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greatly to be regretted that Dr. Paulsen should give this work 

 up to take up the practice of human medicine. Dr. Harry Mor- 

 ris, a graduate of the Veterinary Department of the University 

 of Ohio, has been elected to succeed Dr. Paulsen, and we believe 

 that he will ably carry the work forward. There has been 

 no outbreak of cerebro spinal meningitis during the past year, 

 so we have had no opportunity for extending our study on 

 this subject. 



DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY. 



Dr. C. W. Edgerton has been able to continue the prosecu- 

 tion of his investigations without interruption for another year. 

 The work on bean anthracnose was completed and the results 

 published in Bulletin No. 119. Some further work along this 

 line will be conducted in 19].l, but mainly for the purpose of 

 giving demonstrations of the effectiveness of methods worked 

 out and published in Bulletin 119. Work on the cotton boll rots 

 has been continued and considerable valuable data added to 

 that already on record. Fig diseases have been studied and 

 some valuable and definite conclusions reached, which have been 

 published in scientific journals. More attention has been given 

 to sugar cane diseases than to any other one topic during the 

 past year. It seems that these diseases have been rapidly spread- 

 ing in the state and are of increasing importance. The results 

 of some of this work have been published in Bulletin No. 120. 

 The alfalfa diseases have continued to receive attention. The 

 cause of the stem girdle has been definitely determined as due 

 to an insect which girdles the stem and a fungus enters the 

 tissue at this point. The fungus has been proven to be the 

 same as the one that causes ''sore shin" of cotton and the 

 "damping off" of some other plants. Cotton seed poisoning of 

 animals has received some attention in co-operation with the 

 Department of Animal Pathology, and plans have been formed 

 for enlarging the M^ork the coming year, in the hope of secur- 

 ing some valuable data on this very important subject. 



DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. 



Professor E. W. Kerr has continued his investigations on 

 bagasse fuel without interruption. A device for drying bagasse 

 was constructed at Palo Alto plantation during the past sum- 



