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cows in hopes that with a clearer understanding of causes a 

 remedy may be discovered for this disease which has been so 

 prevalent during the last quarter of a century and which has 

 caused more loss in the dairy than all other diseases combined. 



Reports which have reached us from many parts of the State 

 during the last year indicate that the mortality among swine 

 has been unusually large, due to causes which have not yet 

 been discovered. Experiments have been begun with a view 

 of determining the cause and remedy for this trouble. 



The force of the Station has been doubled during the last two 



years, many investigations and experiments along lines which 



bear upon nearly every agricultural industry of the State are 



being vigorously prosecuted and the Station staff is working 



harmoniously and enthusiastically for a common purpose — the 



advancement of those industries which are embraced under the 



generic term "Agriculture." 



I. P. Roberts. 



