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OREGON. 



Oregon Experiment Station, Cnrvallis. 



Department of Oregon State Agricultural College. 



James Withycombe, M. Agr., Director. 



Practically no change was made in the organization and policy of 

 this station during the year. Previously well-established lines of work 

 were developed and a number of changes and new appointments of 

 assistants were made. H. S. Jackson succeeded C. C. Gate as assistant 

 plant pathologist, and H. V. Tartar, B. Pilkington, and Lyman 

 Bundy were appointed assistant chemists, the first giving his whole 

 time to a chemical study of the lime-sulphur spray. E. J. Kraus 

 was made assistant horticulturist vice R. W. Allen, who was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the Umatilla substation. A. G. Lunn was 

 added to the staff as assistant poultryman, and James Koeber and 

 W. L. Powers as assistant agronomists. P. H. Spillman succeeded 

 C. C. Clark as horticulturist at the Eastern Oregon substation, and 

 Robert Withycombe was made superintendent of this station. 



A dry farm of 220 acres, under station direction, was established 

 at Moro, Sherman County, during the year, with a state appropria- 

 tion of $5,000 for the biennium, supplemented by an equal amount 

 from the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department in coopera- 

 tion. Horticultural work was also begun on the Umatilla project 

 experimental farm at Hermiston with a state appropriation of 

 $6,000 for the biennium, supplemented with an equal amount by the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. The construction of the main section 

 of the large agricultural building was begun. This building com- 

 pleted, with greenhouse, is to cost $G0,000. 



Eight Adams fund projects received more or less attention during 

 the year. Investigations on pollination and irrigation of the apple, 

 apple anthracnose, gummosis of the cherry, lime-sulphur sprays, and 

 incubation of hens' eggs were actively prosecuted. Preliminary re- 

 ports on the latter and on pollination of apples have been published.* 

 Studies on active principles of hops were temporarily suspended 

 during the year. The soil leaching studies were continued. 



In addition to these Adams fund projects, the following subjects 

 received attention during the year : Long and short rotation sj^stems 

 for increasing soil fertilit}^; alfalfa for hay and pasture; kale as a 

 winter dairy feed and soiling crop; varieties of vetches adapted to 

 the climatic and soil conditions of the Wilhimetto Valley; breeding 

 vetches for higher protein content ; breeding kale to increase its 

 yield and quality; cultivation versus no cultivation without weeds 

 (in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Depart- 



" Oregon Sta. Huls. 100, 103, 104, 



