STATIONS IN ALASKA, HAWAII, AND PORTO RICO. 39 



In the work of the Office relatint^ to at^ricultural education special 

 emphasis has been phiced on encouraging the establislinient of secondary 

 and elementary courses in agriculture, and to aid this movement pub- 

 lications have been issued showing the progress 'already made in these 

 lines. Advantage has been taken of a considerable numlier of oppor- 

 tunities to bring these matters directl}" to the attention of teachers at 

 meetings of their associations in different parts of the country. 



The Office has continued to have charge of the agricultural experi- 

 ment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and of the nutrition 

 and irrigation investigations which are conducted in different parts of 

 the country, largel}' in cooperation with the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations. 



In cooperation with the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations, the Office has undertaken a large 

 amount of work in connection with an exhibit of the progress of agri- 

 cultural education and research at the St. Louis Exposition. 



With the development of the work of the experiment stations and 

 kindred institutions in this country and abroad, the pu))lications of 

 this Office based on the reports of these institutions have increased in 

 number and variet}-. Results of the special investigations in charge 

 of this Office have also accumulated so as to afford more material for 

 useful publication. For these reasons, the extent of the publications 

 of the Office has increased during the past year. Special efforts have, 

 however, been made to publish this material in forms which will con- 

 tril)ute to its effective and economical distribution. 



The records of the Division of Publications for the fiscal j^ear ended 

 June 30, 1!H)8, show that out of a total of 456 original publications 

 issued b}' the Department during that year 128 were from this Office, 

 and that 182 of our documents were reprinted out of a total of 482 for 

 the Department. The aggregate number of copies of publications of 

 this Office issued during the year was 2,255,400 out of a total of 

 11,698,564 for the Department. Of these pu})lications 1,998,000 were 

 Farmers' Bulletins prepared in this Office. 



From this statement it will be seen that the Office is doing a large 

 work in providing means by which the results of agricultural investi- 

 gations made by our State experiment stations and kindred institutions 

 throughout the world can readilv be made use of bv farmers through- 

 out the United States. 



A brief account of the general ))usiness of the Office will be found 

 on page <>(), and details of its operations are given in other portions of 

 this report. 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN ALASKA, HAWAII, AND PORTO RICO. 



In Alaska experiment stations were maintained during the past fiscal 

 year at Sitka, Kenai, and Rampait. A new station was estiiblished at 

 Copper Center, and co()]iei:iti\ c investigations wei-e carried on in a 



