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cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department. 

 The Bocaraton fruit plantation is well started, having- been planted 

 about a year ago to different kinds of citrus fruits, on which a resi- 

 dent superintendent directed by the station horticulturist will conduct 

 fertilizer experiments and experiments in renderiug citrus fruits dor- 

 mant so as to resist frost. The land in charge of the station near Lake 

 City will henceforth be used for rotation and pasture experiments and 

 the growing of forage for feeding experiments. The legislature of. 

 the State at its last session appropriated $5,000 for the support of a 

 veterinary department for the college and station during the next two 

 years, $5,000 for farmers' institutes, and $10,000 for a model farm to 

 be conducted by the college. Dr. Charles F. Dawson, formerly of 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry of this Department, has been appointed 

 veterinarian. During the year Dr. W. F. Yocum, president of the 

 college and director of the station, resigned, and Dr. T. H. Taliaferro, 

 formerly of Pennsylvania State College, has been appointed to succeed 

 him. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 863. 67 



Total 15,863.67 



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. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 54, 55, and the Biennial Report for 1899 and 1900. 



Bulletin 5I+, pp. 31, pis. 3, figs. 9. — Pecan Culture.— The botany, 

 methods of propagation and culture, varieties, and the adaptation of 

 pecans to Florida conditions are considered. Some notes on the pro- 

 duction of new varieties by crossing are given, and 18 varieties grown 

 either in Florida or Georgia are described. 



Bulletin 55, pp. 96, pis. 12, fig. 1, dgm. 1. — Feeding with Florida 

 Feed Stuffs. — The conditions which govern stock feeding in Florida 

 are described, the general principles of feeding are discussed, feeding 

 experiments with steers and pigs in which comparisons were made 

 of different feeding stuffs are reported in detail, and the results of an 

 experiment with a steer to determine the digestibility of cassava are 

 given. 



Biennial Report, 1899 and 1900, pp. 76, pis. 1^, figs. 9. — This con- 

 tains a report of the director reviewing the different lines of station 



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