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The agriculturist was engaged in testing varieties of southern field 

 crops and studying methods of soil preparation and tillage, rotations, 

 drought-resistance crops, alfalfa culture, and wa3's and means of com- 

 bating the boll weevil. In addition to these lines of work the agri- 

 culturist carried on a large correspondence about agricultural matters 

 with farmers of the State and was engaged in extension work consist- 

 ing of lectures to farmers and before schools. 



The department of botan}' and mycology had under investigation a 

 disease of the onion, known as pink root, a disease of cactus, and sev- 

 eral diseases of citrus plants. 



The veterinarian did work on Texas fever and hog cholera. The 

 Texas-fever work is resulting in the saving of a large proportion of 

 the cattle inoculated against the disease. In the hog-cholera work 

 serum treatment was tested and means were sought for reducing the 

 cost of this treatment. 



The publications received from the Texas Station during the year 

 were as follows: Bulletins 104, Digestion experiments; 105, Notes on 

 forest and ornamental trees; 106, The production of active nitrogen 

 in the soil ; 107, Commercial fertilizers and poisonous insecticides in 

 1907-8; 108, "Winter bur clover; 109, The estimation of cotton-seed 

 hulls in cotton-seed meal; 110, Steer-feeding experiments; 111. Texas 

 fever; 112, Nature and use of commercial fertilizers; 113, Spray cal- 

 endar; 114, Composition of white lead and paints; 115, Fertilizer tests 

 with onions; IIG, The foul brood of bees and the foul-brood law; 117, 

 Commercial feeding stuffs in 1907-8; 118, Report of progress with 

 citrus fruits; 119, Infectious anemia of the horse; and 120; Corn and 

 cotton experiments for 1908. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 11,000.00 



State ai)propriation for substations 7,000.00 



Miscellaneous 1, 086. 47 



Total 34, 086. 47 



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. 



With the many and varied lines of investigation in progress and 

 with an improvement affecting its organization, the Texas Station 

 has before it the prospects and possibilities of accomplishing much of 

 importance and value to the agriculture of the State and of the entire 

 Southwest. 



