14li KKI'olM' OK OFKK'K (»K KXriCRIMKNT STA'J'IONS. 



MONTANA. 



Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, liit-.nmin. 

 l)»'j)artim'iit nf the Moiitana ('m11c;_'c df Ajiiicultiiri^ uikI Mechanic Arte. 



• (lOVKKNINti ItOAKI). 



Ivxecutive Ixuiril: Walter S. Ilarlinaii {/ 'resident), Jiozernan; Peter Kodi (Si-cn'tartf 

 1111(1 JVi'di^urer), Buzeiium; .loliii M. lv(jbiiifion, Bozanan; Joseph Kountz, Bozemnii; 

 K. W. Laiiiine, Bozanan. 



STATION STAKK. 



S. Fortier," 31. 1')., IHrccAur; Jrriijaliou ii. W . Fisher, Ji. S., AnKUituiU llorticid- 



Eugineer. lurut. 



\' . K. Cheaiiut, Chemist. Eihnund lUirke, Asi<i'itaiit Chemist. 



V. n. Liiilield, B. S. A., Ariliir; Diirdor; J. W. Blaiikiiiship, Pii. I)., Botanist 

 Agriculturist, Animal Iliisliaiubiiaii. II. A. C(Kjley, 13. IS., Zoologist. 



\\. J. F^Uiott, A.'isistant Ikiiri/ma7t. 

 M. A. Lamnie, Stenographer, Clerk. 



(GENERAL OUTI.OOK. 



The Montana Station has continued many of the investigations pre- 

 viously reported, and has arrived at some conclusions of considerable 

 value. The data from four years' experiments in feeding steers and 

 sheep in carload lots are now available for publication. The residts 

 of investigations with poisonous plants have been pu])lished and some 

 suggestions made which, if put in practice, should lead to a great 

 decrease in the poisoning of animals. The investigations with sugar 

 beets show that a number of valleys in Montana, particularly those of 

 the Bitter Root and Yellowstone rivers, are well adapted to the pro- 

 duction of sugar beets. The pure-food investigations have ))rought 

 some valuable results. The station has recently announced its di.scov- 

 er}' of .salic3dic acid as a normal constituent of several kind.s of fruit, 

 and it is possible that the acid thus normally' found in fruit has been 

 at times mistaken for an adulterant. The irrigation investigations in 

 cooperation with this Office have been continued as a leading feature 

 of the station work. The director is now on leave of absence for a 

 year to take charge of the irrigation investigations of this Office in 

 California, and the agriculturist is acting director. 



Some new lines of work have been taken up during the year, nota})ly 

 some preliminar}" work in experiments on dry land and on testing the 

 cfi'ect of earl}' spring and late fall irrigation. A begiiuiing has bc(Mi 

 made also in dair}^ investigations, which will be considerably extended 

 in the ensuing 3'ear. Cultures of fungus for the destruction of grass- 

 hoppers have been sent out to some extent. A new seed ])arn and 

 granary and a central heating plant have been erected, and an appro- 



« On leave. 



