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Methods of preserving egg have been tried. (Tenth Report, 
pp. 201-202.) : 
Analyses of poultry manures from pens of fowls fed differently 
have been made. (Eighth Report, pp. 61, 62, 64.) 
About 500 determinations of specific gravity of hens’ eggs were 
made of fresh eggs, and those kept different lengths of time. 
(Seventh Report, pp. 65, 67, 68.) 
Analyses of many eggs were made. (Seventh Report, pp. 64, 
65, 68, 69. Eighth Report, pp. 61, 65.) 
A breeding experiment with fowls has been undertaken which 
will necessitate several years’ record before reliable conclusions 
can be obtained. (Ninth Report, p. 140.) | 
Investigations of Sorghum. 
| Many varieties of sorghum have been grown during last few 
years and the juices analyzed. Only the few to be recommended 
are retained. In all 289 varieties have been grown, many of 
them duplicated, however. Only about six of these are of value 
for this State. (Seventh Report, pp. 71-84. Eighth Report, pp. 
67-69. Ninth Report, pp. 162-168. Tenth Report, pp. 208-215.) 
Experiments in regard to the value of application of carbonate 
of lime to the soil on which sorghum is grown have been made. 
(Ninth Report, p. 168. Tenth Report, p. 210.) 
Twenty-one plats in field have been laid out for continued 
experiment with use of crude chemicals, the plats being treated 
each year. Record has been kept for three seasons, but results 
_ for several years will be necessary before enough data for valua- 
ble conclusions will be obtained. 
7 Horticultural Work. 
Special attention is given to the disease of cultivated plants. 
Some important results of this work may be outlined as follows: 
Nursery stock has been successfully treated for the leaf blight 
of plum and cherry, and encouraging results have been obtained 
in treating the leaf spot of pear seedlings. This nursery work 
was carried on in co-operation with the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. (Results not yet published by the station.) 
