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GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Missouri Station has continued to direct its work along two 

 important lines — fruit growing and animal production. A bulletin on 

 the apple orchard has been published which embodies the results of 

 five years of experimental work in the cultivation and care of the 

 orchard. The importance of this work and of the fruit interests of 

 the State has been recognized b} 7 the State legislature in an appropria- 

 tion of $26,000 for the establishment and maintenance in southern 

 Missouri of a fruit experiment station which will relieve, to a certain 

 extent, the college station of its investigations in that section. In 

 animal production the station has undertaken to breed up a herd of 

 cattle immune to Texas fever. A tick-infested pasture is maintained 

 for immunizing in the natural way as compared with blood inoculation. 

 The veterinarian, in cooperation with the entomologist, is giving 

 special attention to studies of intestinal parasites of cattle and sheep. 

 Considerable attention is being given also to experiments with corn 

 stover variously treated and in combination with other forage plants 

 for wintering and fattening cattle, and to experiments in the use of 

 rotations and the establishment and maintenance of pastures. 



Station officers take part in farmers' institutes and other forms of 

 college extension work. A feature of the latter has been the effort to 

 introduce instruction in elementary agriculture into the rural schools. 

 This work has met with such popular approval that chairs of agricul- 

 ture for the training of public-school teachers have been established in 

 the three State normal schools. 



Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Trustees: J. C. Kerby (Pres.), West Plains; T. M. Culver (Sec), KosKkonong; C. D. 

 McAfee (Treas.), Spring 'field. 



STATION STAFF. 



J. T. Stinson, B. S., Dir. Frank Horsfall, B. S., Asst. 



A. M. Swartwout, Foreman. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station was established by 

 the Fortieth General Assembly of the State (1899-1900), and work 

 was begun February 1, 1900. The law establishing the station stipu- 

 lated that it be located in the Ozark region of southern Missouri, and 

 further provided that the station should test different fruits and have 

 charge of the orchard inspection work of the State. A tract of land 

 containing 190 acres, 60 of which are improved, has been secured, 

 buildings have been erected, and testing grounds and orchards are 

 being planted as rapidly as possible. The buildings include the 



