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the general maintenance fund; $3,100 was appropriated for building 

 and equipping a chemical and veterinary laboratory for college and 

 station; $1,500 was added to the State entomologist's appropriation; 

 the appropriation for the Beeville substation was increased from $5,000 

 to $7,500 (for two years); and $5,000 per annum was voted for the 

 establishment and maintenance of a new substation. 



The work of the Beeville substation has consisted of variety tests 

 with fruit, general orchard, and vineyard work, together with exten- 

 sive variety, cultural, and fertilizer experiments with watermelons, 

 cantaloupes, and onions. The work is supervised by the agriculturist 

 of the station and is in charge of a resident superintendent. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 2, 500. 00 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 691. 47 



Total 18,191.47 



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 stalion received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 57 and 58. 



Bulletin 5? ',pp. &4, pis. 10. — Cabbage. — Fertilizers, Varieties, Ship- 

 ping; Cauliflower. — Varieties and Skipping. — General directions for 

 growing and marketing cabbage and cauliflower, including a financial 

 statement of the sale of a carload of cabbage shipped by the station to 

 Kansas City and an estimate of the cost of growing an acre of cab- 

 bage; and detailed data for rather extensive fertilizer and variety 

 tests. 



Bulletin 58, pp. 18, figs. 15. — Pruning and Training Peach 

 Orchards. — This subject is discussed at some length, proper and faulty 

 methods of pruning the peach being illustrated and results from 

 other stations relative to the Stringfellow method of root pruning 

 being quoted. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



During the year a relatively large amount of attention has been 

 given to the extension of cooperative experiments with farmers, which 

 have been found potent means for improving agricultural practice, in 

 developing new industries, and bringing the farmers into sympathy 

 with the work of the station, Much attention is also given to unsolved 



