144 WFIMKT OF OFKK'F (>F KXl'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



Ni:itI{ASKA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska, I/iucoln. 

 l>fl);irtm('iit 111' tlic riii\cr>i( y nf Ncbrii.^ka. 



r.OVERNIN(! IIOAIU). 



Ropcnts of tlif I'tiiviTsily: (Joorge F. Kniowi'r { Prcndenl) , ]yi'i)icr; E. von Forell, 

 Aiirord; Carl J. Knist, (hnnhit; Elisha (". (!alkiIl^^, Kenriiei/; Edson 1*. Ricli, Onuiliii; 

 John L. Teeters, Lhicithi; Jaiiu'S S. Dales {Sccrctiini), Lincoln. 



STATION STAKK. 



E. A. I'uniett, I>. S., Director; Animal ( >. \'. T. Stonl, (". E., Irrigation Engineer. 



IIuxInuKbnan. Samuel Avery, Ph. I)., C'lirinl.st. 



T. L. Lyon, B. S. A., AsHociate Director; R. A. Emerson, B. 8., Ifortlrultnrist. 



Agriciilttirlxt. A. L. Ilaeeker, B. S., Dairy ffiinlxindrnan. 



H. H. Nicholson, 'SI. A., Chemixt. II. R.Smith, B. S., Anlmul /fiishiiniJmiin. 



C. E. Bessey, Bii. n., LL.D., 5oto>m7. J. II. (Jain, M. !».('., Assi.staid Animal 

 Lawrence Bruner, B. S., KntuinoUxjist. Patholoyi.^. 



E. II. Barbour, Pn. D., (holofjist. W. P. Snyder, Amsiant in Aiiimal JIuh- 

 A. T. Peters, D. A'. M., Animal Pathol- haudry. 



ogiM. S. W. Perrin, Farm Foreman. 



G. D. Swezey, 31. A., Meteorologist. J. S. Dales, Pn. M., Financial Secretary. 



W. W. Marshall, ExeaUive Clerk: 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Nebraska Station has conthiucd the main lin(>s of investigation 

 previously reported. The resuUs of eight dificrent feeding experi- 

 ments witli cattle and pigs have been published. These experiments 

 extended over a series of years and included a large number of tests 

 of difl'erent rations to compare different kinds of roughage alone and 

 in combination with grains. In experiments to determine the best 

 week in a cow's lactation it was found that nine-tenths of the cows 

 made their best records during the first ten weeks of lactation, and 

 that over one-half made their best records during the first month. An 

 eft'ort is being made to improve corn by the selection of varieties 

 adapted to the different sections of the State and b}^ the selection of 

 individual plants of d(>sirable ([ualities. Investigations are in progress 

 to determine a cheap and effective method of destroying pocket gophers 

 and prairie dogs. Experiments in dipping cattle for psoroptic scabies 

 are in progress. 



Investigations in cooperation with about 1,70() farmers arc ])eing 

 carried on to test varieties of corn, winter wh(>at, macaroni wheat, and 

 Kherson oats, several of these cereals being varieties introduced by 

 this Department. Forestry plantations ar<> continued in cooperation 

 with the BuriMui of Forestry, also studies of the intluiMicc of environ- 

 ment on plants ill coojx'ration with the Bureau of Plant Industry, and 

 irrigation in\-estigations in cooperation with this Oilice. Recently the 

 station has undertaken an investigation of the conditions and limitations 



