IGG REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



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A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has hoiMi rendered in aceorchmce with the schedules prescribed 

 by this I)ej)artuient and has been approved. 



The >.\)rtli Dakota Station continues to be administered efficiently, 

 and to be a highl>' important factor in the development of the agri- 

 culture of the State. It enjoys the confidence and support of the 

 farmers, and the improved facilities and the greater state aid it has 

 received have enabled a steady extension and broadening of its influ- 

 ence and usefulness. 



OHIO. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster. 

 C. B. Thorne, M. S. a., Director. 



A steady and logical development of the work of this station was 

 made during the year. No changes took place in heads of depart- 

 ments, and such changes as occurred in organization were mainly the 

 addition of assistants to the staff. 



The state appropriations available for the year amounted to $118,990 

 as against $84,000 the previous year. In addition the State furnished 

 the paper required for the station's printing and correspondence, 

 amounting: in value to several thousand dollars annually. The state 

 appropriations provided for the purchase of the Strongsville experi- 

 mental farm of 125 acres. Some minor additions to equipment were 

 made during the year, including a piggery, with yards, and improve- 

 ments in the water system. 



Steps were taken to develop the work in animal husbandry and 

 milling and baking tests of cereals. An expert miller was emjDloyed 

 to aid in the latter work. Special attention was also given to the 

 development of cooperative and extension work. Several demonstra- 

 tion farms were established during the year. 



A larjre amount of work centered around the three Adams fund 

 projects of the station, viz, the increase and fixation of desirable 

 properties in plants, the roles of phosphorus and other mineral 

 elements in animal nutrition, and the roles of lime and phosphorus 

 in the maintenance of soil fertility. The present outcome of these 

 investigations is that the hope is being realized that the long- 

 continued experiments of this station will throw light upon the 

 relation of soil fertilization to plant composition and ujDon animal 

 nutrition. 



In addition to the Adams fund projects the following subjects 

 received attention during the year: Methods of culture, comparison 

 of varieties, and production of new varieties of the cereal crops, 

 clovers, and other forage plants ; the feeding of horses, cattle, sheep, 

 and swine for the production of work, meat, and wool; the examina- 

 tion of seeds for purity and germination ; the identification of weeds 



