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of this crop were grown at the station. Guy Mayle barley has proved 

 especially good for dry farming, and Banner oats and Stanley wheat 

 have also been found promising for the State. 



The veterinarian continued work on contagious abortion, investi- 

 gated infectious anemia in horses, and studied the effect of ticks on 

 different animals. 



The extension work is organized under the college, and the station 

 force cooperated in this work by giving lectures at farmers' institutes, 

 public-school teachers' institutes, and high schools. 



The following publications were received from this station during 

 the year: Bulletins 79, Seventh Annual Eeport of the State Ento- 

 mologist of Montana; 80, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs for Mon- 

 tana; 81, The Destruction of Hydraulic Cements by the Action of 

 Alkali Salts; Circulars 5, Alfalfa Management in Montana; 6, Flax 

 Growing in M6ntana ; and the Annual Eeport for 1909. 



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



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. 00 



State appropriation 44, 353. 99 



Fees 6,858.19 



Miscellaneous 9, 432. 66 



Total 90, 644. 84 



The Montana station is working closely in the interests of the 

 agricultural people of the State. Its work along all lines is much 

 appreciated, and the large number of settlers coming into the State 

 has caused an increase in the demand for information. The research 

 work of the station is being placed on a stronger basis. 



NEBRASKA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska, LincaJn. 



Department of the University of Nebraska. 



E. A. Burnett, B. S., Director. 



The Nebraska station made general progress in its lines of work, 

 although the severe dry weather of the year interfered with some of 

 the experiments, esj)ecially those conducted in the drier parts of the 

 State. At the newly established substations improvements were made 

 and experimental work started. A house and barn costing $6,500 were 

 constructed and other improvements amounting to about $2,500 were 

 completed at the Valentine substation, and improvements, including a 

 barn, were made at the Scotts Bluff' substation at a cost of about $2,000. 

 At Lincoln the steer- feeding plant (PI. V, fig. 2) was completed at a 

 cost of about $11,200, and at the North Platte substation there were 



