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in Europo. R. L, Bonnott, recently director of the Arkansas Station, 

 has been elected superintendent of farmers" institutes. 



The Texas Station has undertaken and carried throuo-h considera])le 

 work of j^reat Aalue to the fanners of the State, and the latt(U" are very 

 api)re(^iative of the fact. Th<>y have come to the support of the sta- 

 tion in securinj^ a s]KH'ial appropriation for better eipiipment, and for 

 the est;i])lishment of substations to investigate special problems in 

 different localities. The opportunities for investigations of great sci- 

 entific and practical value are almost unlimited in Texas, and what the 

 station especially needs at the present time is a definite policy with 

 reference to plans for station work, with a clear differentiation between 

 college and station work, and then more settled conditions with regard 

 to the stall" of investigators. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Texas Station during 

 the past year were as foHows: ChemistrN'; meteorology; soils; fi(dd 

 experiments — forage crops, variety tests, fertilizer experiments with 

 corn and cotton; horticulture — variety and fertilizer experiments with 

 tomatoes, and experiments with ])erries and figs; feeding exp(>riments; 

 diseases of animals; and in-igation. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal 3'ear was as follows: 



United States approjjriation $15, 0(K). 00 



State appn ii>riati<)ii 5, 000. 00 



MiscellaneouH 8, 7.37. 01 



Total 2S, 737. 01 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the Tnited States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedule prescribed l>y this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The ])ublications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were l^ulletins 65 and GO on the tomato and forage crops. 



UTAH. 



Agricultural Experiment Station, Lofjnyi. 

 Department of tlie Ajrricultural ("(illef,'e of I'tali. 



OOVEKNINfi BOAKI). 



Board of TniHteen: W. S. McCornic;k {President), Salt lAike Clh/; V. W. Maughan 

 {Secrdnry), Ij)gan; Allan M. Fleming {Treannirer), iMgan; Mrs. Kmily S. Richards, 

 Kill Lake Oih/; .Tohii A. McAli.ster, hxjon; L. Hansen, Loi/nii; Mrs. U. N. Bagley, 

 Ofjdeii, ■ (ieorgv.V. Wliitinore, Xrphi; V.. \i. Owen, Wtllarillt: 



