284 REl'OUT (IK OFKICK OF KXI'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



pn'i'ist'ly tlu'saiiic way, ('xcci>tiii<; tliiit funds arc a|)]ir<ii(riat<'(l fnr siiccificd ]iiiri)(»sf's, 

 and tin- use uf cacli fund is alcm^' tlic lines aj^ici'd upon l»y tlif director atnl tlio 

 advisory eoniniittee appoinled ))y the assoeiation repri'Meiilinn tlie inleresi ;is, for 

 example, tlie atlvisory eoniniittee appointed l)y the Live Stock AsHoeiation to confer 

 with the director rc^'ardiii'^' the live-stock investitrations. 



All reports are made to i he director so farasl'nited States fun<is are concerned, 

 aiid to the advisory committee Iso far as State station finids are concerned. 



1NJ>1ANA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, Lafnyelie. 



Department of Purdue TTniveraity. 



The governinji hoard of the Indiana Kxperinient Station is the Ixuird of trustees of 

 Purdue University, which consists of nine members appointed by the governor for a 

 term of four years each. The !)oard meets four times eacli year. Three of the trus- 

 tees constitute a farm committee, which meets with the director or ])resident, as cir- 

 cumstances require. The station staff meets at irreguhir intervals to consult upon 

 important matters. All consideral)le expenditures of money must be made by the 

 president and issued upon order. The board of trustees has np set rules, regulations, 

 or by-laws. The director is given entire supervision of the station. 



IOWA. 



Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, .1???^.?. 



Department of Iowa State College of Agricultun* and Mechanic Arts. 



Tlie Iowa Station is governed by the board of trustees of the Iowa State College, 

 which consii^ts of the governor of the State and the superintendent of public instruc- 

 tion, ex oflicio, and eleven members, one from each Congressional district, elected 

 l)y the State legislature for a period of six years. Meetings are held semiannually 

 and oftener when necessary. A committee of the board, consisting of six menil)ers, 

 has iinme<liate charge of the exi>eriment station ayd the agricultural, horticultural, 

 and veterinary departments of the college. This committee, however, meets only as 

 a committee of the l)oard and at the time of its regular meeting, and any action 

 taken by it is always referred to the board for api)roval. The rules of the station 

 are as follows: 



Experiment Station Rules. 



(1) The president of the college and the director of the station and the heads of 

 the sections of agriculture, horticulture, agricultural chemistry, entomology, botany, 

 veterinary science, animal husbandry, and dairying shall constitute a board of direc- 

 tion. The director shall be the executive otiicer of the station. The board of direc- 

 tion shall hold semiannual meetings two weeks previous to the June and December 

 meetings of the board of trustees. Other meetings may be held at the- call oi the 

 director of the station or the president of the college. 



(2) The working staff of the station shall consist of the director of the station and 

 the professors or the heads of the sections of agriculture, horticulture, agricultural 

 chemistry, entomology, botany, veterinary science, animal husbandry, dairying, and 

 their assistants. 



(8) Competent assistants shall be employed in such sections of the station as 

 require them, and when employed shall be under the control and direction of the 

 head of the section to which they are respectively assigned. It shall be their duty 

 to carry on the work assigned to them in the said section, and they shall receive due 

 credit in the bulletin for the same. 



