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regarding varieties of fruit and methods of fighting fungus and insect 

 enemies. The entomologist of the station has made a special study of 

 Coccidae, and will soon issue a monograph on scale insects. The bota- 

 nist, in addition to testing seeds, has been called upon to study fungus 

 diseases of fruits and beets in many parts of the State. The college 

 and station are in prosperous condition, and are brought into intimate 

 relation with the people of the State through farmers' institutes, in 

 which the station officers participate, and through summer excursions 

 to the college, which bring several thousand visitors each year. 



MINNESOTA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota, St. Anthony 



Park, St. Paul. 



Department of University of Minnesota. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Regents: Greenleaf Clark (Pres.), St. Paul; Wm. M. Liggett, St. Anthony 

 Park; Stephen Mahoney, Minneapolis; Elmer E. Adams, Fergus Falls; Thomas Wilson, 

 St. Paul; A. E. Rice, Willmar; C. C. Strickler, New Vim; Jas. T. Wyman, Minneapolis; 

 T. L. Schurmeier, St. Paul; Gov. Samuel F. Van Sant, St.. Paul; Cyrus Northrop, 

 Minneapolis; John W. Olson, Albert Lea; J. E. Ware (Treas.) , Minneapolis. 



STATION STAFF. 



Cyrus Northrop, LL. D., President of the University. 

 Wm. M. Liggett, Dir. T. A. Hoverstad, B. Agr., Asst. in Agr. 



Willet M. Hays, M. Agr., Agr. (Crookston). 



Samuel B. Green, B. S., Hort. R. S. Mackintosh, Asst. in Hort. (Univ. 



Harry Snyder, B. S. , Chern. Farm) . 



T. L. Haecker, Dairy Husb. H. H. Chapman, B. S., B. Agr., Asst. in 



M. H. Reynolds, M. D., V. M., Vet. Agr. (Grand Rapids). 



Andrew Boss, Asst. in Agr. ( Univ. Farm). E. W. Major, Asst. in Dairying. 

 F. L. Washburn, Ent. J. A. Hummel, B. Agr., Asst. Chem. 



J. A. Vye, Sec. 



LINES OF WORK. 



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

 mainly along the same lines as heretofore, including field experiments 

 with grain and forage crops, flax grown for fiber and seed, sugar beets, 

 rotation of crops, etc.; horticultural and forestry investigations both 

 at the main station and at the substations; entomological investigations, 

 especially with reference to controlling an invasion of Rocky Moun- 

 tain locusts; chemical studies of soils, foods, etc.; investigations in 

 dairy farming and dairying; studies in veterinary science and prac- 

 tice; feeding experiments with cattle, sheep, and pigs, and breeding 

 experiments with sheep and pigs. The station continues to conduct 

 nutrition investigations in cooperation with this Office, and is cooper- 

 ating with the Bureau of Forestry of this Department in tree planting 



