8 GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Animal hush amir y.—Qoconwis as feed for young chicks; effects 

 of tick infestation on the temperature and growth of native Guam 

 cattle : effects of tick infestation on imported cattle, together with a 

 study of methods of tick eradication; normal temperatures of horses, 

 cattle, and carabao in Guam; coconuts and breadfruit v. corn and 

 shorts in hog feeding; native rations v. imported rations for egg pro- 

 duction ; cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts, and Para grass as pastures for 



hogs. 



Veterinaiy medicine. — A study of the live-stock diseases of Guam. 



PROPOSED EXPERIMENTS. 



The following experiments have been outlined and will be started 



during the first six months of the next fiscal year: Tobacco: Variety, 



fertilizer, and insect enemy studies. Horse feeding: Para grass v. 



alfalfa hay. Silos: Value; keeping qualities of silage under Guam 



conditions. 



IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS. 



The improvements made during the year were such as to enable 

 the station to take up further investigational work, provide protec- 

 tion for live stock, machinery, tools, medicines, etc., and permit 

 orderly care, as well as improve the station's appearance in general. 

 The different buildings were repainted, it being recognized that their 

 durability was increased thereby. 



A 12 by 18 foot addition was built to the carriage and wagon shed. 

 This addition was divided into two parts, one part serving for 

 a tool room and the other for a medicine and veterinary instrument 

 room. The tool room with its shelves and holders permits a sys- 

 tematic arrangement, and as it is under the care of but one man w^ho 

 uses a check system with the other laborers, the loss and misplacing 

 of tools seems to have ended. The medicine room is equipped with 

 shelves and a table, and as soon as possible a sink will be put in. 



Until recently, there has been no provision for brooding chicks 

 after taking them from the incubator. In order to relieve that situ- 

 ation a brooder house 30 by 6^ feet was constructed. It is divided 

 into three sections of equal size, 10 by 6^ feet, and each section has 

 a run 10 by 10 feet made of 1-inch mesh galvanized w^ire, with 3 by 

 4 inch posts and 1 by 6 inch baseboards set in concrete for support- 

 ing the wire. Gasoline heaters with homemade galvanized-iron 

 hovers are ready to be installed for providing artificial heat when 

 needed. 



To go with the brooder house, three growing coops, 4| by 6 feet, 

 were built in accordance with the plan adopted by the department for 

 its poultry farm at Beltsville, Md. The only variation from the 

 above plan consisted in making one door open downward and the 



