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incident to the extension of thcdaliy industry in the short-«>'niss coun- 

 try between the Mississippi Kiver and the Rock}' Mountains in coop- 

 ei'ation with the Buivau of IMant Industry. The work of the station 

 in farmers' institutes is considera])le. Tlie approi)ri:ition for this work 

 lias l)een increased to §12,000 for the next ])ienniuni and an assistant 

 for fanners' institutes is to be employed. 



The last leglslatui'e appropriated $15,00(J for the esta))lishnient of a 

 substation west of the one hundredth meridian in Nebraska. Thissta- 

 ti(jn has been located at North Platte, where it is expected that three 

 sections of land will l)e available for experimental purposes. The 

 legislature also made an a])propriatiou of $100,000 for new buildintrs 

 for the school of aj^'riculture. These will include a $60,000 main build- 

 inji'. a dairy ])arii and machine sho]) costing- $11,000 each, a horticid- 

 tural buildino" and ofrecnhouse costino- $7,000, and an extension of the 

 heatint;' plant costing- $1, (MM). These improvements will greatly increase 

 the facilities of the experiment station. 



The Nebraska Station is receiving more liberal treatment from the 

 State than formerly, l)ut could proiitabh^ use much larger funds in 

 extending its work along the lines of corn breeding, cooperative feed- 

 ing, animal pathology, study of macaroni wheats, development of 

 cream and cheese production, and the study of irrigation waters. 

 Owing to the ui'gent demand for larger experiments with dairy cattle, 

 ditl'erent kinds of roughage for milk, etc., the station needs more ani- 

 mals for feeding experimtnits. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Nebraska Station dur- 

 ing the i)ast year were as follows: Chemistry; botany: meteorology; 

 soils — sources of moisture, moisture as art'ectc^l by ditferent crops, 

 aeration, and fertilization; field expei'im(>nts — rotations, breeding 

 experiments, grasses and legumes, sugar beets, winter wheat, corn, 

 soy beans, and imported grains; horticidture — development of hardy 

 varieties of fruits by hybridization, grafting, and selection, and 

 breeding of beans; diseases of plants; forestry; feeding and ])reeding 

 experiments; diseases of animals — cholera iji hogs, dysentery in calves, 

 abortion, mange, sorghum poisoning, cornstalk disease; entomology — 

 grasshopper fungus disease, chinch-bug disease; irrigation — records 

 of water used on ditbMcnt crops, methods of cultivation, and records 

 of discharge of several rivers. 



INCOME. 



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



United States appropriation $15, 000. 00 



Farm products, inclndinj^ balance in >iii |in\ inns yciir 4,805.78 



Total 19, 8t>5. 78 



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