ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — Arizona SUition, Deglet Noor date palm three years after 



plantinij at Tenii)e. Fig. 2. — Arizona Station, melon experi- 

 ment at IMioenix, animal husbandry jjart of farm in back- 



gnnmd 84 



II. Fig. 1. — Illinois Station, feeding sheds and pens. Fig. 2. — Iowa 



Station, cooperative feeding experiment at Odebolt 108 



III. Fig. I. — Kentucky Station, dairy barn. Fig. 2. — Kentucky Sta- 



tion, interior of dairy l)arn 120 



IV. Fig. 1. — Michigan ('ollege and Station, bacteriological laboratory, 



with stalls and hospital for animals in rear. Fig. 2. — Missouri 



College and Station, laboratory for animal breeding 132 



V. Ala.ska stations, samples of barley and oats grown at U. S. Experi- 

 ment Station in the Copper River Valley, season of 1903 336 



VI. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, site of Copper Center Station. Fig. 2. — 

 Alaska stations, first station building in course of construction 



at Copper ('enter 340 



VII. Fig. 1. — Alaska staitions, field of ripe Manshury barley at Copper 

 Center Station. Fig. 2. — Ala.ska stations, cutting ripe Manshury 



barley with mower, at Copper Center Station 344 



VIII. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, shock of IManshury barley at Copper 

 Center Station. Fig. 2. — Alaska stations, shock of sixty-day 



< )ats at Copjier Center Station 348 



I.X. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, drilling winter wheat at Copper Center 

 Station. Fig. 2. — Alaska stations, Yaroslav emmer nearly ripe 



at Copper Center Station 348 



X. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, breaking newly cleared land at Kenai 

 Station. Fig. 2. — Alaska stations, grain grown in 1903 at Ram- 

 part, latitude 65° N 352 



XI. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, ])atcli <if l)uckwheatin bloom at Kenai 

 Station. Fig. 2. — Alaska stati(jns, field of l'>urt Extra Early 



oats at Kenai Station 352 



XII. Fig. 1. — Alaska stations, station buildings at Kenai Station. Fig. 



2. — Alaska stations, new barn at Kenai Station 356 



XIII. Kig. 1. — Alaska stations, Mr. A. Lawson's garden, Sunrise, Cook 



Inlet, August 15. Fig. 2. — Alaska stations, cablnige and pota- 

 toes at Hope, Cook Inlet, August 16 376 



XIV. Hawaii Station, view of station buildings and grounds 392 



XV. Fig. 1. — Hawaii Station, pineapple plantation. Fig. 2. — Hawaii 



Station, a coffee mill 4U8 



XVI. Fig. 1. — Hawaii Station, the Ilamakua forest. Fig. 2. — Hawaii 



Station, forest destruction by overgrazing 412 



XVII. Fi^. 1. — Hawaii Station, papaya tree. Fig. 2. — Hawaii Station, 



native orange tree 416 



.\\'I!1. I'i^'. I. — Porto Rico Station, experimental pineapple plantation. 



Fig. 2.— Porto Rico Station, experimental banana ])lantation. . 424 



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