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Annual Report, 1900, pp. 13^. — This includes a report of the director 

 on the work and publications of the station during the year; reports 

 of the agriculturist, chemist, and the horticulturist, botanist, and 

 entomologist, giving detailed outlines of the work of their respective 

 departments; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1900, and reprints of Bulletins 170-174 of the station. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



While devoting much attention to the farm crops now grown as sta- 

 ples in the State, the North Carolina Station is directing a greater 

 effort than before to the improvement of the soil and the development 

 of new industries. Information gathered from experiments with 

 sugar beets has been compiled for publication. It shows that at 

 least three, and probably thirteen, counties in the western part of 

 the State are well adapted to the production of sugar beets, and that 

 water, lime, and coal are available for the manufacture of sugar. 

 Experiments during the past year with 15,000 rose cuttings from a 

 Northern dealer indicate that the production of roses for the Northern 

 trade can be made a profitable business. The production of flowering 

 bulbs and early vegetables and fruits for the Northern trade is also 

 receiving attention. The station is extending its influence by means 

 of press bulletins and an extensive correspondence, and is establishing 

 closer relations with leading farmers by means of cooperative experi- 

 ments. The separation of the offices of president of the college and 

 director of the station was a iriove in the right direction, as was also 

 the bringing together of all experimental work under one manage- 

 ment. For a number of years the State department of agriculture 

 has been conducting a soil survey and experimental work in connec- 

 tion with its inspection work, and has established several experimental 

 farms in different parts of the State. All of this work has now been 

 combined with the station work under Director Kilgore and this, 

 together with the anticipated strengthening of the station through 

 funds obtained under the fertilizer law, makes the outlook for this 

 station very promising. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College. * 

 Department of North Dakota Agricultural College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees: W. H. Robinson (Pres.), Mayville; B. N. Stone, Lamoure; John 

 W. von Nieda (Treas.), Fargo; Henry J. Rusch (Sec), Fargo; S. S. Lyon, Fargo; 

 Alex. Stern, Fargo; Maynard Crane, Cooperstown; George E. Osgood, Fargo. 



a Freight and express address, Fargo. 



