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pea louse and apple lice. He has in press a bulletin giving a summary 

 of information regarding the apple-bud borer, the fruit-tree bark 

 borer, and the 17-year locust; also a book on Insects Injurious to 

 Staple Crops. While most of the members of the staff teach in the 

 college, this work is not made burdensome and they are doing much 

 for the advancement of agriculture in the State. 



FLORIDA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Florida, Lake City. 

 Department of Florida State Agricultural College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees: G. W. Wilson (Pres.), Jacksonville; F. E. Harris ( V. Pres.), 

 Ocala; J. D. Callaway (Sec), Lake City; C. A. Carson, Kissimmee; J. R. Parrott, St. 

 Augustine; E. D. Beggs, Pensacola; L. Harrison, Lake City. 



STATION STAFF. 



Thos. H. Taliaferro, C. E., Ph. D., President of the College and Director. 

 Horace E. Stockbridge, Ph. D., Agr. W. P. Jernigan, Auditor and Bookkeeper. 



H. K. Miller, M. S., Chem. John F. Mitchell, Foreman of Farm. 



H. A. Gossard, M. S., Ent. J. H. Jefferies, Foreman of Garden and 



H. Harold Hume, M. S., Bot. and Hort. Orchards. 



Chas. F. Dawson, M. D., D. V. S., Vet. Lucia McCulloch, Asst. Biol, and Asst. 

 A. W. Blair, M. A., Asst. Chem. Libr. 



Minnie Helvenston, Sten. and Libr. 



i 

 LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Florida Station during the past year has included 

 three principal lines — culture and fertilizer experiments with the 

 staple crops of the State, investigation of the diseases and insect pests 

 of the leading fruits and vegetables, and feeding experiments. The 

 culture and fertilizer experiments have been with forage crops, cas- 

 sava, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, pecans, pineapples, and citrus fruits. 

 In this connection, also, chemical investigations of water, pineapple 

 soils, and fertilizers have been made. Among plant pests and diseases 

 the white fly and the tent method of repression, scale insects, and dis- 

 eases of cucumbers, cantaloupes, lettuce, and potatoes have been 

 subjects of special study. Cassava, velvet bean, and the beggar weed 

 have been used in combination with cotton-seed meal, corn, ha} 7 , etc., in 

 digestion experiments with steers and cows, and the feeding experi- 

 ments with razor-back pigs have been continued. Extensive experi- 

 ments with pineapples, which were given up a year ago, have been 

 resumed recently. 



The Florida Station is studying methods of analyzing phosphoric acid 

 and pineapples in cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry of this 

 Department, and conducting experiments with hybrid oranges in 



