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i 16 · Tlvirty-Iflirst Annual Report A A
l · The isolation and cultivation of the specific microorgan-
ism of hog cholera and the investigation of methods of treat-
?   ment based upon a vaccine.
’   The inspection of imported nursery and florists’ stock.
  The fall history of the Hessian fly—limits of the brood, or ,
- i broods, if more than one.
i   Nursery and orchard inspection.
- I   Seed testing and inspection.
    _ Preliminary tests of diderent fertilizing substances and
S     mixtures on seeds. A
    Selective studies and comparisons of varieties and strains
    of forage plants.
i   Steer feeding investigations.
‘   The introduction of pure-bred beef cattle.
    Experiments in the hogging down of soy beans, cowpeas
    and corn, and comparing velvet—bean feed, tankage and soy
    beans as supplements to corn meal in feeding hogs.
A     Sheep breeding experiments. A
‘     A' studyi 1; Causes of sterility in domestic animals.
  2. The morphology and physiology of spermatozoa. 3. Stud-
    ies in heredity. A
p     The breeding of pure-bred poultry forphigh egg-produc-
Y V. i` { tion. ‘ `
A "·     Housing pure-bred poultry. .
    Animal versus vegetable. protein in a laying ration.
»_—.   i General research and investigat·ions of animal diseases.
  Preparation and distribution of biological products.
he   ._ Analysis of the agricultural limestones of the State.
p _ *_.,   ` Analysis of the agricultural soils of the State. _
. `¤._QjQ2j Analysis of miscellaneous materials. `
  Growing tobacco continuously on bluegrass soil.
 in Chemical analyses for the State Department of Geology
`iigl   and Forestry.
  An attempt to determine the reason for the superiority
;;j.;LL·_Q»_j of limestone and acid phosphate over limestone and rock `
  phosphate in crop production on certain types of soil.
  A S   Feeding-stuffs control. S
 
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