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analysis, especially as related to the humus and alkali problems and 

 nitrification; studies of methods of analysis of feeding stuffs, especially 

 the composition of the proximate groups; and digestion experiments. 



Among lines of work outlined for investigation in the immediate 

 future are investigations bearing on the accurate determination of the 

 duty of water in irrigation, tests of forage plants, improvement of 

 pastures and waste lands, and experiments in stock feeding. A 

 $10,000 barn is now being built, which contains feeding stalls costing 

 $1,200. During the year an insectary has been constructed, and the 

 college has made plans for a $40,000 engineering building, which will 

 contain offices for the director and irrigation engineer of the station. 

 At the beginning of the year B. C. Buffum, of Wyoming University, 

 succeeded W. W. Cooke as agriculturist of the station, and Wendell 

 Paddock succeeded J. H. Cowen, deceased, as botanist and horticul- 

 turist. A veterinary department has been established and Dr. G. H. 

 Glover has been placed in charge. The mailing list has been changed 

 from book to card-index form, and press bulletins have been pub- 

 lished. A feature of the bulletin work has been the issuing of 

 "river press" bulletins, noting weekly- measurements of water in the 

 Cache la Poudre River, which have been distributed to those in the 

 northern part of the State interested in the condition of water in that 

 river. 



The substation at Cheyenne Wells has been abandoned, and at 

 Rockyford the work has been confined to tests of the adaptability of 

 varieties of grains, fruits, grasses, and forage crops to the region; 

 culture of sugar beets; culture and improvement of melons; propaga- 

 tion, culture, and fertilization of tomatoes; feeding experiments with 

 sheep (cooperative, without expense to the station) to determine the 

 feeding value of beet-sugar factory pulp. The station has arranged 

 several lines of investigation in cooperation with this Department, 

 including a study of the codling moth, with the Division of Ento- 

 mology; studies of the gluten content of wheat and of the influence 

 of environment on the sugar content of muskmelons, with the Bureau 

 of Chemistry; tree planting, with the Bureau of Forestry; and experi- 

 ments with forage crops for alkali and arid soils, with the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 1, 280. 10 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 624. 34 



Total 16,904.44 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department, and has been approved. 



