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STATION STAFF. 



Luther Foster, M. S. A., President of the College and Director. 

 Arthur Goss, M. S., A. C, Chem. Fabian Garcia, B. S., Hort. 



John J. Vernon, M. S. Agr., Agr. R. Fred Hare, M. 8., Asst. Chem. 



E. O. Wooton, M. A., Bot. Francis E. Lester, Registrar. 



John D. Tinsley, B. S., V. Dir.; Soil Phys. Helen M. Macgregor, Sten. 

 and Met. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the New Mexico Station during the past year has 

 included feeding experiments with dairy cows to test the relative value 

 of the available feeding stuffs of the Territory; tests of the feeding 

 value of sweet corn, cabbage, and other forage crops; tests of grasses 

 for pasturage and for alkali lands at the station and in other localities 

 in the Territory; variety tests and methods of sowing wheat; variety 

 tests, acclimatization, and methods of planting corn; fertilization, win- 

 ter irrigation, and methods of seeding, cutting, and curing alfalfa; 

 green manuring and soil correctives; studies on soil moisture in coop- 

 eration with the soil physicist; irrigation experiments, including stud- 

 ies on pumping, storage, etc.; tests of different varieties of apples, 

 pears, plums, prunes, peaches, grapes, strawberries, gooseberries, and 

 currants; methods of pruning fruit trees; prevention of sunscald; pro- 

 duction of dried prunes; spraying to retard blooming period and to 

 prevent injury by the codling moth; test of varieties and methods of 

 culture of vegetables; tests of the adaptability of various ornamental 

 shrubs and flowers; chemical analyses of samples submitted by people 

 of the Territory; analyses of sugar beets, waters, and feeding stuffs; 

 study of the ash content of native plants and of the soils of the Terri- 

 tory; observations on the salt and moisture content and other physical 

 characteristics of soil planted to corn, orchard and forest trees, and 

 alfalfa at the station and other places in the Territory; experiments 

 in the propagation of grasses in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of this Department; and a study of the stock-raising industry 

 of the Territory as related to the natural forage supply. 



The Territorial legislature having failed to make provision for the 

 substations, these have been abandoned. Provision has been made, 

 however, for the issue of 5 per cent bonds to raise $25,000 for the 

 construction, equipment, maintenance, etc., of college buildings; for 

 providing a larger water supply; and for paying additional officers, 

 some of which improvements will indirectly benefit the station. 

 During the year the work of the main station has been considerably 

 extended, especially in the agricultural department. The farm equip- 

 ment has been improved by the construction of a pumping plant and 

 corral and the purchase of 10 head of cattle. The vice-director has 

 been given more immediate charge of the general business of the sta- 

 tion. At the close of the fiscal year 1900 the president of the college 

 and director of the station resigned, and in November of the present 



