WORK OF THE STATION. Departments of Entomology, Chemistry and Veterinary Science. Owing to the lateness of the time when the Congressional funds for the support of the Station became available, and the necessary delays in making appointments, the above departments during the first brief fiscal year were hardly able to do more than prepare for work. THE ENTOMOLOGIST has succeeded in fitting up a fair working laboratory, and in equipping it with cases, tables, microscopes and accessories, spraying apparatus, and insecticides and in securing some cases of specimens. He has already entered upon the study of the life history of our predatory insects and their insect enemies. He is conducting an extended series of experiments to ascertain the best insecticides and the best means and apparatus for their application. Already he has rendered good service to the Farm and Garden departments in assisting them against their insect enemies. In order that his department may have its usefulness raised and extended he has invited the people of the Territory to co-operate with him by correspondence and by furnishing specimens and descriptions. THE CHEMIST has by aid of territorial appropriations for that purpose fitted up and furnished with necessary fixtures aud some of the apparatus a working analytical laboratory. By aid of the amount apportioned to him from the Experiment Station funds he has now furnished himself with the additional necessary appliances for doing his work. One of the first lines of work he proposes entering upon is an extended examination of the purity and healthfulness of the well waters of the Territory. Many especially of the artesian waters are said to have large amounts of mineral ingredients: these will be determined and pronounced upon. He will also make numerous soil analyses, especially of the so called "alkali" soils. He is also prepared to co-operate with and assist the other departments of the Station by the analysis of roots, grains, grasses, etc. THE VETERINARIAN was appointed so late that he has thus far only had time to provide himself with some of the necessary tools for his use. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE. CHAS. A. KEFFER, Superintendent. A building has been erected for the use of the department of Forestry, Horticulture and Botany at a cost of $3,000, this amount including the purchase of a Spence hot water heating apparatus for the propagating room. The building is a one story structure, brick veneered to the tops of the windows, with a shingle course from the window caps to the eaves. It is 28x46 feet in size, with a propagating room along the south side, 18x46 feet, the roof and sides of which are of double strength glass. The main floor is divided into the following rooms: an office, microscopic laboratory, herbarium, grafting room, and tool room. The cellar is 28x46 feet, eight feet in the clear; it contains a commodious graft storage room, besides fuel, boiler and packing rooms. The attic is large, well lighted and airy, and will be used for storing seeds. The floors of the main story are of hard pine, the wood work of white pine, finished in oil. The work of this department thus far has been largely of a preliminary nature, and in order to reach the most valuable results it will be necessary to extend the experiments and observations over a number of years. There is printed herewith a list of the various trees, plants and seeds with which the year's work has to do. The spring was most favorable for extensive planting, being wet and backward, but the weather was not at all favorable to that early growth which is so much to be desired in tree culture. THE EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD. An orchard containing between three and four acres was planted in the spring with the following kinds and varieties of trees: PLUMS.-DeSoto, Forest Garden, Van Buren, Miner, Wolf, Milton, Wild Goose, Rare Ripe, Hawkeye, Winnebago, Cresent City, Harrison's Peach, Golden Beauty, Rollingstone, Esther, Speer, Chas. Downing, Wyant, Rockford, Weaver, New American, Owatonna, Moldavka, Black Prune, Early Red, White Nicholas, 19 Orel, 20 Orel, 21 Orel. Note. The last seven varities named were imported from Russia by Professor J. L. Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural College. CHERRIES. (Russian and German varieties, imported by Prof. Budd.) Brusseler Braune, Lithauer Reischel, Ostheim, Vladimer, Lutovka, No. 62. PEARS. (Russian varieties from Prof. Budd.) 4 M. Dula, 392, Kurskaya, 347 Gakooskaya, 508 Bessemianka, 391 418 Early Bergamot, 9 M. Winter. APPLES. 316 Red Reinette, 290 Ukraine, 245 Borovinka, 190 Tiesenhausen, 985 Red Anis, 10 M. Ukraine, 261 Repka Aport, 29 M. Melonen, 159 M. Crooked Spike, Babuschino, 324 German Calville, 413 Cross, Antonovka (Vilne), 25 Switzer, 257 Arabka, 24 M. Sandy 6 Vor. Cinnamon Pine, Red Glass, Thaler, 378 Hibernal, Aport, 284 Kremer's Glass, 482 Green Butskapa, 7 M. Osimoe, 252 Aport, 300 Rosy Repka, 277 Vargul, 230 Titovka, Antonovka, Possarts Naliv, Green Aport, 17 M. Kruder, Skrush Apfel, 327 Yellow Arkad, 413 Cross, 23 W Aport, 469 Grandmother (Babuschino), 157 White Naliv, 20 M. Kursk Reinette, 157 M. Broad Green, Bogdanoff White, Aport, 225 Getman's Bean, 361 Pointed Pipka, Repka Winter Bogdanoff, 65 M. Krimskoe Vosduchnoe, 1277 Rosy Voronesh, 167 Green Streaked, 4 M. Ostrokoff, 429 Borsdorf, 379 Revel Pear, 252 Aport, Anisovka, Lowland Raspberry, Charlamoff, Longfield, Yellow Transparent, Moscow, Early Champaigne, 20 (from Gideon), Patten's Duchess Seedlings Numbers 3 and 4, Patten's Russet No. 1, Patten's Arthur, Ludlof's Okabena, Russet Hybrid, Duchess, Wealthy, Whitney's No. 20, Gideon, Port Wine, Late Duchess, Ontario, Gideon's No. 25, Gideon's No. 2, Gideon's No. 28, Bushy, Peter, Excelsior, Lou. Note.-Both name and number are printed for the Russian sorts, so that anyone who has received any of the Russians in this list by number only, can here find the name. The nomenclature is that of Chas. Gibb as published in the American Pomological Society's Report for 1887. CRAB APPLES.-Lake Winter, Spitzenburg, Looker's Winter, Gen. Gregg, Richland Winter, Dartt's Hybrid, Greenwood, Martha, Virginia, Transcendant, Early Strawberry, Briar Sweet, Hyslop, Shields, Elgin Beauty. In addition to the above named fruit trees, two thousand apple grafts, including sixty varities, were planted in nursery rows. SMALL FRUITS. An effort has been made to secure of each variety of the different small fruits to give a thorough test as to quality, hardiness, strength of growth, etc. All of the varieties of the various fruits are receiving the same care, and are growing under similar conditions, so that in all cases their relative merits may be apparent. RASPBERRIES.-Turner, Brandwine, Cuthbert, Wild Red from Bottineau County Dakota, Philadelphia, Shaffer's. Colossal, Doolittle, Gregg, Mammoth Cluster, Souhegan, Ohio, Johnson's Sweet. STRAWBERRIES.-Cumberland, Wilson, Chas. Downing, Green Prolific, May King, Red Jacket, Sharpless, Glendale, Manchester, Countess, Windsor Chief, Crescent, Mt. Vernon, Captain Jack, Sucker State, Belmont, Indiana, Prince, Jumbo, Kentucky. CURRANTS.-White Grape, White Dutch, Red Dutch, Victoria, Cherry, Fay's Prolific, Native wild Black from Bottineau County. GOOSEBERRIES.-Houghton, Chas. Downing, Industry, Mountain Seedling, Native from Botteniau County. OTHER SMALL FRUITS.-Native Sand Cherry from McCook County, Native Dwarf Juneberry from Bottineau County, Windom Dewberry, Stone's Hardy Blackberry, Native Buffalo Berry from McCook County. GRAPES. The College grounds offer no very favorable location for a vineyard. Six vines of each of the following varieties have been planted. A large addition will be made to this list next spring. Varieties-Janesville, Agawam, Salem, Prentiss, Pocklington, Lady, Worden's, Hartford Prolific, Brighton, Ives Seedling, Martha, Merrimac, Moore's Early, Delaware, Niagara, Concord, Roger's No. 9. GARDEN. A large number of garden seeds, including several varieties of each of the vegetables common to this latitude, have been planted, the purpose being to note the comparative value of different sorts far this locality. Especial attention is being given to the tomato and celery, vegetables not commonly grown in this region. FORESTRY. Last October a plat of between two and three acres was planted to forest tree seeds. The different kinds were planted in irregular groups, in hills four feet apart, the intention being to have the trees stand permanently where the seed was sown, and it was thought by grouping the |