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INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation , 1, 000. 00 



Farm products , 817. 74 



Miscellaneous 500. 00 



Total 17,317.74 



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 66-69 and the Annual Reports for 1899 and 1900. 



Bulletin 66, pp. W. — Drought-resisting Forage Plants at the Cooper- 

 ative Range Experiment Station, Highmore, S. Dak. — Results of tests 

 for one year of different forage plants, with mechanical and chemical 

 analyses of the soils of Highmore. 



Bulletin 67, pp. 50, pis. 7. — Watermelons and Muskmelons in South 

 Dakota. — Results are here reported in tables and descriptive notes of 

 tests of a large number of varieties of foreign and American water- 

 melons and muskmelons during the years 1898 and 1899. 



Bulletin 68, pp. 56, pis. 11. — Vegetables in South Dakota. — Results 

 of tests of a large number of varieties of vegetables and of culture 

 experiments, including subsoiling and starting plants in a cold frame 

 as compared with starting in a greenhouse. 



Bulletin 69, pp. 5b, pis. 3, figs. 9. — Native and Introduced Forage 

 Plants. — Descriptions, notes on distribution, and chemical analyses of 

 over 40 grasses and forage plants. 



Annual Report, 1899, pp. 8. — Brief abstracts of Bulletins 61-64 of 

 the station, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1899. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 3^. — A general account of the work of 

 the station during the year is given in the reports of the director, 

 agriculturist, horticulturist, chemist, entomologist and botanist, and 

 the zoologist and veterinarian. A financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1900, is included. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The South Dakota Station continues to direct much of its effort to 

 the introduction and development of hardy and drought- resistant varie- 

 ties of agricultural and horticultural plants, and to this end is testing 

 introduced varieties from high latitudes in Europe, growing native 

 and seedling varieties, and crossing native on introduced plants. The 



