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directions given for the preparation of crude petroleum emulsion, and 

 notes are given on the life history and habits of the elm aphis and the 

 pear-leaf blister mite, with the results of experiments for their 

 destruction. 



Bulletin %7,pp. Ifi, pis. 10.— fig. 1. — Mushrooms or Toadstools. — 

 Descriptions are given of a number of the more common mushrooms, 

 with directions for their identification. Notes are given on the value 

 of mushrooms as food, and a number of recipes for preparing them for 

 the table, taken from various sources, conclude the bulletin.* 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



In Idaho, as in other Western States where the single-crop method 

 of farming largely prevails, the introduction of greater diversity by 

 demonstrating the adaptability of the region to the production of live 

 stock, fruit, and untried field crops, is work of the greatest immediate 

 importance, and such is the principal work of this station. Corn is a 

 crop that it was supposed would not ripen in northern Idaho, but after 

 repeated efforts the station has succeeded in finding a variety that will 

 mature. Sugar-beet production is being encouraged by cooperative 

 experiments in southern Idaho, and plans have been made for conduct- 

 ing more extensive irrigation experiments in the same region. The 

 station has succeeded in arousing considerable interest in stock feeding 

 among the farmers, and a number of them are taking up stock raising. 

 During the year 6 members of the staff have engaged in farmers' insti- 

 tute work, and in spite of the scattered population and the difficulties 

 of travel, encouraging meetings were held and considerable interest in 

 the work of the station aroused. It is encouraging to find that this 

 work is sufficiently appreciated to have the State legislature make a 

 special appropriation for its future maintenance. This station should 

 be organized more definitely as a distinct department of the university 

 and be placed in immediate charge of an expert director, with a view 

 to concentrating its efforts on a few lines of great importance to the 

 agriculture and horticulture of the State and pushing its investigations 

 energetically in accordance with a well-considered plan. 



ILLINOIS. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois, Urbana. 

 Department of the University of Illinois. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees of the University: Governor Richard Yates, Springfield; Martin 

 Conrad, 48 West Monroe street, Chicago; Alfred Bayliss, Springfield; Mrs. Mary T. Car- 

 riel, Jacksonville; Francis M. McKay, 61 Alice court, Chicago; Thos. J. Smith (Pres.), 

 Champaign; Mrs. Alice A. Abbott, Champaign; Frederic L. Hatch, Spring Grove; 

 Augustus F. Nightingale, 1997 Sheridan road, Argyle Park, Chicago; Alexander 

 McLean, Macomb; Samuel A. Bullard, Springfield; Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander, Belleville. 



