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barn, which will be used partly for station purposes. The State 

 now appropriates $2,500 annually for investigations in the use of 

 vaccine for blackleg and serum for hog cholera. 



Seven Adams fund projects are being studied, but so far no reports 

 on the work have been published. A new project recently begmi 

 consists of breeding studies for the purpose of establishing a breed 

 of sheep combining mutton, wool, and early breeding qualities. An- 

 other project just begun includes a study of bud development of 

 peach and apple trees as affected by soil fertility and moisture con- 

 tent and of the influence of the starch stored in twigs on cold resist- 

 ance during winter and early spring. Promising headway was made 

 by the veterinary department in its work on artificial impregnation 

 and the effect of cotton seed when fed to breeding stock. The results 

 of some of this work are ready for the press. 



Progress was also made in the study of soil moisture, air and soil 

 temperatures, humidity, receptivity of pistils, viability of pollen, 

 and other factors in their relation to the setting of fruit on the 

 tomato, and definite results will be arrived at in the near future. 

 The breeding of drought-resistant corn and sorghums was continued, 

 together with the study of the morphological characters of the plants 

 to determine their influence on drought resistance. The crosses and 

 selections made in connection with this work were tested under con- 

 ditions of low rainfall. 



The investigations carried on under the Hatch Act were quite 

 numerous. Tlie veterinarian experimented with serum to prevent 

 hog cholera, and this work has been of genuine service to the hog 

 raisers of the State. The prevention of blackleg by means of black- 

 leg vaccine was also given attention. Since July 1, 1908, 46 black- 

 leg vaccinating outfits have been sent to stockmen, and the depart- 

 ment has distributed up to the present time 768,370 doses of vaccine. 

 Bulletins on the bacterial content of butter and the bacterial analysis 

 of water are in preparation. 



The horticultural department was engaged in weed studies, plant- 

 ing and testing forest and orchard trees, comparing methods of 

 orchard cultivation and cover crops, and experimenting with garden 

 crops. 



The department of agronomy continued its work in establishing 

 Bermuda-grass pastures, grass roots having been sent to 62 farmers 

 of the State in the spring, and in distributing improved seed, of 

 which samples were sent for trial to 80 farmers since March, 1008. 

 In continuous grain culture tests the plat growing wheat continu- 

 ously without manure has yielded a 6-year average of 14 bushels, 

 while the adjoining plat treated with barnyard manure for a similar 

 period has yielded an average of 25 bushels per acre. Plant breed- 

 ing and culture tests were conducted with different field crops, spe- 



