CONTENTS 



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Work of the Office of Experiment Stations 13 



Relations with the agricultural experiment stations 13 



Insular experiment stations 15 



Alaska stations 16 



Hawaii station 20 



Porto Rico station 24 



Guam station 27 



Nutrition investigations 30 



Irrigation investigations 33 



California 33 



Colorado 34 



Kansas 34 



Montana 34 



Nebraska 34 



Nevada 34 



Oregon 35 



Wyoming 35 



Cooperation with the Bureau of the Census 35 



Aid to settlers ' 36 



Use of water 37 



Management of irrigation enterprises 39 



Drainage investigations 40 



Improvement of farm lands 41 



Drainage of swamp lands 42 



Reclamation of overflowed lands 44 



Drainage of inigated lands 45 



Technical investigations 46 



Preliminary examinations and reconnoissance 47 



Dissemination of information 47 



Promotion of agricultural education 48 



Farmers' institutes and extension work 50 



Publications 51 



Income 52 



Work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations 53 



Review of the year 53 



Increase in funds and equipment 55 



Substations and demonstration farms 58 



Changes in personnel 60 



Dr. Edward B. Voorhees 60 



Some results of station work 62 



Progress in foreign countries 66 



Inspection of the stations 68 



Alabama College station 68 



Alabama Tuskegee station 71 



Alaska stations 72 ^ 



Arizona station 74 



Arkansas station ^ 76 



California station 78 



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