Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1905 Page: 43
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THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN THE SEVERAL
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
ALABAMA.
Agricultural Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn.
Department of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
J. F. DUGGAR, M. S., Director.
GENERAL OUTLOOK.
The chemist of the Alabama Station has completed a study of
methods of clarifying cane sirup, in which he found acid calcium
phosphate satisfactory. The extensive variety tests with cotton, involving
the use of some 200 varieties, have been closed, and the results
are being prepared for publication. Among the investigations recently
undertaken are experiments in curing hay artificially by means
of a blower in an old tobacco barn; a study of the transmission of
sorehead in chickens, which is thought to be carried by mosquitoes;
corn-breeding experiments near Montgomery, and feeding experiments
with hogs, a line of work which was suspended for a time.
The study of cotton diseases by the botanist is being continued.
The station has started at each of the nine district agricultural
schools in the State rotation experiments similar to those in progress
at the station. This, it is believed, will be a fine object lesson. The
station is cooperating with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this
Department in testing vegetables; in studying the shedding of
squares, blooms, and bolls of the cotton plant, and in studying problems
in farm management in connection with the diversification
farms. In cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, the
station is conducting feeding experiments with steers.
This station still needs a stronger organization to correlate its work
in different departments and strengthen its attack upon leading agricultural
problems of the State. It is also in need of larger funds,
which will enable it to command a larger share of the time of men
on its staff and to extend its work more widely about the State. The
peculiar local conditions make this especially desirable. The station
is maintaining a leadership in agricultural matters in the State, and
in several lines is doing work of high value.
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United States. Office of Experiment Stations. Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1905, book, 1906; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6017/m1/43/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.