138 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds lias been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



The Missouri Station is doinpj an inijiortant Avork for tlie agi'icul- 

 ture of the State. The latter has contril)uted <|^enerously to its sup- 

 port, and this has enabled it to conduct lines of invest i<j:ation which 

 are fundamental and of much scientific and practical interest. 



Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Orove. 

 Paul Evans, Director. 



As in iirevious years, the attention of this station was mainly 

 devoted to studying the insects and plant diseases affecting fruit. 

 Considerable work was done in the line of spraying apples for cur- 

 culio and codling moth, and different kinds of sprays were compared 

 in this connection. Attention w-as also given to other methods of 

 control. The station owns a very complete line of spraying machin- 

 ery and has made it a point to assist fruit growers and orchardists 

 with advice regarding the use of such machines and the construction 

 of devices to facilitate spraying w'ork in general. 



In cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology of this Depart- 

 ment, the comparative efficiency of spraying and dusting was stud- 

 ied. The results of one year's test conducted under adverse condi- 

 tions did not seem to w^arrant the use of dust in apple orchards. 

 Studies were also made of the scale insects of Missouri orchard fruits 

 and particular attention was given to the San Jose scale. 



The plant pathologist made progress in his studies of the various 

 fungus diseases common to the cultivated fruits of the Ozark region, 

 A descriptive list of the principal fruit diseases Avith directions for 

 their control has been published by the station. 



The following publications were received from the station during 

 the year: Bulletins 16, Fruit tree diseases and fungicides; 18, Scale 

 insects of the orchards of Missouri; 10, Spraying /', dusting; 20, 

 Spraying machinery; and 21, Spraying apples for curculio and the 

 codling moth. 



The station is maintained by a state appropriation of $33,G00 for 

 the biennium ending December 1, 1910, 



MONTANA. 



Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman. 



Department of the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



F. B. LiNFiELD, B. S. A., Director. 



The Montana Station and College continued to develop along the 

 different lines of their activities and to be favored by state assistance. 



