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wild fruit. ^luch the. .stuiic work is Ix'iuu- attoinptcd with tlic i)ii|):iw. 

 Quite extensive feedinj*- expei-iiiieiits hiue been made with calves, 

 cows, and steers in testing" viirious corn and Katir coi'u feeds, skim 

 milk, buttermilk, alfalfa, and silaj»"C. Experiments are also in progress 

 to determine the best varieties of {4rasses for permanent pasture, of 

 annuals for spring and fall pasture, and of crops for silage. The 

 station is cooperating with the Bureau of Animal Industr}' of this 

 Department in studying the conditions and limitations incident to the 

 extension of the dairy industry in the short-grass country between the 

 Mississippi River and the Kooky Mountains, with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry in testing novelties introduced by the seed trade and cereal 

 investigations, with the Bureau of Chemistry in studying the availa])le 

 plant food in soils, and with this Ofhce in irrigation investigations. 



A new physical science hall has been completed at a cost of $57,000, 

 exclusive of the heating plant and equipment. This is a tine building, 

 and gives excellent accommodation for the chemical work of the sta- 

 tion. The college has commenced the erection of a conuuodious 

 auditorium with an appropriation of $40,000 made bj' the last legis- 

 lature, and a dairy building to cost $15,000, which was ])rovided b}' 

 the same appropriation. The total amount appropriated at that time 

 for buildings and the maintenance of the college was $240. 2H0, to 

 extend over the biennial period. This includes $5,000 for an addi- 

 tion to the shops, $10,500 for additional land, $10,000 for a water 

 plant, $5,000 per annum for animal husbandr}', $2,000 per amuun 

 for agrononi}', $1,500 per annum for horticulture, and $2,000- per 

 annum for farmers' institutes. A number of changes have been made 

 in the station staff during the yeav. The dairy husbandman, who has 

 just i-ecently resigned from the station, was made animal husltand- 

 man, and E. H. Webster, assistant in dairying, Avas made dairy hus- 

 ])an(lman. The latter has now resigned to enter the Dairy Division of 

 this Department, and is succeeded by Oscar Erf, lately of the ITniver- 

 sity of Illinois, who is also made animal husbandman. There have 

 been changes also in the veterinary and chemistry departments. 



The work at the Fort Ha3's Bi'anch Station has been largely of a 

 pioneer character, such crops being growai as could be i)lanted on sod. 

 An exctdlent crop of wheat was harvested, and tests of macaroni 

 wheat, l>arley, and a large variety of grasses and forage cr()])s were 

 made. An orchard of 300 trees and a vineyard of 500 vines have 

 made good growth. The l(»gislature appropriated a totjil of $32,500 

 for the su))port of this station during the bieimial period, including 

 $1,000 for ii-i"igation investigations in cooperation with this Oflice. 

 The experiments with cereals, grasses, and forage plants in coopera- 

 tion with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Dcpai'tmiMit nvi\ 

 conducted at (he I'orl Hays Station and near llalst«'ad. in Har\ey 

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