CONTENTS. 



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Work of the OflSce of Experiment Stations 15 



Relations with the agricultural experiment stations 15 



Insular experiment stations 18 



Alaska stations 19 



Hawaii station • 22 



Porto Rico station 26 



Guam station 30 



Nutrition investigations 32 



Irrigation investigations 37 



California 37 



Washington 38 



Idaho 39 



Nevada 3G 



Utah 40 



Arizona 40 



New Mexico 40 



Colorado 41 



Wyoming 4^ 



Montana 42 



North Dakota 42 



Kansas 42 



Texas 42 



Irrigation of rice 43 



Irrigation in humid sections 43 



Drainage investigations 43 



Improvement of farm lands 45 



Drainage of swamp lands 47 



Reclamation of overflowed lands 48 



Drainage of irrigated lands 51 



Collection of technical data 52 



Preliminary and reconnoissance work 53 



Dissemination of information 54 



Promotion of agricultural education 54 



Farmers' institutes and extension work 56 



Publications 58 



Income 60 



Work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations 61 



Review of the year 61 



Changes in personnel 66 



Dr. Charles A. Goessmann 67 



Prof. William H. Brewer 69 



New lines of work 69 



Increase in funds and equipment 71 



Investigations under the Adams Act 75 



Station administration 76 



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