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pruning of orchards, apple leaf mining insects, arsenate of lead and 

 other insecticides for codling moth, liies and other insects alfecting 

 health, and zoography of Washington. The work of the station has 

 shown that lime-sulphur wasii may replace Bordeaux mixture as a 

 practical means of combating many i)lant diseases. 



A fruit demonstration train was operated in the Yakima Valley 

 March 10-12, IDOO. Demonstrations were given at 11 stops, with a 

 total attendance of 4,215. A new feature of this train was a flat car 

 equipped with a model orchard in tubs, a large apple tree, and a 

 power sprayer by means of which complete demonstrations of spray- 

 ing and pruning were given. A ''better-farming" special train, 

 sent out March 22-27 through 5 counties in the eastern part of the 

 State, was visited by nearly 10,000 persons on its trip. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 87, Raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries in 

 Washington; and 88, Lime as a fertilizer; Farm practices in apply- 

 ing land plaster in western Oregon and western Washington ; Popu- 

 lar Bulletins C, The milling quality of Washington wheat, I; 7, Sum- 

 mary of the soil survey of the State ; 8, Orchard cover crops ; 9, Some 

 new hybrid wheats; 10, The construction and filling of silos; 11, 

 Commercial potato growing; 12, The care of milk on the farm; 13, 

 Washington State College spraying calendar for 1909; 14, The plant- 

 ing of the apple orchard; 15, Methods of tillage for dry farming; 

 and 16, The sulphur-lime wash; and the Annual Reports for 1903, 

 1904, and 1905. 



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

 lows: 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 11, 000. 00 



State appropriation o 26, 500. 00 



Farm products 1,753.70 ' 



Total 54, 253. 70 



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. 



As the above report shows, the AVashington Station made decided 

 progress during the year in improving its organization and extend- 

 ing its work. It is now in position to render increasingly efficient 

 service to the agriculture of the State. 



<» For two years ended March 31, 1909, and including $20,000 for the Puyallup 

 substation. 



