lUO REPORT OK t)KFlC"E OF KXl'EUIMKNT STATIONS. 



uiulortiikcn. Eight acres have been set aside for botanical and liorti- 

 cidtural experiments, Avhich will include tests of fruit trees from nur- 

 series in dill'erent parts of the country to secure stock best suited to 

 Nevada conditions, experiments with cover croj)s for orchards to con- 

 serve irri<ration Avater, and adai)tati()n tests of ornamental trees and 

 fc-hrubs. Nearly 1,000 shrubs have been received from the Arnold 

 Arboretum. Forage plant problems and range studies with winter 

 range for sheep are continued, grass and forage plant gardens have 

 been started, and small forest plantings have been made. Studies 

 of anthracnose, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and life history and 

 means for repression of grasshoppers have been made. 



The last legislature appropriated $10,000 for the equipment and 

 support for two years of a substation in southern Nevada where horti- 

 cultural and agricultural })roblems are to be studied. The station 

 library has been put in better condition for use. Farmers' institutes 

 have been conducted as heretofore by station men, and farmers are 

 making large demands for station publications. 



A reorganization of the station staff and duties has been jDlanned 

 that will relieve the officers from considerable teaching, to the advan- 

 tage of the station work. If this is carried out as contemplated it 

 should make more funds available for station investigations. The 

 State's contribution to the station has hitherto been very meager, 

 the assigned reason being the relative unimportance of agriculture 

 in comparison with mining and other industries, but Avith the funds 

 given for a substation in the southern part of the State a beginning 

 has been made that may lead to continued support of the station. 

 Additional income is needed for the proper equipment of the station 

 that its work can be placed on a broader and more efficient basis. 



LINES OF "WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Nevada Station during 

 the past year were as follows: Chemistry; botany — studies of range 

 problems; soils; field experiments — tests of varieties of wheat, 

 grasses, alfalfa, and other forage plants; horticulture; forestry; 

 animal breeding; animal diseases — anthrax and pleuro-pneumonia; 

 entomolog}', and irrigation. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation .$15,000.00 



Farm products 698.42 



Balance from previous year jj05. 29 



Total 16,203.71 



