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been given to the study of soils, soil moisture, and alkali, and the 

 resistance of plants to drought and alkali; chemical studies of humus 

 and the availability of plant food in soils; plant and seed introduction 

 and distribution and tests of the adaptability of various introduced 

 plants to California conditions; study of range conditions and of the 

 distribution of grasses and forage plants; experiments with vines 

 resistant to phylloxera, including methods of propagation and graft- 

 ing; tests of species and varieties of fruit, nut, and forest trees and of 

 their adaptability to different parts of the State; investigations relating 

 to injurious insects and diseases and means of combating them; studies 

 in human nutrition; and miscellaneous chemical work, including 

 analyses of soils, waters, sugar beets, fruits, dairy products, foods and 

 feeding stuffs, fertilizers, etc. The station is cooperating with this 

 Office in nutrition investigations; with the Bureau of Chemistry of 

 this Department in investigations on the gluten content of wheat, 

 methods of analyzing soils, and the influence of environment on the 

 sugar content of muskmelons; and with the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this Department in planting and testing sand-binding plants. A 

 recent legislative enactment requires the station to inspect Paris green 

 offered for sale in the State. 



Work has been continued at the six substations and has included 

 irrigation, drainage, and forestry investigations and field experiments 

 with a great variety of forage plants, cereals, and fruits. At three of 

 these substations the water systems have been considerably improved. 

 The more active operations at the Southern Coast Range substation at 

 Paso Robles have been discontinued, but the station has not been 

 entirely abandoned. The university has been given $250,000 a year 

 for two years, in addition to its regular income. From this amount 

 $10,000 has been set aside for the equipment and maintenance of a 

 department of dairy husbandry. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 11, 543. 00 



Farm products 54. 79 



Total 26, 597. 79 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the U nited States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 129-131, Seed List No. 5, and the Annual Report for 



1898. 



