92 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United State] 

 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 yeai 

 were Bulletins 60-65 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 60, pp. 135, pis. 9, figs. 97. — The Economic Entomology oj 

 the /Sugar Beet. — Brief compiled accounts of the habits, life histories, 

 and means of combating about 150 species of insects known to attack 

 sugar beets in the United States, with a bibliography of the subject. 



Bulletin 61, pp. 16, pi. l,figs. 5. — The Fanner \s Vegetable Garden. — 

 An account of the cost, care, and production of a small garden planted 

 at the station and well cared for throughout the season. 



Bulletin 62, pp. 12. — The Market Classes of Horses. — Road, carriage 

 and coach, cab, bus, and draft horses and trotters are described and 

 their uses pointed out. 



Bulletin 63, pp. 28, pis. 12, fig. 1, map 1. — Seed Corn and Some 

 Standard Varieties for Illinois. — This bulletin treats of the necessary 

 qualities of seed corn, presents a list of the various characteristics of 

 corn by which varieties may be systematically studied, and describes 

 a number of varieties adapted to Illinois conditions. Abstracts from 

 the constitution and by-laws of the Illinois Seed Corn Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation are appended. 



Bulletin 6 Jf., pp. 16, pis. ^. — Treatment of Oats for Smut. — Notes 

 are given on the amount, nature, and treatment of oat smut, and 

 experiments in treating seed with hot water and formalin are reported. 



Bulletin 65, pp. 21^ fig. 1. — Construction and Care of Earth Roads. — 

 A popular discussion of this subject under the heads of construction, 

 maintenance, and administration. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 15. — A brief statement of the principal 

 lines of station work, a subject list of the bulletins issued since the 

 organization of the station, a detailed financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1900, and the organization list of the station. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The past year has been one of reorganization at the Illinois Station. 

 Lines of work already in progress were continued, but the increased 

 facilities and funds for education and research necessitated the reor- 

 ganization of the different departments and the planning of a large 

 amount of new work. For example, the department of agronomy 

 will undertake breeding experiments with corn and sugar beets, and 

 at the same time greatly extend its investigations in other directions. 

 The department of horticulture will inaugurate cooperative orchard 

 work all over the State, and give more attention than formerly to the 



