Field work. 



Field experiments have been continued mainly along lines 

 previously outlined, covering questions of fertilization, methods 

 of cultivation, rotation experiments, winter cover crops, etc., 

 also covering spring versus fall planting of the different varie- 

 ties and under different conditions. 



Miscellaneous crops. 

 We have continued to give some attention to miscellaneous 

 crops, including fiber plants, truck crops, fruits, forage crops 

 and some medicinal plants. 



Cane harvesters. 

 During the past year we have again devoted some of our 

 plots to <;ane on which cane harvesters could be tried, and sev- 

 eral inventors have spent a portion of the summer on the 

 Station grounds perfecting machines for harvesting sugar cane. 

 Much progress in this line has been made during the past year, 

 and it really looks now as though we may in the near future 

 satisfactorily harvest cane and strip the leaves from it at a 

 material saving in cost. 



Planters' meeting at the Station. 

 The June meeting of the Louisiana Sugar Planters' Asso- 

 ciation was held on the Station grounds and was the most 

 largely attended meeting yet held. Numerous demonstrations 

 were given in the use of implements for sugar plantations; 

 addresses were delivered, and refreshments were served. These 

 annual meetings at the Station have met with the very hearty 

 endorsement of the sugar planters throughout the state. 



Auduhon Sugar School. 

 The fourth year men at the Audubon Sugar School of the 

 Louisiana State University spent the grinding season in the 

 sugar house of the Experiment Station. These students were 

 under the supervision and instruction of the members of the 

 University faculty during the entire season and excellent work 

 has been done by them. 



The sugar house. 

 The sugar house has been extensively repaired during the 

 past year. New boilers and a new engine have been installed 



