1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 795 



The total income of the stations during the fiscal year 1915 was $5,286,382.53. 

 Of this amount $718,679.91 was derived under the Hatch Act, $719,699.06 under 

 the Adams Act, $2,129,604.04 from State appropriations, $23,003.49 from indi- 

 viduals and communities, $343,087.66 from fees, $514,220.47 from farm prod- 

 ucts, and $716,466.87 from miscellaneous sources. The value of additions to 

 the equipment of the stations was estimated at $1,135,980.04, of which 

 $537,665.45 was for buildings. 



The stations employed 1,857 persons in the work of administration find in- 

 quiry. Of this number 892 were also members of the teaching staff of the 

 colleges and 466 assisted in farmers' institute and other extension work. Dur- 

 ing the year the stations published 1,676 annual reports, bulletins, and circu- 

 lars, aggregating 30.867 pages, and these were distributed to 1,114,261 addresses 

 on the regular mailing list. 



Part 2 comprises a report on the receipts, expenditures, and results of co- 

 operative extension work in agriculture and home economics in the United 

 States. Of this, pages 13-144 are devoted to Extension Work in the South, 

 pages 145-326 to Extension Work in the North and West, pages 327-334 to 

 Farmers' Institute Work, 1915, by J. M. Stedman, and pages 335-353 to sta- 

 tistics of farmers' institute and extension work. The text of the Smith-Lever 

 Act is appended. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Indiana Station, 1916 (Indiaiui Stn. Rpl. 

 1916, pp. 100, figs. S). — This contains the organization list, reports of the di- 

 rector and heads of departments, the experimental features of which are for 

 the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and a financial statement for 

 the federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, and for the remain- 

 ing funds for the period ended September 30, 1916. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Report of Michigan Station, 1916 (Michigan Sta. 

 Rpt. 1916, pp. 241-868, figs. 111). — This contains reports of the director and 

 heads of departments on the work of the station during the year, the experi- 

 mental features of which are for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue ; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910 ; and 

 reprints of Bulletin 275, Special Bulletins 74-79, Technical Bulletins 20-27, 

 and Circulars 28-30, all of which have been previously noted. 



Monthly Bulletin of the Ohio Experiment Station (Mo. Bui. Ohio Sta., 1 

 (1916), No. 12, pp. S53-S91, figs. 15). — This contains several articles abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue, and Winter Heating of Peach Orchards, by W. J. 

 Green. 



