98 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Prof. W. J. Kennedy, of Illinois. Prior to his resignation Professor 

 Craig published an important text- book on judging live stock. Sev- 

 eral changes occurred also in the staff of assistants. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 2, 951. 41 



Miscellaneous, including fees 120. 64 



Total 18,072.05 



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 48-55, 57, and 58. 



Bulletin Ifi, pp. 123, pis. 3, figs. 30, dgms. 2. — Economical Produc- 

 tion of Beef— A Study of Pork Production — Fattening Range Lambs — 

 Fattening Lambs in Comparison with Yearlings.— Feeding experi- 

 ments bearing on the general question of producing beef economically 

 under Iowa conditions and extending over a number of years are 

 reported. A test was made with 14 steers to study the possibility of 

 combining dairying and feeding for beef production and also to com- 

 pare wide and narrow rations. The use of skim milk supplemented 

 by grain was tested in the feeding of these animals as calves. The 

 possibility of fattening range steers with profit on the feeding stuffs 

 generally available locally was tested with 17 steers. The study of 

 pork production here reported included a comparison of different 

 breeds and crosses as regards cost of gain before and after weaning, a 

 comparative trial of wide and narrow rations, a discussion of the value 

 of different breeds for dressed pork and bacon, and chemical studies of 

 the composition of pork. Two tests of the profitable fattening of 

 range lambs and two tests of the comparative economy of feeding 

 lambs and yearlings are reported. 



Bulletin 1$, pp. 9, figs. 7. — Miscellaneous Insects. — Notes are given 

 on the Buffalo tree hopper, snowy tree cricket, and the box-elder plant 

 bug, with suggestions as to remedies. 



Bulletin 50, pp. 13. — Insecticide Methods. — A general account of 

 numerous mechanical and chemical methods for combating injurious 

 insects. 



Bulletin 51, pp. 9. — Winter Wheat. — Results of tests of 19 varieties 

 of wheat, several culture experiments, and the milling qualities of 

 hard and soft winter wheat. 



