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breeding for drought resistance. The results of seven years' work, 

 covering a wide range of field and other crops under dry-farming 

 methods in different parts of the State, were published during the 

 year in Bulletin 112. 



Irrigation investigations, mainly in cooperation with this office, 

 continued to be one of the leading features of the station's activities, 

 the larger portion of the work being supported by State appropria- 

 tion. Testing the value of flood waters on sugar beets, grain, pota- 

 toes, and other crops was continued, and studies were made with 

 reference to the best times of application and the amounts of water 

 to use in the irrigation of potatoes and sugar beets. Attention was 

 also given to irrigation as an important factor in the study of the 

 milling qualities of wheat and of the study of the movement of nitric 

 nitrogen in soils. 



A drainage investigation, also in cooperation with this office and 

 conducted under State funds, was continued, and the results of work 

 in reclaiming seeped and alkali lands were published in Bulletin 

 111 of the station. In this work it was found that the ground-water 

 level had been permanently lowered, and the leaching out of the 

 harmful alkaline salts by means of rain and snow, as well as irriga- 

 tion water, had been made possible. The large number of drainage 

 projects in different parts of the State were under way, and a number 

 of drainage surveys were made. 



The publications received from this station during the year were 

 as follows: Bulletins 109, The Nitrogen and Humus Problem in 

 Dry-land Farming; 110, The Alfalfa Leaf-weevil; 111, The Recla- 

 mation of Seeped and Alkali Lands; 112, A Report of Seven Years' 

 Investigation of Dry-farming Methods; and 113, The Influence of 

 the Combined Harvester on the Value of the Wheat. 



The income of the station for 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 13, 036. 18 



Farm products 4,240.60 



Miscellaneous 520. 72 



Total 47, 797. 50 



The Utah station is prepared to extend and strengthen its work 

 in several important lines; More liberal support has been secured 

 from the State, its staff has been strengthened, and its problems of 

 investigation more clearly defined. 



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