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of fertilizers; and a tliiril on the Gulf coast for work with rice, snsar cane, and semi- 

 tropical fruits. E. R. Lloyd, M. S., has been made statiou agriculturist. 



Nebraska Station.— Hudson H. Nicholson, M. A., chemist of the station, has 

 been elected director. During the year past the mailing list has increased fourfold. 

 Explanations of the station work by Director Micks in lectures at farmers' institutes, 

 and the issuing of press bulletins, which have been widely reprinted in newspapers, 

 are believed to account for this increase. 



Nevada Station. — Especial attention is now being, given to analyses of soils, 

 waters, and ores, and to experiments with insecticides and with varieties of grasses, 

 with reference to their value under irrigation. The State has recently given the 

 station the use of 29i acres of laud for experimental purposes. 



New Hampshire Station.— D. E. Stone, B. S., has been added to the staff as gen- 

 eral assistant. A barn 100 by 40 feet has been erected and will be used exclusively 

 as a stock barn. An experiment is in progress with a system of " alternate hus- 

 bandry" as a means of improving pastures and in> reasiugthe stock-carrying capacity 

 of the farm. Investigations of the feeding value of skim-milk for pigs, and digestion 

 experiments are announced. A two-years test of breeds of dairy cows closed July 1, 

 and a report for both years will be issued soon. 



New Mexico Station. — The citizens of Mesilla Valley have donated a farm of 

 1*20 acres to the station. Part of the farm was in common crops, cultivated with 

 primitive methods; the rest was virgin soil. Irrigation was necessary. One section 

 of the farm is " mesa " land, above irrigation level, and covered with native mesquite 

 and tornillo. Is receives only the scanty rain-fall of the arid region. This has been 

 cleared and reveals a soil of apparently great fertility. The farm has been fenced, irri- 

 gating ditches constructed, leveling done, and buildings begun. The land is being 

 planted with common crops to bring it into subjection. , 



The New York State Station. — The State legislature has passed an act re- 

 quiring that commercial fertilizers otfered for sale, to be used in the State, shall 

 be accompanied by analyses stating the percentages of valuable ingredients. Manu- 

 facturers, agents, and sellers of fertilizers are required each July to furnish the di- 

 rector of the station with a list of the fertilizers manufactured or offered for sale in 

 the State, with names of brands and statements of analysis. Whenever fertilizers 

 are shipped or sold in bulk for use of farmers in the Stat^, statements must be sent to 

 the director of the statiou, giving the name of the goods and accompanied with an 

 affidavit from the seller giving guaranteed analysis. The act applies to fertilizers of 

 which the selling price is $10 per ton or higher. Violations of the act are punishable 

 by fine of not less than $50 nor more than .|200 for a first offense and double the 

 amount for a second offense, in the discretion of the court. The director of the sta- 

 tion is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of the act, is required to prose- 

 cute for violations, and is authorized to employ agents, counsel, chemists, and ex- 

 perts. The sum of $20,000 is appropriated from the State treasury to pay expenses 

 of enforcement of the act. Any lines collected may also be applied to tl is purpose. 



New York Cornell Station.— Harry Snyder, B. S., has been elected assistant 

 in chemistry, vice W. P. Cutter, B. S., now chemist of the Utah Station. Clinton D. 

 Smith. M. A. S., succeeds Ed Tarbell, assistant in agriculture, who resigned July 1. 

 NORTti Dakota Station. — The station recently organized in North Dakota has 

 begun experiments with grasses for hay and pasture, varieties of wheat under dif- 

 ferent methods of cultivation, silage, and sugar-beets. An effort is also being- 

 made to collect and classify the natural grasses and noxious weeds of the State. 



Ohio Station.— The bulletins of this station are issued monthly at the expense 

 of the State. The last legislature, by unanimous vote, increased the edition from 

 15,000 to 60,000 copies. The station has now about 40,000 names on its nuiiling list. 

 The same legislature voted the station other appropriations as follows : for finishing 



