XLII REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



FUTURE WORK. 



The future work, as now planned, will be the supervision and exe- 

 cution of the cooperative investigations with the experiment stations, 

 which, during- the coming 3"ear. will consume a large part of the time 

 and resources of the Division. The ticld work will be carried into 

 regions that have not hitherto been studied. The routine and office 

 work of the Division will be carried on as indicated above under the 

 present plan of organization. Preliminary arrangements are being 

 made for undertaking experiments in methods of destroving Johnson 

 and other noxious grasses, but until appropriations are made for this 

 new line of work little can be done. Each year the importance of the 

 field work is becoming more and more manifest, one of its useful pur- 

 poses being the bringing of the work of the Division before farmers 

 and ranchmen and others interested in the various parts of the coun- 

 tr3\ The extensive plans now made for carrying on the work in 

 cooperation with the experiment stations will demand close supervision 

 of experts in the lines of w^ork contemplated and necessitate consider- 

 able increase in the Division force. 



EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS AND GROUNDS. 



The Experimental Gardens and Grounds comprise about 35 acres, 

 and ever since the organization of the Department the}' have been in 

 charge of Mr. William Saunders. Mr. Saunders died on September 

 11 of this year at the age of 78 years. He was a man of sterling integ- 

 rity, and during his long and useful life labored constantly to advance 

 the cause of agriculture in all of its branches. The Gardens and 

 Grounds have been placed in charge of Mr. B. T. Galloway, who 

 since 1887 has been chief of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and 

 Pathology. 



FUTURE WORK. 



The future work of the Gardens and Grounds will be along broad 

 horticultural lines. The grounds will be used as an object lesson for 

 encouraging the adornment of the home and also for a study of the 

 problems which will lead to the making of the farm hpme more attract- 

 ive. Close cooperation will be effected with other Divisions in the 

 Department, and every facility will be afforded them to strengthen 

 their work. A study of nuts, fruits, and other horticultural crops will 

 be undertaken with a view of disseminating the rarer and more prom- 

 ising sorts, and determining the conditions best suited to their growth. 

 Special attention will he given to the encouragement of new horticul- 

 tural industries and the advancement of knowledge along these lines in 



