LinTliR Ol- SIP.MITTAL. 



Office of Experiment Stations, 



Washingt<m^ I). CI, Fehruary 2^ 190.'^. 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the annual i-f^port of the 

 Oftice of Experiment Stations, whidi inehules a report on the work 

 and expenditures of the ai>ricultui-al experiment stations in the United 

 States for the liscal year ended June 8(J, ll>03. 



This is the ninth annual report on the Avork and expenditures of the 

 aj^rieultural experiment stations in the United States, made b}' the 

 Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, under instructions from 

 the Secretar}' of Agriculture. As heretofore, the report is based on 

 three sources of information, viz, the annual iinancial statements of the 

 stations, rendered on the schedules prescribed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, in accordance with the act of Congress; the printed 

 reports and ))ulletins of the stations; and the reports of personal 

 examinations of the work and expenditures of the stations made dur- 

 ing the past year by the Director, assistant director, and one other 

 expert officer of the Office of Experiment Stations. 



In addition to the brief accounts of all the stations, the detailed 



reports of the special agents in charge of the stations in Alaska, 



Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and siunmary statements regarding the special 



investigations in charge of this Office have been included, together 



with special articles on progress in agricultural education, farmers' 



institutes in the United States, instruction in agriculture in land-grant 



colleges and schools for colored persons, development of the text-hook 



of agriculture in North America, agricultural economics as a subject 



of study in the agi'icultural college, experiment station work with 



apples, a summary of recent American work on feeding stuffs, and 



organization of governing boards and rules adopted b}' them for the 



regulation of agricultural experiment stations. 



Very respectfully, A. ('. True, 



Director. 

 Hon. . I AMES Wilson, 



Scerftdvy of Agriculturi'. 



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