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· 22 Thirty-Fourth Annual Report
Library. The library at pre-sent subscribes for a total of (
161 periodicals; 122 domestic and 39 foreign. The accessions {
to date are 8,711, being an increase of 721 volumes since last I
» year. t
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T PROGRESS OF WORK FOR THE YEAR. ·
‘ The heads of departments have had direction of the work ;
and the progress of the several departments is very largely
l due to the close attention a11d effective adminisltration of the A
i following department-al heads:
  George Roberts, Head, Department of Agronomy.
E. S. Good, Chairman, Animal Husbandry Group.
A. M. Peter, Head, Department of Chemistry.
H. Garman, Head, Department of Entomology and Botany.
XV. D. Nicholls, Head, Department of Farm Economies.
·l. D. Turner, Head, Department of Feed Control.
H. E. Curtis, Head, Department of Fertilizer (`ontrol.
C. YV. Mathews, Head, Department of Horticulture.
XY. `W. Dimoek, Head, Department of Veterinary Science.
L. A. Brown, Head, Department of Public Service Labora-
tories.
· The following discussion of the investigations of the vari-
; ous departments represents typical pieees of interesting and
1 important work that have been selected as indicating the de-
  velopment and progres of the institlntion and as reeording data
i` and observations less formally than they appear in scientitic
i papers. Upon completion of important pieces of work. the re-
` sults in detail and their practical applications are published in
A bulletins issued by the Experiment Station.
Steer Feeding. A comparison was made between the feed-
ing of broken ear corn and of shelled corn in the fattening of
i steers. ("orn silage was fed both lots and at the end of sixty
days, eorn was added to the ration. The other const·ituents
of the ration were eottonseed meal and straw. At the end of
one hundred and forty days, the lot of steers receiving shelled i
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