178 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



LINES OF WORK. 



As in previous years, the work of the Rhode Island Station during 

 the past year has included plat and pot experiments with lime, sodium 

 fertilizers, and rotations, and on the availability of fertilizer ingredi- 

 ents in soils and manures as affected by lime, magnesia, etc., with 

 related chemical investigations; experiments with varieties, methods 

 of planting, fertilizing, interpollination, etc., of bush fruits; experi- 

 ments with small fruits, especially with strawberries and red raspber- 

 ries, with a view to securing varieties suited to the locality; and poul- 

 try experiments, including breeding and feeding experiments with 

 hens, geese, and pigeons, studies of poultry diseases, experiments in 

 determining the best feeds and most favorable conditions for rearing 

 incubator chicks and producing broilers, and studies to find a practical 

 means of eradicating the blackhead disease from Rhode Island, so as to 

 render possible the successful prosecution of the turkey industry. 

 Breeding experiments with Belgian hares have been continued, as have 

 also the tests of varieties of various seeds and plants in cooperation 

 with this Department. The fertilizer and feeding stuffs inspection 

 has been continued by the chemist and his assistants with State funds. 

 September 1, 1901, the director of the station resigned and the chem- 

 ist, H. J. Wheeler, was appointed to succeed him. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 568. 45 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 208. 96 



Total 15,777.41 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United Sta 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by 

 this Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



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The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 66-76 and the Annual Reports for 1899 and 1900. 



Bulletin 66, pp. 1^, pis. 7, dgm. 1. — Effect of Lime upon Grasses and 

 Weeds. — Details and results of plat experiments extending over a 

 number of years in which a study was made of the effect upon the 

 relative yields and durability of grass and weeds of lime applied in 

 connection with potash and phosphoric acid and different amounts of 

 nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and dried blood. 



Bulletin 67, pp. 8. — Commercial Fertilizers. — Analyses and vali 

 tions of 14 samples of fertilizers with explanatory notes. 



Bulletin 68, pp. 18. — Treatment'of the Sandy Soils of Rhode Island.- 



