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investigation of cold-storage problems. For this latter work one cold- 

 storage house is being erected and three cellars are being refitted, one 

 in the northern, one in the central, and one in the southern part of 

 the State. 



No stronger evidence could be shown of the popular favor aroused 

 by the work of the station than the fact that very liberal appropria- 

 tions were freely made by the legislature last winter. The station 

 now has its work well organized, and with the funds at its disposal is 

 in a position to accomplish very great good for the farming interests 

 of the State. It is very encouraging to have the needs of the experi- 

 ment station as a research department definitely recognized in the 

 financial budget of the university. 



INDIANA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, Lafayette. 

 Department of Purdue University. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees: William V. Stuart (Pres.), Lock Box 37, Lafayette; E. A. Ells- 

 worth (Sec), Lafayette; J. M. Fowler (Treas.), Lafayette; William A. Banks, Laporte; 

 Sylvester Johnson, Lrvinglon; D. E. Beem, Spencer; Job H. Van Natta, Lafayette; 

 William H. O'Brien, Lawrenceburg ; James M. Barrett, Fort Wayne; Charles Down- 

 ing, Greenfield; C. B. Stemen, Fort Wayne. 



STATION STAFF. 



Winthrop E. Stone, M. A., Ph. D., President of the University. 

 Charles S. Plumb, B. S., Dir. William Stuart, M. S., Assoc. Hort. 



James Troop, M. S., Hort. Herman Dorner, B. S., Asst. Bot. 



Henry A. Huston, M. A., A. C, Chem. F. S. Johnston, B. S. Asst. Agr. 

 Joseph C. Arthur, D. S., Bot. A. N. Hume, Half-time Asst. 



A. W. Bitting, D. V. M., Vet. H. E. Van Norman, B. S., Dairyman. 



R. C. Obrecht, B. S. Agr., Supt. Farm. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Indiana Station during the past year has been 

 mainly along the lines noted in previous reports and has included cul- 

 tural and fertilizer experiments with cereals and forage crops; rota- 

 tion experiments; vegetation house trials with cowpeas and soy beans 

 in soils inoculated and not inoculated with nitrifying bacteria, and with 

 corn and oats in soils treated with Alinit; experiments with formalin 

 and hot water for smut of wheat; feeding experiments with hogs and 

 dairy cows, including pasturage ?\ no pasturage for the former and soil- 

 ing v. pasturage for the latter; veterinary investigations, especially 

 studies of milk fever, changes in genitive organs during gestation, 

 and sanitary milk inspection; variety tests of fruits and vegetables 

 and cross fertilization of apples; chemical work, including investiga- 

 tions on the nitrogen-free extracts of feeding stuffs, sugar-beet inves- 



