6 a EXPERIMEK^T STATION. [Jan. 



Total Revenue for the Fiscal Year, Dec. 1, 1915, to Nov. 30, 1916. 



State appropriation, $30,000 00 



Federal appropriations: — 



Hatch fund, 15,000 00 



Adams fund, 15,000 00 



Agricultural department, sales and labor, 5,075 29 



Chemical department, sales, cow testing and analytical work, 11,999 93 



Miscellaneous receipts from various departments, . . . 162 54 



Blood tests, 519 50 



Fertilizer law, analysis fees, . 9,400 00 



Feed law. State appropriation, 6,000 00 



Cranberry substation : — 



Sale of fruit, 2,643 45 



Meteorological observations, etc., 126 67 



Miscellaneous, 1 00 



Graves' orchard: — 



Sale of fruit, 1,031 64 



Sale of surplus barrels, 99 51 



Tillson farm : — 



Rent, 225 00 



Sale of fruit, 97 08 



Farm produce, 1 88 



Total, $97,383 49 



The aggregate total revenue exceeds the aggregate for last 

 year to the amount of $9,494.81. The total required in the 

 execution of the feed and fertilizer laws amounted to $17,067.88. 

 These expenditures in detail are shown in subsequent pages. 

 The total current revenue available for general administration, 

 routine work and investigation, therefore, amounted to $80,- 

 315.61. Of this total about $12,475 is used in meeting the costs 

 of cow testing, in interdepartment labor and for other routine 

 analytical work. The amount actually available for investiga- 

 tion, therefore, is less by this jBgure than the total just stated, 

 or about $67,840. 



The treasurer's report in full will be found on pages 41a and 

 42a. 



Special Appropriations. 



Market-garden Station. — The fact that the Boston Market 

 Gardeners' Association was endeavoring to secure the passage in 

 the 1916 Legislature of a bill appropriating money for the 



