1 I . ` I jr __ 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]lO(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\`LI': 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,:lf_ * {Z brief Sll1I1ll'll1`\" I I &.345ii=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 app1op11at1on ot $30,000.00 ann11ally and the duty of its CHli0l`(?Oll]OI11 is given to the EXpe11me11t Station. The new law 1l'll)l'?l((S 11ot o11ly Foods, but drinks of all kinds and drugs, so that it will impose additional . 1 '.t*'a`;.1Qe_. {Q .. . . 4 _ (ll1t`1S and ]1GC0SS1tElJ[C the employinent ol. several extra el1e1n1sts, ??Y `t ?;:?$E; 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 ;lo1111e1 il ood law gave 11S $10,500.00 per year. :2:. *;??*;e. EQREF zi. _ . . `. _ _ ' so that 0111 2l1)])l'O])1l2lJ[lO!], therefore, IS ]DC1G2lS(}(I $19.000.00 an- ujg? V . . _ .. . . I . 1lllHll_\. The lllltlllllllll} with wlneh tl1e bill 11*as passed and tl1e lOCO])11OI1 aeeorded it by all pa1t1es eoneerned show, I beheye, tl1e v;#~x 21 ;:1 - _ appree1at10n ol? lrll( worl< done 11nde1 the old law ll1(l tl1e desire "*' YL Z I 5 - . to gl\`C the Station the funds to carry out tl1e work tl1o1o11gl1l1. ])Il1I8lOII of (I/i()Il.I${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 1ooperat1o11 w1tl1 the Ixentnelty Geological Survey S5. 1.,5 ZY , _ V V _ ` i t ,\Ul(ll1_\. total nitrogeii and total pliospliorns were deteriniiied 011 sf .;*rs 1* ? ` T1 eiiss s_. 3~ . E .*f ":=i