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The Iowa Stiitioii li;is contiimcil iiii|)()it:int iii\ est i<,^iit ions in animal 

 hus])aii(lrv sii])j)l«Mni'nto(l hy coDjxiMliN c t'ccdint,'- cxiMMMiiicnts Mn a 

 lar<,^(' scale on the Brookinont I'aiiii at Odoholt. l)inin<,' tlic j)ast 

 winter iJ(»0 steers and oOU hoj^s were fed (PI. II. liiif. 'J). Tn these 

 experiments the stock-food companies declined to eooi)erate, and the 

 experiment was modified so as to test the relatix'e \alue of Sonthern 

 cattle, as compared with native ran<,»'e and hii^h-hred catth; and the 

 ellects of ditl'erent amounts of j^i'ain, dillei'ent kinds of roughage, 

 etc. There were also corn-])reedin<r exjx'i-iments and cultural experi- 

 ments on the lirookinont Farm, and all (»!' this work was under the 

 supervision of station ex])erts. Fhe agronomic work of tiie station 

 has been jifreatly broadened and now includes extensive experiments 

 in corn breedinj^, corn improvement, and the testin*^ of j)romising 

 vai'ieties of cereals and j^rasses. In the division of horticulture the 

 work with hardy fruits and ornamental plants has })een continucnl and 

 sjK'cial experiments in the l)re(Mlino<)f rosOs adapted to Iowa conditions 

 have Ijeen undertaken. In the dairy division special investigaticnis in 

 reference to the water content of butter are beinjr conducted. In 

 addition to the cooperative enterprises conducted at Odebolt, the 

 station is cooi)erating Avith farmers in other parts of the State iji the 

 improvement of corn and other grains, with the liureau of Animal 

 Industry of this Department in investigations in breeding sheep to 

 produce a type l^etter suited to range conditions, with the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry in cereal investigations and tests of novelties intro- 

 duced ])v the seed trade, and with the Bureau of Chemistry in studying 

 the available plant food in soils and in sugai'-beet investigations. 



The Iowa college has completely reorganized its courses of study 

 and now ofi'ers four full four-year courses in agriculture specialized 

 along the lines of animal husl)andry, agronomy, horticulture, and 

 dairying. The agronomy work has been greatly broadened and 

 strengthened during the year, and a chair of farm mechanics has been 

 established in connection Avith it, to which C. J. Zintheo, latel}' of the 

 North Dakota Agricultural College, has been elected. For the accom- 

 modation of the woi"k in farm mechanics a fireproof addition to the 

 agricultural l)uilding, (j<) by loo feet, two stories in height, with two 

 balconies, has been erected. A new judging pavilion for animal hus- 

 bandry and agronomy has recently been completed at a cost of about 

 $15,000. (See Progress in Agricultural Education, p. 600). This build- 

 ing is 65 feet in diameter, two stories high, octagonal in form, and 

 su})stantially built of brick, with a slate roof. Al)out 4,000 square feet 

 of additional greenhouse room has been provided for the departments 

 of hoi'ticulture, agronomy, and entomology. Kev. A. B. Storms, of 

 Des Moines, has recently been elected to the presidenc}' of the college 



