180 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



a popular discussion of poultry breeding, and meteorological obser- 

 vations. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 191, pis. 10. — This includes the organiza- 

 tion list of the station; a report of the director reviewing the work of 

 the station during the year and giving notes on the annual meeting of 

 the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations; a list of station publications during the year and notes on 

 the station staff; departmental reports reviewing in detail the different 

 lines of station work and containing results of investigations concern- 

 ing the life history and transmission of the organism producing roup, 

 observations on the apple maggot and the stem rot of carnations, notes 

 on the treatment of an old apple orchard, a study of the frost resistance 

 of three varieties of bush beans, results of experiments in forcing- 

 lettuce and rhubarb, an account of work in the crossing and selection 

 of strawberries, a popular article on horticulture from an educational 

 standpoint, miscellaneous chemical analyses, a summary of results of 

 pot and plat experiments on the acidity of upland soils begun in 1894, 

 a popular discussion of heredity with special reference to poultry, 

 meteorological observations; a financial statemement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1900; and list of donations, exchanges, and of the 

 publications of the station since its organization. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Rhode Island is peculiarly adapted to intensive farming. Old worn- 

 out areas should be rejuvenated and new industries adapted to. local 

 conditions must be developed; hence the importance of investigating 

 problems related to the improvement of the soil, and the development 

 of the poultry and fruit industries. The station officials are giving 

 much attention to rotation and fertilizer experiments, especially the 

 application of lime to acid soils and of top-dressing to old grass lands, 

 supplementing plat experiments by pot experiments; to the rejuvena- 

 tion of old apple orchards and problems affecting the production of 

 small fruits and garden truck and to poultry production. An effort 

 will be made to discover the most wholesome feeds for incubator 

 chicks, causes of mortality in incubator chicks, and means for combat- 

 ing troublesome poultry diseases. The poultry plant has been removed 

 to a new and more suitable location, and reduced in size, but improved 

 in condition. 



Station officers attend farmers' institutes to a limited extent, coop- 

 erate with the college in conducting correspondence and nature study 

 courses, and do a considerable amount of teaching in the college. 

 Cooperative experiments with crops are carried on with farmers in 

 different parts of the State with decided success. A greenhouse suit- 

 able for horticultural investigations is needed. The station is under 

 efficient management and apparently has before it a career of increased 

 usefulness to the agricultural interests of the State. 



