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year, the station has been making a very thorough and ingenious study 

 of the flow of maple sap under varying conditions, the botanical and 

 chemical departments cooperating in the work. A large amount of 

 data has been collected and is being prepared for publication. The 

 botanist has published the results of extended investigations conducted 

 principally in the laboratory of Plant Pathology of this Department on 

 a soft rot of carrot and other vegetables, and the horticulturist has 

 published the results of interesting and valuable studies on the propa- 

 gation and pollination of plums and on plum-tree canker. These and 

 the work on the control of tuberculosis in cattle are considered of 

 great practical benefit to the farmers of the State. Press bulletins and 

 attendance at farmers' institutes have been found to be most effective 

 means of keeping in touch with farmers. The station officers, how- 

 ever, especially the director, do less institute work than formerly, the 

 responsibility for this work being more fully assumed by the State 

 board of agriculture. 



VIRGINIA. 



Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg.* 

 Department of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of control: J. T. Brown, Brierfield; D. M. Cloyd, Dublin; B. R. Selden, 

 Richmond; W. R. Robertson, Plasterco; J. M. McBryde (Pres. College), Blacksburg. 



STATION STAFF. 



J. M. McBryde, Ph. D., LL. D., President of the College and Director. 

 W. B. Alwood, V. Dir.; Hort., EnL, and H. L. Price, B. S., Asst. Hort. 



Myc. E. P. Niles, D. V. M., Vet. 



E. A. Smyth, jr., M. A., Biol. John Spencer, V. S., Asst. Vet. 



D. 0. Nourse, B. S., Agr. J. H. Gibboney, Asst. Chem. 



R. J. Davidson, M. A., Chem. J. B. Huffard, Asst. Chem. 



C. I. Wade, Treas. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Virginia Station during the past year has been 

 along the same general lines as heretofore and has included feeding 

 experiments with cattle and pigs; chemical analyses of feeding stuffs, 

 fertilizers, varieties of apples and the pomace of these varieties; 

 study of the problems presented in the fermentation of cider and vin- 

 egar; collection and study of foreign types of apples, with a view to 

 supplying qualities lacking in native fruits for the production of the 

 finer grades of ciders and vinegars; experiments with field crops, and 

 veterinary and entomological investigations. The fermentation studies 



a Express and freight address, Christiansburg Depot. 



