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mental purposes with the arrangement that the county is to bear 

 the expense and the station to furnish the supervision and to publish 

 the results. So far only the farm in Jasper County is being used. 



The horticultural department is pursuing apple breeding with 

 special reference to the use of self -fertilized versus cross-fertilized 

 seedlings. Apples were also grown on different stocks and, among 

 other work, experiments were carried on with asparagus, tomatoes, 

 and strawberries. The spraying work of the department included 

 demonstration and local tests in addition to spraying cherries in 

 combating leaf spot. 



The dairy department is doing preliminary work in the determina- 

 tion of the effect of feed on the composition of milk, and has in 

 progress an experiment to ascertain the causes of wide variations in 

 economy of milk production by different cows, A comparison of the 

 nutrients required for the production of butter fat and body fat in 

 the same animal and a study of the factors regarding development 

 of dairy cattle are also under way. 



A soil survey of the State based on geological strata and including 

 chemical and physical examinations of the different types of soil is 

 being conducted, partly in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils of 

 this Department. For this work the State has aj^propriated $15,000 

 of which $4,000 became available this 3'ear, 



The members of the station staff did considerable extension work 

 and frequently officiated as judges of corn and live stock at county 

 and state fairs. The State appropriated $10,000 each for the erection 

 of a veterinary hospital, the manufacture of hog-cholera serum, fur- 

 nishing of the new agricultural building, and for the heating plant 

 for the agricultural building. 



The following publications of the station were received during 

 the year: Bulletins 80 and 82, Inspection of commercial fertilizers; 

 Circulars of information 22, Feeding the orchard; 23, Fungicides, 

 insecticides, and spray calendar; 24, Beef production on high-priced 

 land; 25, Rational sheep feeding; 26, Feeding the dairy cow; 27, 

 Feeding and care of horses; 28, Swine feeding; 29, Immunization of 

 swine against hog cholera; and 30, Missouri housekeepers* conference 

 association. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States ai»propi-iation, Adams Act 11.000.00 



State appropriation 1,47;'. S7 



r.alance from previous year, stale api'ri'priation _ L'. ltT4. :i7 



Fees 7. G43. 17 



Sales, Including balance from previous year 4.457.90 



Total 42,549.31 



