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meats, which are to be carried on under better facilities than formerly. 

 Horticultural experiments and forestry investigations are going for- 

 ward both at the main station and at the substations in remote parts 

 of the State. The university with which the station is connected 

 administers the funds appropriated by the State for farmers' institutes, 

 the superintendent of which also cooperates with the station in con- 

 ducting experiments at Coteau farm. The school of agriculture of 

 the university continues to be well patronized and is doing good work. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College. a 

 Department of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees: Gov. A. H. Longino (Pres. ex officio), Jackson; R. C. King 

 (Sec), Agricultural College; G. W. Carlisle (Treas.), Jackson; W. B. Montgomery, 

 Starkville; H. M. Street, Meridian; T. C. Dockery, Love Station; S. D. Lee, Columbus; 

 R. C. Lee, Madison Station; W. H. Morgan, Sheppardtown; J. J. Coman, Jackson; 

 Henry L. Whitfield, Jackson; J. F. McCool, Kosciusko; J. B. Bailey, Conehatta; J. C. 

 Hardy (Pres. of College), Agricultural College ; W. L. Hutchinson, Agricultural College. 



STATION STAFF. 



J. C. Hardy, President of the College. 

 W.L.Hutchinson, M.S., Dir.; Chem. W. R. Perkins, M. S., Assoc. Chem. 



E. R. Lloyd, M. S., Asst. Dir.; Agr. J. S. Moore, M. S., Dairy Hush. 



G. W. Herrick, B. S., Bot. and Ent. { C. T. Ames, B. S., Asst. Hort. 



A. B. McKay, B. S. , Hort. R. C. King, B. S. , Treas. 



J. C. Robert, D. V. M., Vet. Miss Maud Butler, Sten. 



LINES OF WORK. 



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

 mostly a continuation of investigations begun in former years, and 

 has included soil studies; investigations in beef and mutton pro- 

 duction; dairying; diseases of live stock; variety tests of orchard and 

 small fruits, cotton, corn, and wheat; and investigations of injurious 

 insects and artesian waters. The soil studies have comprised investi- 

 gations on the chemical and physical composition of the various types 

 and formations of soils in the State; investigations of the plant-food 

 content in, and productiveness of, the several typical soils; experi- 

 ments in the use of commercial fertilizers, manures, and restorative 

 crops for the improvement of soils; experiments in the use of graded 

 embankments, level embankments, and terraces for the prevention of 

 soil washing. In this connection experiments and demonstrations in 

 constructing dirt roads have been made. The experiments in beef 

 and mutton production have included, in part, breeding experiments 

 with native and grade cattle and sheep, feeding experiments with dif- 



* Freight and telegraph address, Starkville. 



