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stuffs, to take effect December 1, 1901. These laws are to be enforced 

 by the secretary of the State board of agriculture, the station doing 

 the chemical work and receiving out of the fees the actual cost of the 

 work. 



Numerous changes in the personnel of the station have occurred. 

 C. W. Burkett, agriculturist, and his assistants, F. S. Johnston and 

 H. B. Richardson, have resigned to accept similar positions in North 

 Carolina and Indiana, respectively. Prof. W. D. Gibbs, of the Ohio 

 State University, has been made director and agriculturist of the sta- 

 tion, and several other changes have been made. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Fees, including balance from previous year 483. 36 



Total 15, 483. 36 



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 year 

 were Bulletins 76-79. 



Bulletin 76, pp. 11, pi. 1, Jigs. 7. — Utilizing the Greenhouse in Sum- 

 mer. — A brief account of growing tomatoes, muskmelons, celery, 

 cucumbers, sweet potatoes, eggplant, and peppers under glass in sum- 

 mer. 



Bulletin 77, pp. 16, pi. 1, fig. 1. — Experiments in Road Surfac- 

 ing. — Comparative tests during 2 years of various surf acing materials, 

 including gravel of different kinds, screened and unscreened, clay, 

 sand, point rock, and stones 2 to 6 inches through, applied during the 

 spring of 1898, are reported, and the difference between macadam, 

 gravel, and earth roads is briefly explained. 



Bulletin 78, pp. 18, pi. 1. — Bovine Tuberculosis. — Brief popular 

 notes are given on the cause, methods, and sources of infection, meth- 

 ods of transmission, diagnosis, and pathological lesions of this disease. 

 The results of tuberculin tests applied to the college herd are tabu- 

 lated, and experiments in inoculating milk of tuberculous cows into 

 guinea pigs are reported. 



Bulletin 79, pp. 38, pi. 1. — Annual Report, 1900. — This contains a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and depart- 

 mental reports for the year ended October 31, 1900. The report of the 

 vice-director and chemist contains analyses of sunflower seeds, several 

 poultry foods, seaweed, and of maple sirup from defoliated trees, with 

 notes on the different substances examined. The report of the horti- 

 culturist gives tabular data and descriptive notes on 60 varieties of 



