182 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



During the year the station has been given funds for improving to 

 a considerable extent its equipment, the most notable improvements 

 being new equipment for soil physics and for evaporating sweet pota- 

 toes, a new poultry house for incubators and, brooders, and a large 

 addition to the chemical laboratory. The laboratory of the station 

 botanist has been separated from that used by students; a more com- 

 plete separation of station land and live stock from that used by the 

 other departments of the college has been made; a cottage has been 

 built for the station foreman; and other changes have been made which 

 will facilitate the experimental work of the station. Members of the 

 staff take part in farmers' institutes, which are growing in favor, the 

 college institute especially having an attendance of nearly 500 farmers 

 from all parts of the State. During the year the botanist resigned to 

 accept a position in this Department, and the vacancy caused by the 

 resignation of the entomologist was filled by the appointment of Charles 

 E. Chambliss. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



Farm products 783.26 



Total 15,783.26 



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 54-63. 



Bulletin 51^, pp. 13. — Analysis of Commercial Fertilizers. — Tabu- 

 lated analyses and valuations of 154 samples of fertilizers. 



Bulletin 55, pp. 7. — Feeding Rice Meal to Pigs. — A comparison 

 with 6 pigs of feeding corn meal and rice meal^supplemented b} r skim 

 milk. 



Bulletin 56, pp. 12. — Wheat. — Results of variety, seeding, fertilizer, 

 and culture experiments with wheat during 1900. 



Bulletin 57, pp. 16. — Fungicides. — A general discussion covering 

 the preparation and use of fungicides. 



Bulletin 58, pp. 27, pis. ljf,,figs. 5. — Grapes. — A popular bulletin on 

 grape culture, including the laying out of the vineyard, planting, 

 cultivation, pruning, training, trellises, spraying, selection of varie 

 ties, etc. 



Bulletin 59, pp. 16. — A Chemical Investigation of the Rice Plant 



