2Ub' REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



including cooperative experiments in the renovation of old and the 

 establishment of new orchards, experiments in building up worn-out 

 soils, entomological investigations, experiments with spraying mate- 

 rials, etc. The work is very popular and is bringing the station into 

 cordial relations with the people of the State, as is evidenced by the 

 recent legislation in support of orchard and nursery inspection. The 

 investigations of the station, in cooperation with the Division of 

 Entomology of this Department, have been of more than local impor- 

 tance. The experiments with field crops, fertilizers, and poultry are 

 now well organized and are proceeding along useful lines. 



WISCONSIN. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of "Wisconsin, Madison. 

 Department of the University of Wisconsin. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Regents: J. H. Stout (Pres.), Menomonxe; State Superintendent of Instruc- 

 tion, Madison; President of University, Madison; H. C. Taylor, Orfordville; Edward 

 Evans, La Crosse; James C. Kerwin, Neenah; Wm, F. Vilas, Madison; B. J. Stevens 

 (V. Pres.), Madison; Almah J. Frisby, Milwaukee; E. A. Edmonds, Oconto Falls; 

 Arthur J. Puis, Milwaukee; Geo. F. Merrill, Ashland; D. T. Parker, Fennimore; Arthur 

 M. Pereles, Milwaukee; Maj. C. Mead, Plymouth; E. F. Riley (/Sec), Madison. 



STATION STAFF. 



E. A. Birge, Ph. D., D. Sc., Acting President of the University. 



W. A. Henry, B. Age., Dir. H. L. Russell, Ph. D., Bad. 



S. M. Babcock, Ph. D., Asst. Dir. and Chief John F. Nicholson, Asst. Bact. 



Chem. F. W. Woll, M. S., Chem. 



A. R. Whitson, B. S., Agr. Phys. Alfred Vivian, Asst. Chem. 



E. S. Goff, Hort. R. A. Moore, Asst. Agr. 



Frederic Cranefield, Asst. in Hort. F. J. Wells, Asst. Agr. Phys. 



E. H. Farrington, M. S., Dairy Hush. Leslie H. Adams, Farm Supt. 



U. S. Baer, Cheese Making. Ida Herfurth, Clerk. 



W. L. Carlyle, B. S. A., Animal Hush. Daisy G. Beecroft, Libr. and Sten. 

 T. F. McConnell, jr., Asst. Animal Husb. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Wisconsin Station during the past year has included 

 a large number of feeding experiments with horses, cattle, hogs, and 

 pigs; investigations in soil physics, including studies of muck -soils 

 and movement of nitrates in the soil; irrigation investigations; horti- 

 cultural work, including studies of the plum, commercial orchard 

 work, surface v. subwatering for ornamentals, and experiments in 

 pinching raspberries; chemical and bacteriological investigations with 

 silage; bacteriological studies of tuberculosis and anthrax; and dairy 

 investigations, including studies and experiments with skim milk, con- 

 densed milk, and cream, and studies of a number of problems in cheese 



