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The work with corn has been especially valuable. Much of the 

 station crop was saved after the storm. This and all native supplies 

 Avhich were commandeered after the typhoon were used as seed 

 supplies and most of the corn later planted was station-produced seed. 

 The problem of drjdng and storing the available seed supplies was 

 successfully worked out with the result that the island government 

 is offering at cost insect and moisture-proof tanks modeled upon 

 those at the station. The two grasses, Paspalum dilatatum and Para, 

 were the only forage to survive the typhoon and later drought, and 

 they supplied about the only source of forage. Plantings of cowpeas 

 made immediately after the storm gave very satisfactory results in 

 supplementing and extending the limited grass pasture. 



More than 200 pot tests were begun at the station to determine the 

 crop adaptations and fertilizer requirements of certain peculiar Guam 

 soils. The station distributed more seed and plants to farmers during 

 the year than ever before, the distribution including garden seeds, 

 6,575 packets; plants, 3,028; seed corn, 7,025 pounds; and large 

 quantities of cowpeas and velvet beans. 



In ^larch, extension work was definitely begun by W. J. Green, 

 formerly connected with such work in Oklahoma. Three lines of 

 work were inaugurated, farm demonstration for adults, boys' and 

 girls' club work, and school gardens. The island was divided into 

 15 patrol districts, and the patrolmen, who were chosen from marines 

 having knowledge of farming, cooperated with the extension de- 

 partment. The insular authorities showed a deep interest in this 

 work and aided it in every way. The demonstration work included 

 crops, live stock, and beekeeping. Within tiiree months after the 

 work was started clubs with 499 enrollments had been organized. 

 The school-garden work had been organized for a longer time and 

 at the end of the year 377 boys were engaged in this work. A garden 

 has been established in connection with every school in the island. 

 The extension agent directs the planting and care of the gardens and 

 the superintendent of schools has charge of the disposal of the prod- 

 uce. 



VIRGIN ISLANDS STATION. 



In the act making appropriations for this department for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, provision was made for an experi- 

 ment station in the recently acquired Virgin Islands. Arrangements 

 were made through the naval governor to take over the experiment 

 station formerly established by the Danish Government on the island 

 of St. Croix, and on January 1, 1919, the station passed under the 

 jurisdiction of this department and became the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of the Virgin Islands. The former director. Long- 

 field Smith, was continuecl in charge, and an entomologist was added 

 to the staff. Considerable repair and reconstruction work was done 

 and equipment was secured. 



The work of the station at present consists almost entirely of crop 

 investigations, which are continued along the lines Avhich have been 

 established during the past seven years, including especially experi- 

 ments of various kinds with sugar cane ; cotton breeding ; corn selec- 

 tion, crossing, and culture; tests of leguminous crops for forage and 

 for green manure (including velvet beans, Lyon beans, cowpeas, Mad- 



