184 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



record -was iiuulo of tlu' gains of hogs following tiiese steers. The ex- 

 periment in breeding and feeding sheep, planned for six years, was 

 continued. AVestern ewes were bred to Cotswold, Hampden, Oxford, 

 Shropshire. Soiitlidown, and Rambouillet rams. The wool of the 

 lambs was graded each year and an exact record of crosses and results 

 in the wool and lambs was kept. Tests in feeding lambs with differ- 

 ent kinds of grain and rape versus no grain in the ration were also 

 followed. 



The station cooperates with this Department in growing sugar 

 beets, dipping cattle affected wnth mange, in testing varieties of 

 corn, in introducing grasses and forage plants suitable for the 

 Northwest, distributing blackleg vaccine, daily weather forecasts, 

 and in growing different varieties of alfalfa to determine their 

 hardiness and habits of growth. With the exception of lectures at 

 farmers' institutes no extension work w^as carried on by the station 

 officials. 



The publications received from this station during the past year 

 were as follows: Bulletins 105, Stock food for pigs; 106, Sugar 

 beets in South Dakota; 107, Sheep scab; 108, New hybrid fruits; 

 109, Rusts of cereals and other plants; 110, Progress in variety test 

 of oats; 111, A study of South Dakota butter with suggestions for 

 improvements; and 112, The killing of mustard and other noxious 

 weeds in grain fields by the use of iron sulphate; and the Annual 

 Report for 11)08. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $1,^,000.00 



United States ai)propriation, Adams Act 11,000.00 



State appropriation 2,000.00 



Farm products 3,109.36 



Miscellaneous 2, 948. 91 



Total 34,118.27 



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 work at the South Dakota Station is evidently growing 

 rapidly in appreciation and in demands upon it. The station is in 

 need of increased funds to carry on its work to best advantage. It 

 is making good and economical use of the funds it now has, and has 

 demonstrated its usefulness. 



