170 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



cial attention boinp; jjiven to corn and alfalfa, which are preemi- 

 nently adapted to the bottom lands of the State. 



Tlie dairy department continued experiments relating to the cost 

 of a pound of butter and to the influence bearing on the incorpora- 

 tion of moisture in this product. 



The animal husbandry department devoted its attention largely to 

 feeding experiments with hogs and sheep, and worked in cooper- 

 ation with the veterinary department and the department of chem- 

 istry in determining the influence of feeding cotton-seed meal to 

 hogs. The station recognizes that stock farming must nece.ssarily 

 keep a leading position in the agriculture of Oklahoma, and for 

 that reason the foundation for some work in feeding and breeding 

 is being prepared on an extensive scale. 



The department of entomology is in charge of the nursery in- 

 spection of the State, having inspected 97 nurseries since July, 1908, 

 and is studying the hibernation of the chinch bug and methods of 

 spraying for the destruction of orchard insects. The nursery in- 

 spection has brought this department into close touch with the nur- 

 serymen throughout the State. 



Since Jul}', 1908, the chemical department has made 314 analyses 

 of feeds, dairy products, and miscellaneous materials. The work for 

 the feed-inspection service was also done in this laboratory. 



The following publications were received from this station dur- 

 ing the year: Bulletins 81, Texas fever; 82, Alfalfa in Oklahoma; 

 and 83, Alfalfa seed in Oklahoma; Circulars 11, The cattle tick; 

 and 12, Summary of experiment station w'ork; a press bulletin; and 

 the Annual Report for 1908. 



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

 f ollow s : 



United States appropriation. Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 11, 000. 00 



State appropriation 2,500.00 



Miscellaneous (including receipts from dairy) 33,402.07 



Balance from previous year, miscellaneous 58.37 



Total 61, 960. 44 



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 at the Oklahoma Station are apparently tending to- 

 ward a better and more permanent organization, and the work of 

 the institution is undoubtedly far-reaching in its effect upon the 

 farming industry of the State, 



