162 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



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



United States aitproprintiou, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 11,00(3.00 



Farm products 2, 903. 88 



Miscellaneous 1, 840. 30 



Total 30, 744. 18 



A report of 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 affairs in general of the station appear in good condition, and 

 the funds which are derived from federal apropriations are econom- 

 ically used. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the North Carolina State Department of 



Agriculture, Raleigh. 



B. W. KiLGOKE, M. S., Director. 



Tlie principal lines of work at this station and its organization 

 during the past year were practicalh' the same as heretofore. The 

 experimental work included soil investigations to determine the 

 plant food requirements of crops grown on different soil types, the 

 improvement of crops through breeding and selection, the introduc- 

 tion of new varieties of orchard fruits, trucking crop and nut culture 

 experiments, feeding tests with beef cattle, and the study of the 

 insect enemies of the various crops. 



The field work was conducted mainly on the 4 branch substations 

 of the department in Iredell, Buncombe, Edgecombe, and Pender 

 counties. Considerable demonstration work is done to carry the 

 results of these branch stations and of the laboratory direct to the 

 farmer. In addition to this considerable farmers' institute work is 

 performed. It is planned to have the demonstration work gradually 

 cover the State. Bulletins and circulars are freely sent out. The 

 range of the horticultural work in the State is unusualh' wide, and 

 much interest on account of the great possibilities is exhibited along 

 this line. 



The station carried on cooperative work with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of this Department in the study of the Scuppernong grape 

 at the Pender substation. Cooperative work with tobacco was also 

 followed. 



The income of this station from the department of agriculture is 

 about $120,000 and about $60,000 is devoted to experimental work in 

 the field and laboratory and in popularizing the results. 



Bulletins presenting the results of the work of the station were 

 issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, on the following 

 subjects: Reports on fertilizers and fertilizer inspection; commer- 



