1 I . ` I jr é__ ·V. jeg; Kentucky Agucultural Expenment Stauon i . ._."`l‘·,§`_ . fyi; FOR THE YEAR l908 . ._`> HEPOIIT OF THE I)IllEUTOlt. I ,..1 rn`-iii ‘,,_ g.; ` . . . . 1-;;. '~_>_ »-j;·1_;;l Tl10 \\‘UI'l( ol tl1e Station 111 1908 has been III&ll1ll_\` along the ‘r` :'»L;‘¥i:‘·i · , ._ ._ _- · ` V · · ” ;—_V_;r ,;%.11.; gs same ll11C5 as ClG¤(71]l¤O(l 111 lll) last Alllllltll Report and 1ll1(l(¥l' the 1.* ";;1 . . same OI`g`tll1|Z2l1lOl1. There has been ]l121l'liC(l progress, lll')\\'C\`L‘I': and . ‘ material growtli in tl1e work ol"the several divisions, and some ‘V`‘ valuable results ll5l\`0 been o|>ta111edV, as will appear in tl1e l`ollowinq §.`€_f--·SiQ‘,€—:l€‘f_ *’’‘ {Z brief Sll1I1ll'l‘l1`\" I I &.¤·3—45i¤i=LL ` ° · ` ` ;:.—_ Tl1e l1eg*1slat11re which recently 2\flj011l'l1()(l passed a new food s;-y; _g. . _ _ . . _ _ , b1ll, app1o1 ed 0ItU'(‘ll 13, 1908. This carries 2111 app1·op1·1at1on ot $30,000.00 ann11ally and the duty of its CHli0l`(?Oll]OI11 is given to the EXpe1‘1me11t Station. The new law €1l'll)l'?l(‘(‘S 11ot o11ly Foods, but drinks of all kinds and drugs, so that it will impose additional . 1 '.·t*·'a`£;.1Q—¥e_.· {Q .. . . 4 _ (ll1t`1€S and ]1GC0SS1tElJ[C the employinent ol. several extra el1e1n1sts, °??Y‘ ·`··t ?;°·:?¤$E;é t“ TQ · . .. · · · · 7 espeemlly those lli1D1ll]t1l' 11*1tl1 drugs and liquors. \\e shall also , have to have a 1n11nl>e1· of mspeetors 111 the lleld. · ;&`#§?£§i:1(*¥1i i;%` --2: . . , The b1ll, as presented by tl1e $111110]], was passed w1tl1o11t an ¥ll11Cl1(lll1GHt, receiving only t`o111· negative votes 111 the House and an · ` _ V · . . . 11na111n10us 1ote 111 tl1e Senate. I l)0l1C\'C 1t 1S 0110 of the best laws C `§ 4 · _ . . _ in tl1e COl11ltl'_\'. The ;lo1·111e1· il ood law gave 11S $10,500.00 per year. :2:. *;??*;e. EQREF zi. _ . . `. _ _ ' “ so that 0111 2l1)])l'O])1‘l2lJ[lO!], therefore, IS ]DC1‘G2lS(}(I $19.000.00 an- ujg? V . ·. _ .. . . I . 1lllHll_\. The lllltlllllllll} with wlneh tl1e bill 11*as passed and tl1e lOCO])11OI1 aeeorded it by all pa1·t1es eoneerned show, I beheye, tl1e v;#~x¤ · ¤ 21 ;:1 · - _ appree1at10n ol? lrll(‘ worl< done 11nde1· the old law ¥ll1(l tl1e desire ·"*'· »YL Z I 5 · - — . to gl\`C the Station the funds to carry out tl1e work tl1o1·o11gl1l1’. ])Il1I8lOII of (I/i(’)Il.I${I_l/.~—TllC work of tl11s (IIVISIOH C0111])1`1SC(l tl1e more or less complete analysis of 897 samples, of 1vl11el1 679 *5511 5 — R? \\'Ol`C soils §_ ! $$*:1T ` ` ‘ ·9· ··- "f- ¢5—=1T,»{ r V __ · · . . _ , l`he 110111 (111 soils iiieluded partial analysis of 1176 sainples col- leeted 111 1900 111 1·o—operat1o11 w1tl1 the Ixentnelty Geological Survey S5. · 1.,5 ZY , · · _ V V · _ ` i t ,\Ul(ll1_\. total nitrogeii and total pliospliorns were deteriniiied 011 ‘ sf °·.;¥*r€¥s 1* ? ` T1 eiiss ¤s_. 3~ . E .»*f ":=i·