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officers doing most of the work. During the year the horticulturist, 

 C. P. Close, resigned to accept a similar position at the Delaware Col- 

 lege and Station. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products 4, 054. 08 



Balance from previous year 727. 77 



Total 19,781.85 



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 66-71 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 66, pp. 10, pis. 2. — Corn Experiments. — Results of tests of 

 17 varieties of corn during periods of 5 to 10 years are given, with 

 notes on leading varieties; and tests of the relative value of deep and 

 shallow tillage, of hilling and level tillage, and of thick and thin plant- 

 ing are reported in full and results secured at other stations in tests of 

 hill v. drill culture of corn are discussed. 



Bulletin 67, pp. 1$, pis. 6. — Poultry Experiments. — Experiments 

 here reported in detail and summarized included tests of the relative 

 value of pullets and hens and of early and late hatched pullets; the 

 effect of exercise on egg production; the feeding value of corn, dried 

 blood, and sunflower seed; and of the value of caponizing. 



Bulletin 68, pp. 1^8, Jigs. 7, dgms. 9. — Experiments with Dairy 

 Cows. — Part I of this bulletin contains records of the station dairy 

 here for 5 years, results of studies of the influence of the weight of 

 the cow, period of lactation, dehorning, methods of feeding, type, and 

 change of milkers upon the yield and quality of milk and the economy 

 of production, and data showing the variations in the different con- 

 stituents of the milk of a number of cows, with a discussion of meth- 

 ods of testing cows and sampling milk at creameries. Part II gives 

 an account of feeding tests with milch cows made each winter for 4 

 years to compare alfalfa alone with alfalfa and corn fodder. Part III 

 gives the results of summer feeding experiments for 4 years in soiling 

 and pasturing to compare the results obtained from 1 acre of land 

 when the crop was pastured and when it was soiled, to stud} r the effect 

 of feeding grain to cows on pasture, and to test the relative effects of 

 soiling and pasturing on alfalfa and mixed grasses. The bulletin also 



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