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in addition to an annual grant of $10,000 for extension work by the 

 station. 



The Iowa Experiment Station has a permanent State approjoriation 

 of $15,000 a year, and the last State legislature made an additional 

 annual grant of $15,000. The State also appropriated $50,000 yearly 

 for extension work. 



The State of Kansas appropriated for the biennium $45,000 for the 

 station, $75,000 for extension work, $4G,300 for the Fort Hays sub- 

 station, $7,500 for the Garden City substation, and $125,000 for an 

 addition to the agricultural building at the college. 



At the Michigan station a soil house was constructed for the pur- 

 pose of conducting soil investigations under the Adams fund, and a 

 piggery was built for use in connection with the preparation of 

 hog-cholera serum. 



The Minnesota station completed during the year an experimental 

 industrial alcohol plant, wath a capacity of 100 proof gallons per day. 

 The extension department of the college is maintained annually 

 with $25,000 and $2,500 additional for dairy extension work. 



The Missouri station purchased 80 acres of land for its horticul- 

 tural department. The new buildings recently completed and their 

 costs were as follows: Veterinary laboratory, $30,000; wagon and im- 

 plement barn, $2,000; dairy barn, $12,000; hog-cholera serum labo- 

 ratory, $1,500; and cattle sheds, $300. This station also has for the 

 year 1911-12 for outl^dng experiments, $15,000; hog-cholera serum 

 manufacture and distribution, $25,000; for agricultural laboratories, 

 $8,000; for running expenses of the station, $20,000; and for a State 

 soil survey, $12,000. A number of other appropriations were made in 

 which the station is jointly interested with the college. 



The Montana station has available for the biennium $42,500 for 

 the station, $10,000 for dry farming and horticultural substations, 

 $36,000 for demonstration work in dry farming, and $23,500 for 

 buildings and other improvements. At the station at Bozeman 

 $10,000 was used in the erection of greenhouses. 



At the Nebraska station a steer-feeding plant was completed for 

 $11,200. Improvements made at three substations amounted to 

 $21,050. For the biennium beginning April 1, 1911, the North 

 Platte substation is provided with $30,000, the Valentine substation 

 with $15,000, and the Scotts Bluff substation with $5,000. There 

 was further appropriated $15,000 for a serum plant at the main 

 •station at Lincoln, $35,000 for agricultural extension, and $85,000 

 for a buildinor for agricultural botanv, horticulture, and entomologv. 



The Nevada Legislature made an appropriation of $2,000 for cli- 

 matological work and $3,000 for general station work. 



For the current biennium the New Hampshire station received 

 $5,000 for a horse barn, $3,000 for the purchase of live stock, $1,500 



