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Fertilizer inspection was carried on as usual by the station. The 

 increased use of fertilizers in tiie State resulted in a material increase 

 in the income of the station from inspection fees. 



Members of the station statf participated to a limited extent in 

 farmers' institutes and other farmers' meetings during the year. A 

 decidedly increased number of farmers sought information and ad- 

 vice along the lines of work carried on by the station. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 117, Tomato notes; and 118, Commercial fertil- 

 izers; and a Spray Calendar for 1008. 



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 appropriation 10,000.00 



Fees 11, 030. 81 



F'arm products 7, 727. 32 



Total 54, 758. 13 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance Avith the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



The West Virginia Station is carrying on work in a number of 

 important lines, and should have the cordial support of the agricul- 

 tural interests of the State in its efforts to strengthen its work and 

 make the results available for practical use. 



WISCONSIN. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 



Department of the University of Wisconsin. 

 H. L. Russell, Ph. D., Director. 



Through the efficient organization of the work at the Wisconsin 

 Station during the year a vigorous prosecution of the different experi- 

 ments was made possible. The personnel of the station changed bat 

 little with the exception of the appointment of a number of assistants. 

 Since the close of the fiscal A'ear the department of experimental 

 breeding, under the direction of L. J. Cole, has been established for 

 the purpose of carrying on investigations in experimental breeding 

 with special reference to the laws of heredity and the improvement 

 of animal life. The establishment of a department of plant pathol- 

 ogy has al.so been authorized since the close of the fiscal year and 

 L. K, Jones, botanist in the University of Vermont, has been ap- 

 pointed as its head. In addition to these divisions a department of 

 poultry husbandry in charge of J. G. Ilalpin, a department of agri- 

 cultural economics in charge of II. C. Taylor, and a department of 



