150 REPORT OF OFFICE OP EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows: 



United States appropriation. Hatch Act $15. (X)0.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 15, 000. 00 



State appropriation for substations, including balance 



from previous year 23,249.31 



Farm products 35,808.33 



Balance from previous year 8, G88. 20 



Total 97, 745. 84 



The Nebraska station is in a thoroughly prosperous condition, and 

 its work is much appreciated throughout the State. Its investiga- 

 tions in a number of lines are conspicuous for their excellence. 



NEVADA. 



Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, Reno. 



Department of Nevada State University. 



J. E. Stubbs, M. a., D. D., LL. D., Director. 



During the past year the Nevada station did not enter upon the 

 study of new problems but confined its work to the projects already 

 in hand. The State appropriated $3,000 for general station expenses 

 and $2,000 for meteorological work on Mount Rose. (PL VI, figs. 1 

 and 2.) The live-stock equipment of the station was increased by the 

 purchase of some pure-bred cattle and sheep of different breeds. The 

 inspection work under the station is provided for by the State for the 

 current biennium, as follows: For food and drug insj^ection, $12,000 ; 

 for the insjDection of weights and measures, $4,000; and for the main- 

 tenance of the State Hygienic Laboratory at Elko. $10,000. 



Work on most of the Adams fund projects was actively pursued 

 during the year. In the investigation on poisonous plants a consider- 

 able quantity of poisonous extract obtained was studied as to its 

 composition and chemical reactions. The matter of antidotes was 

 also given consideration. 



The meteorological investigations were continued and observations 

 were made on snow with reference to depth, density, and evaporation, 

 and the effect of forests, different kinds of trees, broken ground, and 

 of sunlight was studied. A temperature survey of the Truckee Valley 

 was made to determine the possibility of successfully heating orchards 

 for the prevention of injury from late spring frosts in this particular 

 region, and other studies of this nature were made in determining 

 the possible forecasting of frosts from mountain tops. Considerable 

 work was done in perfecting apparatus and instruments for making 

 different meteorological records. Efforts were also made to ascertain 

 the quantity of seasonal moisture in the mountains available for 

 irrigation. 



