adulteration; Emile Duclaux, deceased; general index to Experi- . ment Station Record; a decennial summary of station work, and the experiment station in the rôle of newspaper editor. Miscellaneous technical publications. These included Instruction in Agronomy at Some Agricultural Colleges; Legislation Relating to Farmers' Institutes in the United States and the Province of Ontario, Canada; Organization Lists of the Agricultural Colleges in the United States; Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers; Special and Short Courses in Agricultural Colleges; Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations; A Summary of Recent American Work on Feeding Stuffs; Experiment Station Work with Apples; Progress in Agricultural Education, 1903; Development of the Text-book of Agriculture in North America; Agricultural Economics as a Subject of Study in the Agricultural College; Instruction in Agriculture in Land-grant Colleges and Schools for Colored Persons, and publications on nutrition and irrigation, noted on pages 39 and 48. Bimonthly list of station publications.-This is a new series, similar to the monthly list of publications issued by this Department and containing a list of the publications of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States. Four numbers were issued between January 1, 1904, and July 1, 1904. Farmers' Bulletins.--These included three numbers of Experiment Station Work and a revision of Farmers' Bulletin No. 21, on Barnyard Manure. Card index.-Copy for 1,000 cards of the index of experiment station literature was prepared during the past year. The number of index cards distributed has reached 24,600. THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES. NOTE.-Members of boards of trustees or other governing boards of the college who are charged with the management of experiment station affairs are indicated by an asterisk (*). ALABAMA. Agricultural Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn. Department of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. GOVERNING BOARD. Trustees: Governor William D. Jelks (ex officio President), Montgomery; Isaac W. Hill (Superintendent of Education, ex officio), Montgomery; Jonathan Haralson, Montgomery, J. A. Bilbro, Gadsden; J. M. Carmichael,* Montgomery; W. K. Terry, Birmingham; T. H. Frazer, Mobile; N. D. Denson, Lafayette; T. D. Samford;* Opelika; R. F. Ligon, jr., Montgomery; Tancred Betts, Huntsville; William C. Davis,* Jasper; E. T. Glenn (Treasurer), Auburn; J. II. Drake (Surgeon), Auburn; R. W. Burton (Secretary), Auburn. STATION STAFF. J. F. Duggar, M. S., Director; Agriculturist. B. B. Ross, M. S., Chemist. C. A. Cary, B. S., D. V. M., Veterinarian. E. M. Wilcox, PH. D., Botanist. R. S. Mackintosh, B. AGR., Horticul- J. T. Anderson, PH. D., Assistant C. LeR. Hare, M. S., First Assistant A. MeB. Ransom, M. S., Second As- Thomas Bragg, M. S., Third Assistant John H. Mitchell, M. S., Assistant C. M. Floyd, Superintendent of Farm. Isaac S. McAdory, B. S., Assistant in T. B. Rivett, Assistant Horticulturist. GENERAL OUTLOOK. Investigations relating to soil management and the diversification of agriculture through the introduction of animal production and new and improved plants continue to occupy a commanding position in the work of the Alabama Station. In this connection much attention is given to the use of legumes as soil renovators and as forage a On leave. and to tests of pure cultures in inoculating these plants. These tests and the recently started experiments with truck crops are conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department, as are also the three diversification farms in the State and the experiments in the shedding of squares, blooms, and bolls of the cotton. The station is also cooperating with farmers in many different parts of the State in fertilizer experiments with cotton, sorghum, and soy beans, and in inoculation experiments with legumes. Plans have been made to cooperate with the Bureau of Animal Industry in cattle feeding and also in an extensive series of pigfeeding experiments in which clinical and pharmacological studies will be made; also to cooperate with the Shorthorn Breeders' Association in performing inoculation experiments to determine some of the phenomena of Texas fever. Studies by the chemist of the influence of fertilizer "fillers" on the solubility of phosphoric acid in superphosphates, and of the relation of the fertilizers used to the potash content of certain parts of the cotton plant, have recently been started. Studies by the botanist on the castor-oil bean and on the diseases of fruit trees in Alabama have been prepared for publication. The Alabama Station is in better condition than formerly, and through its extensive cooperation with farmers, its inspection work, and the participation of its officers in farmers' institutes it is becoming widely known and is deriving much benefit from its broader acquaintance. At the close of the last institute season a ten-day round-up institute was held at the station. This was in the nature of a school of instruction, and was so successful that it will be repeated next year. The college and station are also coming into closer relation with the district agricultural schools in the State, and through cooperation with them a system of agricultural institutions is being developed which has great ultimate possibilities for the improvement of agricultural conditions in Alabama. LINES OF WORK. The principal lines of work conducted at the Alabama Station during the past year were as follows: Chemistry of fertilizers and farm crops; botany-grasses, native trees, varieties of castor-oil beans and of cotton; soils-renovation with manures and leguminous plants, inoculation experiments; analyses of fertilizers and food materials; field and pot experiments-fertilizers, leguminous plants as soil renovators, barnyard manures, cereals, cotton, forage crops; horticulture-varieties of strawberries and other fruits and asparagus, irrigation of garden vegetables; plant breeding-cotton, cowpeas; diseases of plants; feeding and pasturing experiments with beef and dairy animals and hogs; diseases of animals; dairying— milk, butter, and cheese production. INCOME. The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 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 125, some diseases of cattle; 126, a leaf-curl disease of oaks; 127, alfalfa in Alabama; and the Annual Report of the station for 1903. The bulletin on the leaf-curl disease of oaks contains also notes on native oaks useful as shade trees in Alabama. Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station, Uniontown. GOVERNING BOARD. Board of Control: R. R. Poole (Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio), Montgomery; J. Huggins, Newbern; W. H. Taylor, Uniontown; G. D. Stollenwerck, Uniontown; Wm. Munford (Treasurer), Uniontown; J. B. Garber, Laneville. STATION STAFF. J. F. Duggar, M. S., Director. J. M. Richeson, M. S., Assistant Director, Secretary. J. F. Connor, V. M. D., Veterinarian. GENERAL OUTLOOK. The Canebrake Station has continued to devote its attention largely to field experiments for the reclamation and improvement of worn-out soils. These have included experiments with a large number of forage crops, fertilizer and cultural experiments, variety tests with cotton and corn, and experiments with wheat and oats. Considerable attention has been given during the past year to subsoiling for all crops. LINES OF WORK. The principal lines of work conducted at the Canebrake Station during the past year were as follows: Soil improvement, field experiments, horticulture, floriculture, diseases of plants, and diseases of animals. INCOME. The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: State appropriation__. Farm products--. Total_ $2,500.00 PUBLICATIONS. The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year were Bulletins 19-21. Bulletin 19 is a report of tests of oats and wheat at Uniontown in 1903. Bulletin 20 gives an account of results obtained in the culture of alfalfa, soy beans, cowpeas, melilotus, hairy vetch, crimson clover, sorghum, barley, millet, teosinte, German millet, rape, and other forage crops at Uniontown, and Bulletin 21 is a report on experiments with cotton and corn. Tuskegee Agricultural Experiment Station, Tuskegee Institute. Department of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. GOVERNING BOARD. Board of Trustees: Chas. C. Thach* (President), Auburn; R. R. Poole * (Commissioner of Agriculture), Montgomery; Geo. W. Campbell,* Tuskegee Institute; R. C. Bedford (Secretary), Beloit, Wis.; Warren Logan (Treasurer), Tuskegee Institute; Lewis Adams,* Tuskegee Institute; Chas. W. Hare,* Tuskegee Institute; Booker T. Washington,* Tuskegee Institute; J. W. Adams, Montgomery; John C. Grant, Chicago, Ill.; Geo. A. Gordon, Boston, Mass.; Chas. F. Dole, Boston, Mass.; J. G. Phelps Stokes, New York City; Wm. H. Baldwin, jr., New York City; R. O. Simpson, Furman; Robt. C. Ogden, New York City; George Foster Peabody, New York City; Hugh H, Hanna, Indianapolis, Ind.; Paul M. Warburg, New York City. STATION STAFF. G. W. Carver, M. AGR., Director. Geo, R. Bridgeforth, B. S., Stock Rais- G. W. Owens, Dairyman. G. K. Gordon, Dairyman. A. F. Crawford, Landscape Gardener. C. J. Calloway, Bureau of Nature J. B. Brown, Truck Gardening. GENERAL OUTLOOK. The investigations of the Tuskegee Station have been similar in character to those of the previous year, with the addition of the study of fall and winter cover crops. Among the crops being tested for these purposes are different varieties of oats and wheat, home-grown rye, barley, crimson clover, and vetches. The station is cooperating with a number of farmers in the State in growing rice and Cuban sugar cane from seed and cuttings distributed by the station. |