104 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



ratus, suitable for use in the vivarium with tobacco extracts on low- 

 growing plants, has been devised. During the year the station staff 

 has been increased by the addition of several assistants. At a recent 

 meeting of the board of trustees a division of animal husbandry was 

 created and the erection of a dairy barn authorized. D. W. May, of 

 this Office, has been elected animal husbandman. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation, including balance from previous year. . 3, 123. 87 



Fees, including balance from previous year 33, 054. 29 



Farm products, including balance from previous year 4, 372. 31 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 110. 76 



Total 55,661.23 



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 }^ear 

 were Bulletins 86-92 and the Annual Report for 1898. 



Bulletin 86, pp. 51. — Inspection and Analyses of Foods. — Analyses 

 of 727 samples of food products made in accordance with the Kentucky 

 pure-food law, with suggested definitions of food materials and articles 

 used in their preparation. 



Bulletin 87, pp. 70, pis. 11±. — Kentucky Forage Plants — the Grasses. — 

 Analyses of Some Kentucky Grasses. — Notes on 141 species of native 

 and introduced Kentucky grasses, and results of analyses with refer- 

 ence to food constituents of the air-dry and water-free material of 79 

 samples of grasses cut at different stages of growth and comprising 31 

 species. 



Bulletin 88, pp. 1$. — Commercial Fertilizers. — General results of 

 fertilizer inspection, including tabulated analyses and valuations of 

 361 samples. 



Bulletin 89, pp. 2^, pis. 4~ — Wheat. — Results of fertilizer experi- 

 ments and of tests of some 30 varieties of wheat, with descriptions 

 and illustrations. 



Bulletin 90, pp. 32. — Commercial Fertilizers. — Analyses and valua 

 tions of 175 samples of fertilizers inspected during the last half of 

 1900. 



Bulletin 91, pp. 68, pis. 5, figs. 10. — Enemies of Cucumbers and 

 Related Plants. — Experiments with Potato Scab. — The Food of the 

 Toad. — Descriptive, life history, and remedial notes are given on the 

 striped cucumber beetle, spotted cucumber beetle, northern squash 



