624 



bulletins issued. Investiy;atioiis in dairyiuj:^ have beeu fommenced, 

 and a dairy Iiouse and barn have boen erect»'d. An insectary and a 

 veterinary laboratory have* also been built. P^xperinients in api( iiltiir*' 

 have beeu undertaken. 



Keport of Treasukek ([). LJ04j. — This is for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, isfjl. 



Utah Station, Second Annual Report, 1891 pp. 62). 



Financial statement (p. 4), — This is for tlic fiscal year en<liiig 

 Jun«-;5(», ISIM. 



Heport i»f Director, J. W. vSaxborn, B. S. (pp. 6-L'O). — Ibief 

 statements regarding the equipment of the station, an outline of the 

 work in vaiious lines, and abstracts of Bulletins Nos. 5-1) of the sta- 

 ti(m. 



Keport <>.\ eeedinii trials, J. W. Sanborn. B. S. (i>p. lM»-40). 



Fei'flinf/ pujst (p]>. 20-32). — Six lots of pigs (number not stat^'d) were 

 U'{\, Crom December -2. to March 2, rations compos<d of eorn. wheat, 

 oats, bran, wheat and roots, and bran and alfalfa, respectively, tiie 

 rations for ea<'h lot remaining the sanu* throughout the trial. The pigs 

 were from ancestors which had been accustomed to range and thc> 

 refused to eat tlie desired anu»unt of grain. As a result the gains were 

 in all ca.ses small. Tiie tabulated results indicate that the largest gain 

 was made by the lot receiving corn and the next largest by the lot 

 receiving wheat. 



.\lt:iir:i <liiriiiti winter in tlie ilry st;ilt' ainl in siininHT in tlic grrrn sliilr, was 

 I'c'ononiically iidiifd to wlicat. 



I'ca.H provfd a jjnod jiurk iirnilftcer. 



C'«)ars«' fuods, a« lii-ntidun'. wlim fed to yoniip pi^^s |irodncfd slow growth. * " * 



Vfry ]>oor pi^x were fed and slow jjrowtli niadr. yet all of tin- farts indic'itc dial 

 ]>ork can Ix- siuccssfnlly ;;rowii in ITlali at Utah pricos. and that pij;s an- far more 

 l>i-o(ital)le to feed our grain to than are lattle. It is also seen that winter feeding 

 is successful when shelter is provi<led. 



FcnlitKi itinis irifli shrrp (pp. .32-40). — .\ trial with nine lots of three 

 range sheep each, lasting from January 1<» to .\i»ril 27. The ditlerent 

 lots received grain (wheat and oats), with hay (wild or c.idtivated 

 grasses), alfalfa, cut roots, or silage. The analyses of the feeding stuffs 

 used are given. The results, as tabulated, are favorable to the native 

 hay and allalla. 



Keport of Chemist, \V. P. ('itter, B. S. (pp. 4(t-ol). — The report 

 includes an account of the jueliminary w<uk and equipment of the lab 

 oratory, tabulated data from varieties of sugar beets, analyses of 

 two sam|>les of s(»il from the colleg*' farm, and the composition and 

 heat value of Utah fuels. The analy.ses of sugar beets nuule by the 

 Utah Sugar Factoiy showed that beets containing from 14 to 10 per 

 cent of sucrose were raised in the Territory during the past season. 



