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Tlic ( 'lit'N cmir \\ flls farm is also leased. Tlie slatioii iiiaiiitaiiis two 

 Held agents, one in the Arkansas \ alley and one on the plains, who 

 have heen (loin<( eoiisiderahle useful woi'k in a pi'aetieal way and in 

 the di>seniination of information, the colleetion of data, etc. A reser- 

 voir with an area of 50 acres and an inlet for eonductin<,'' storm water 

 from an extensive watei'shed iiave been under constinu^tion durin<r 

 the year, and a strueture for a c<Mitral heatint^- plant is iieariii}^ com- 

 pletion. The last le<jfislature made an a[)pro[)i-iation of $40,()(»(» for a 

 l)uildin<;" for the department of cixil and ii-rie^ation eii«(ineerinj^ at the 

 collefje. in which provision will also be made for the office of the sta- 

 tion director. Several chanees in the station sttitf, especiall}' amonj]^ 

 assistants, have occurred during the year. The vacancy in the posi- 

 tion of professor of aj^riculturc in the college and agriculturist of the 

 station has l)een filled by the election of W. L. Carlyle, of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin. The director of the station has been made 

 State irrigation engineer, but still retains his position in the station. 



The Colorado Station has investigations of considerable importance 

 in ])rogress. The most extensive and important pro])lems under con- 

 sideration are those relating to irrigation, and it is much to be desired 

 that nothing shall interfere with the vigorous and S3^stematic prosecu- 

 tion of these investigations. The farm operations of this station need 

 to be more fully ])ut under the control of its expert officers. Lack of 

 funds has compelled the station to restrict its work in a number of 

 directions, including especiall}' horticulture and animal husbandr}^, 

 and it is hoped that means may be provided soon for extending the 

 work of the station along these important lines. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Colorado Station 

 during the past year were as follows: Chemistr}' — analysis of soils 

 and irrigation waters, sugar-beet investigations, studies of methods 

 of analyzing feeding stuffs, etc.; field experiments — variety tests of 

 wheat and oats for difl'erent altitudes; horticulture; diseases of plants; 

 .entomology — study of the codling moth, grasshoppers, various l)orers 

 and leaf rollers, cutworms, and insects working on sugar ])eets and 

 cantaloupes; irrigation — use of water, measurements of losses from 

 ditches, studies of means for economizing water, measurements of 

 seepage on the Platte, the Arkansas, the Kio Grande, and their 

 tributaries. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation ^15, 000. 00 



Farm products 133. 67 



Miscellaneous, inclu(liii<; l):il:ince from prcvJKUS year 994.05 



Total 16, 127. 72 



