Local fertilizer experiments with cotton in 1895, 180(), 1897, and 1898; 

 Index to Vol. XIV, Bulletins 135-138, and Annual Keport. 1906; and 

 Index to Vol. XV, Bulletins 139-141, and Annual Keport, 1907. 



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



Unltefl States apitropriation. Hatch Act .$1.". 000 



United States api)roi)riation, Adams Act 11,000 



Total 20,000 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance Avith the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department; the salary roll required readjustment before the 

 account could be approved, which left an unexpended balance of $800 

 on the Hatch fund and of $400 on the Adams fund. 



The Alabama Station has in hand lines of work wliich are of great 

 importance to the agriculture of the State, and is making progress; 

 but its general eifect is w^eakened by a lack of unity of action and of 

 directness in the supervision of its affairs. A further differentiation 

 of its work and funds from those of instruction, inspection, and ex- 

 tension is desirable, and a stronger central organization would make 

 the station a more effective agent in the interest of Alabama agri- 

 culture. 



Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station, luiontairn. 



F. I). Stkvins, p.. S., Dircrfor. 



The Canebrake Station continued its work along the same general 

 lines as in the previous year. No changes were made in the station 

 staff, nor in the management of the station in general. 



The principal activities during the year were confined to fertilizer 

 tests with cotton, cover crops, and culture trials with alfalfa. The 

 work on the cotton lands showed that the poor, red, prairie upland 

 .soils can be maintained or improved by the use of crops for green 

 manuring at short intervals. The profitableness of growing alfalfa 



