Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-02-06
ANNUAL REPORT OF UNIVERSITY
EXPERIMENT STATION.
A Nh OF INFORMATION
Experts in All Lines of Agricultural
Activity Contribute from This Cho-
sen Field-Tribute to Prof. 3ab-
cock-changes in Force at Varsity
Station.

| its appearance and contains mass o.
| information of value and interest tc
farmers, scientific agriculturalists anC
dairymen 1t makes a volume Of So:
pages with the index, the frontiiS
! piece being a Photographic reproduc
| ion of the bronze medal voted to DR.
| S. NJ. Babcock of the Wisconsin agri
| cultural experiment station by the
| Wisconsin state legislature of 1899
and presented during the Legislative
session of 1901 with this Inscription
on the medal beneath:
Recognizing the great value to the
| people o fthis state and to the whole
| world OF the inventions and discover
les of Professor Stephen Moultor
Babcock of the University of Wiscon
SIM and his unselfsh dedication OF
these inventions to the public service
the state Of Wisconsin presents tic
Professor Babcock this medal"
After the directors report an &C
count of the medal presentation is
given, written by Prof. W. A. Henry
dean Of the university college of as,
riculture. The remainder of the con
tents follows:
Whole corn compared with corn
meal for fattening swine, w A
Henry.
he comparative value and the effect
upon lamb crop of feeding various "a
tons to ewes in winter, w. L. Carlyle.
Effect of feeding various grain ra-
tons to growing and fattening hogs,
wv. F. Carlyle and T. F. Mcconnell.
The results of a feeding trial to de-
termine the comparative effect of
feeding pigs rations of corn meal and
Of ground peas, w. l.. Carlyle.
The feeding value of rape for swine,
W. L. Carlyle.
The food requirements of the pig
for maintenance and gain, F. D. Tay-
lor
Official tests of dairy COWS, 1900
1901, F. W. Woll and Roscoe H. Shaw.
On the average composition of milk
of pure bred COWS of different breeds,
F. w. Woll
Annual milk and butter production
of cows owned by patrons of the uni
versity creamery, E. H. Harrington.
The Trowbridge method of cali
brating Babcock test bottles, E. H.
Harrington. ~,
Print cheese, q. H harrington.
Influence of cold-curing on the quail
ity of cheese, S. NJ. Babcock, H. L.
Russell, A. Vivian and U. S. Baer.
Influence of sugar on the nature Of
the lamentations occurring in milk
and cheese, S. M: Babcock, H. L. Rus
sell, A. Vivian and E. G. Hastings.
Causes operative in the formation
of silage S. M. Babcock and H. L.
Russell.
On the increased resistance of bac-
terra in milk pasteurized in contact
with the air, H. L. Russell and E. G.
Hastings.
the right distribution of water in crop
production. F. H. King.
Influence of close packing of corn
in the silo on the unavoidable losses
in making silage, F. H. King.
Development and distribution of nj
trates in cultivated field soils, F. Fl.
King and A. R. WhitsOn.
Studies on black marsh soil, F. H.
King and A. r. Whitson.
Field experiments with grain and
forage plants, r. A. Moore.
Treatment of seed oats to prevent
smut, A r. Moore,
Experiments in sugar beet culture
during 1900 and 1901, F. w Woll and
Roscoe H. Shaw.
Analysis of licensed fertilizers in
Wisconsin, 1901, F. w Woll and AL
fred Vivian.
An apparatus facilitating the anal,
ysis of sugar beets, Roscoe H. Shaw.
Miscellaneous chemical work, Ros-
coe H. Shaw
A study Of certain conditions affect
ing the setting of fruits, E. S. Golf.
Third report on experiment in pinch
ing raspberry shoots, F. Cranefield.
Experiments in sub-irrigation OF
flower beds, F. Cranefield
The influence of formalin on the
termination of oats, F. Cranefield.
The Wisconsin fertilizer law.
The Wisconsin concentrated feeding
stuff law.
The volume is profusely illustrated
and replete with statistics. There is
scarcely a department of agricultural
activity upon which some light is not
shed. Dean Henry announces with
deep regret the withdrawal from the
station force Of Prof. F. H. King, who
for many years past has so ably CON
Quoted the department of agricultural
physics. Mr.. Kings services to agri
culture are not only known and rec.
ognized by the farmers of Wisconsin
bit are appreciated by the agricultu.
| raj people Of the whole country. For
tunately for agriculture, Mr.. King
leaves for larger field of usefulness
being placed in charge of a division in
the department Of agriculture, Wash
| ington, D. G. The department he
| leaves will be in charge, temporarily
at least. of A. r. Whitson. who has
served as assistant professor in agri
| cultural physics during the past two
years. During the past year F. W
VOL, chemist Of the station, has been
| absent in Europe, pursuing studies in
agricultural chemistry, his place being
| filed by R. H. Shaw, formerly assist
ant chemist Of the New Hampshire
| experiment station
At its spring meeting the board Of
regents appointed T. T. Mcconnell
Jr., instructor in animal husbanory
By this addition the department Of an