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INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 1, 317. 04 



M iscellaneous 598. 00 



Total 16,915.04 



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 112-126 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 112, pp. 8, pi. 1, map 1. — The Clover-root Borer. — Descrip- 

 tive and remedial notes on Hylastes obscurus, with the results of an 

 experiment in plowing immediately after harvesting the first crop of 

 clover for the destruction of this insect. 



Bulletin 113, pp. 11^, pis. 6. — Plums — A Comparison of Varieties. — 

 Descriptive notes are given on the 175 varieties of plums which have 

 been tested at the station. The varieties are classified into groups and 

 the groups characterized. 



Bulletin 11^ pp. 10, pis. 2, Jig. 1. — How Insects are Studied at the 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. — A popular account of the 

 insectary and breeding cages at the station, and of methods of collect- 

 ing, rearing, preserving, and labeling insects. 



Bulletin 115, pp. W. — Sugar Beet and Sorghum Investigation* in 

 1899. — Results of cooperative culture experiments with sugar beets in 

 1899, including tabulated analyses of 131 samples; and of cooperative 

 experiments with sorghum, in which seed of 5 varieties was distributed 

 to 122 farmers in 51 counties of the State for the purpose of comparing 

 varieties and securing seed for future crops. 



Bulletin 116, pp. If., pi. 1. — The Grape-cane Gall Maker and its 

 Enemies. — Observations on the life history and natural enemies of this 

 insect, with suggestions as to preventive measures. 



Bulletin 117, pp. H, pi. 1. — Stomach Worms in Sheep. — A descrip- 

 tion of a stomach worm {Strong yl us contortus) causing serious losses 

 of sheep in Ohio since 1896, and an account of experiments to test the 

 benzine or gasoline treatment for this worm and to determine the 

 method of infection. 



Bulletin 118, pp. 26. — Field Experiments with Wheat. — Detailed 

 data for 1899 of variety tests and various culture experiments with 

 wheat and average results each year from 1893 to 1899. 



Bulletin 119, pp. 10, map l.—The Hessian Fly in 1899 and 1900.— 

 Notes on the damage done by the Hessian fly in Ohio during the fall 

 of '1899 and the spring of 1900, and on the influence of meteorological 



