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mer at a cost of something more than a thousand dollars. In 

 this work we have had the very cordial and financial support 

 of the Lemann Company of Donaldsonville, who have furnished 

 a boiler and sugar house equipment for these investigations. 

 The results of the work are now being tabulated for publication 

 in bulletin form. The result of these investigations will un- 

 doubtedly end in imich greater economy in the utilization of 

 bagasse as a source of fuel in the sugar houses of Louisiana. 



CORN CLUBS AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. 



During one-half the year the Experiment Stations paid one- 

 third of the salary and traveling expenses of Professor V. L. 

 Roy in his work of organizing corn clubs and assisting in the 

 inauguration of agricultural w^ork in the agricultural high 

 schools of the state. We also furnished office room and facilities 

 for Professor Roy for the entire year. The Legislature of 1910, 

 however, made provision for the establishment of an Extension 

 Department of the University, and Professor Roy was trans- 

 ferred to that department. 



EXHIBIT AT THE STATE FAIR. 



The Experiment Stations again made an exhibit at the 

 State Fair at Shreveport. The exhibit consisted of enlarged 

 photographs of crops, animals, buildings, equipment of the Ex- 

 periment Stations, diagrams and specimens of plants, showing 

 results of experiments, particularly in the production of corn, 

 forage crops, feeding experiments, etc. Also graphic illustra- 

 tions of the amount of fertility removed from the soil by different 

 farm crops, the amount of fertilizer required to restore these 

 ingredients; and many other phases of experiment station work 

 were illustrated. These exhibits attracted much attention from 

 farmers, and are no doubt of great value in stimulating inter- 

 est in progressive agriculture. 



LABORATORY FOR FEED STUFFS, FERTILIZERS 

 AND PARIS GREEN. 



The work of this department has continued in the imme- 

 diate charge of Mr. J. E. Halligan, assisted by six chemists the 

 greater part of the time. There has been improvement in the 

 fertilizers and feed stuffs put on the markets of the state, indi- 



