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STATION STAFF. 



L. (i. Carpenter," 'SI. S., Director; Irrii/a- F. M. Rolfs, B. S., AnitiMmit Iforllenllurlst. 



lion EiKjiiuir. A. M. llawlev, Scrrttdrij. 



C. P. (iilU'tte, M. S., J'Jittoiiio/oijial. A. J). Milli^'un, Clerk, Stenoi/rtij)her. 



\V. P. Ileaddcii, :vr. A., Tii. I)., Cliemis/. F. C. Alfcnl, B. 8., AmMoul C/,emi.'<l. 



Wendell Paddock, !\1. S., lintmiist, llorli- Karl Doujjlass, B. S., AsHisUnil Chewinl. 



riiltiirisl. R. E. Triinl)le, B. S., AHsiMnnt Meteorolo- 



Ci. II. (ili)ver, M. S., D. \'. M., Veleri- r/isl, Irrif/otion JCiie/iueer. 



nnrian. S. Arthur Jolin.son, ^I. S., AgmMrwt En- 



W. L. C'arlyle, B. S. A., Animal IIuKhawl- lomolotjisf. 



iinni. P. K. P.liiin, B. S., Fiel<l A'/enl, Arbnim.'< 



A. II. Daniel.son, B. S., Af/ronomlnl. VnUeij SnliHlnlion, Jiorlci/Jonl. 



J. E. Payne, M. S., Field Agent. 



OEXERAI, OUTI.OOK. 



Tho Colorado Station has continuod lines of work forniorl}- in 

 proj^ress, giving considora})le attention to irrigation investigation.s, 

 the utilization of by-products of the sugar hcet, and horticultural 

 investigations. The chemist has made digestion experiments with 

 sheep on coarse fodders, and the agriculturist soiling experiments with 

 cows and feeding experiments with pigs. The results of a miml)er of 

 feeding experiments with cows, pigs, and lambs have l)een published. 

 The chemist is also studying the changes in the composition and 

 character of the solids and sediment of irrigation waters at different 

 stasfcs, and also in stored water. The horticulturist is studvinjr the 

 Rhizoctonia of potatoes — the cause of largo tops and no tubers, and 

 conducting a number of experiments in cooperation with a large number 

 of farmers to secure varieties resistant to Rhizoctonia. He is also con- 

 ducting cooperative experiments with fertilizers for fruit trees. The 

 experiments in cooperation with this Department now include investiga- 

 tions of the gluten content of wheat, sugar-beet investigations, the 

 influence of environment on the sugar content of nmskmelons, and the 

 aval la) )1(^ plan t food in soils with the Bui-eau of Chemist ly: investigations 

 of the conditions and limitations incident to the extension of the dairy 

 industry in the short-grass country between the iNIississippi ^'allev and 

 the Rocky Mountaijis with the Bureau of Animal Indnstiv. On the 

 farm the breedin<'- and selection of macaroni wheats have l)een given 

 attention, and there have also been expeiiments with varieties of 

 wheat in the San Luis Valley to secure an earlier-rijxMiing vaiiety. 

 Range ex])eriments have been in progress on a tract belonging to the 

 colleg(! farm. 



The station has now practically closed down its substation work. 

 The Arkan.sas Valley Substation has been rented to a ])rogressive 

 graduate f)f the colh^ge, wiio will do some ex})erinnMiting foi* the sta- 

 tion to make further tests of some things which have been tried there. 



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