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FOR^TRY 



COLLEGE OfJL AGRJCULTUi^r 

 OnIVERSiTV OFCAUPOSNtA • 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GUAM AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION FOR 19ia. 



By J. B. Thompson, Special Agent in Charge 



INTRODUCTION. 



The work of the past year was, in a large measure, a contmuation 

 of operations previously begun. The usual routine work connected 

 with farm, field, and office now demands considerable attention, the 

 extent of these duties having constantly increased since the station 

 was established. Some improvements by way of grading and filling 

 around station buildings, and through alterations and extensions to 

 the lawns and walks have been effected during the course of the past 

 annual period. A very convenient hog shed measuring 24 by 40 

 feet has been erected for the shelter and convenience of handling the 

 station breeding hogs. (PI. I, fig. 1.) Tliis building is provided 

 with a corrugated galvanized iron roof and a concrete floor and is 

 intended to furnish a retreat from the heavy chilhng rains of the wet sea- 

 son and a protection from the intense heat of the hot, dry period. In 

 its construction four farrowing pens, of which the station has been 

 in constant need, are provided. The new building facilitates the 

 maintenance of cleanliness and renders sanitary conditions more 

 easily controlled. Five double colony poultry houses (PL I, fig. 2) 

 have also been erected within the past year to provide for the in- 

 creased number of poultry and the work that is projected for the 

 coming year. Each of these houses is 12 feet in width and 24 feet in 

 length and is provided with suitable runs inclosed with galvanized 

 wire poultry netting. These houses and runs may be utihzed for 

 housing 400 or 500 hens during the breeding season. The work in 

 animal breeding, which will be considered in more detail under 

 another heading (p. 7), has been continued throughout the year and 

 the general results have been quite satisfactory. Experimental opera- 

 tions with field crops have been conducted on a less extensive scale 

 than ever during the past year. The reduction in this line of the 

 station work has been made necessary by the increased area of the 

 station land bemg devoted to the production of forage for stock 

 feeding, leaving less acreage available for expeiimental purposes. 

 The area of cultivated land has been increased, however, through the 



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