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STATION STAFF. 



R. H. Jesse, LL. D., President of the University. 



Henry J. Waters, B. S. A., Dir. W. L. Howard, B. 8., Asst inHort. 



Paul Schweitzer, Ph. D., Chem. C. Thorn, Ph. D., Asst. Bot. 



J. C. Whitten, a B. S., Hort. John Schnabel, Gard. 



J. M. Stedman, B. S., Ent. J. G. Babb, M. A., Sec. 



J. W. Connaway, M. D. C, Vet. R. B. Price, Treas. 



C. H. Eckles, B. Agr., M. S., Dairying. Miss Estelle Hickok, Clerk and Sten. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Missouri Station during the past year has been con- 

 tinued along practically the same lines as formerly, and has included 

 field experiments with cereals, forage crops, fertilizers, rotation of 

 crops, systems of drainage, methods of renovating worn-out soils, etc. ; 

 field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments in horticulture; a study 

 of the influence of crossing different types of sheep with native ewes 

 upon the weight and quality of the carcass and wool of the offspring; 

 feeding experiments with beef cattle; investigations of animal diseases, 

 including experiments in immunizing Northern pure-bred cattle against 

 Texas fever by blood inoculation and tick infestation, and a study of 

 the life histories of and remedies for animal parasites, such as the tape- 

 worm of sheep and the lung and stomach worms of sheep and cattle; 

 chemical study of food adulterants, theartifical method of determining 

 the digestibility of feeding stuffs as compared with the use of animals 

 for this purpose, and the composition, fuel value, and feeding value of 

 the different animal and vegetable fats of commerce; mechanical tests of 

 farm wagons and spray nozzles; entomological studies, especially of 

 insects affecting fruit; experiments in selection, amelioration, and cul- 

 tivation of edible nuts; experiments with fruits, including variety tests 

 of apples, plums, grapes, peaches, pears, and small fruits, and tests of 

 commercial fertilizers in nurseries and bearing orchards in different 

 parts of the State, and breeding experiments with the peach, plum, 

 persimmon, strawberry, grape, and tomato. The inspection of com- 

 mercial fertilizers has been continued under State laws. The station 

 has assisted the State board of agriculture in regulating the sale of 

 artificial butter and in the enforcing of State laws against infectious 

 diseases of live stock. It has also cooperated with the State Horti- 

 cultural Society in the inspection of nursery stock. Besides these 

 lines of work, many of which have been in progress for a number of 

 years, the station has recently undertaken irrigation investigations in 

 cooperation with this Office, an investigation of the gluten content of 

 wheat in cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department, 

 and studies on the influence of origin of red-clover seed on yield of crop 



a On leave. 

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