322 ANNUAL REPORTS OP DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Bellefourche experiment FAR^r. — The Bellefoiirche station, of 

 "which Mr. Beyer Aune is superintendent, inchides 200 acres of hind, 

 2 miles northeast of Newell, S. Dak., on the Bellefourche project of 

 the Reclamation Service. Prior to July 1, 1900, this field station was 

 operated by the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations. Four 

 important cooperative lines of Avork are being conducted at this sta- 

 tion, namely, (1) experiments in crop rotation and tillage methods, 

 (2) drought-resistant crop-breeding investigations, (3) drought- 

 resistant cereal investigations, and (4) experiments (in cooperation 

 ■with the Forest Service) with forest trees for fuel and windbreaks. 

 Up to the present time no water has been available for irrigation pur- 

 poses on this farm. It is expected that irrigation w'ater will be 

 available during the summer of 1912. 



Klamath experiment far^i. — The Klamath station, of which Mr. 

 J. P. Irish, jr., is in charge, includes 40 acres of reclaimed swamp 

 land, 14 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Oreg. The work at this 

 station wns begun at the special request of the Reclamation Service, 

 to ascertain the probable agricultural value of this reclaimed swamp 

 land. No cooperative investigational work has as yet been started 

 at this station. 



Huntley experiment farim. — The Huntley station, of which Mr. 

 J. M. Stephens is acting in charge, includes approximately 200 acres 

 of land, 4 miles east of Huntlej^, Mont., on the Huntle}^ project of the 

 Reclamation Service. The work so far undertaken has been largel}'' 

 demonstrational, with a view to showing how best to produce stand- 

 ard field crops in that region. Sugar beets, potatoes, wheat, oats, 

 barley, and alfalfa planted in various ways have been given different 

 kinds of tillage. Work at this station is being conducted with the in- 

 formal cooj)eration of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Umatilla experiment farm. — The Umatilla station, of which Mr. 

 R. W. Allen is in charge, includes 40 acres of land, 2 miles north of 

 Hermiston, Oreg., on the Umatilla project of the Reclamation Service. 

 The chief lines of work have to do with horticultural and truck crops. 

 The station is conducted in cooperation with the Oregon Experiment 

 Station. 



IMiscELLANEous COOPERATIVE WORK. — In addition to the field sta- 

 tions mentioned, cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural 

 Experiment Station is in effect in certain phases of the experimental 

 work on the substation at Williston, N. Dak., on the Williston project 

 of the Reclamation Service. A portion of the Williston farm is irri- 

 gated land, and an assistant familiar with crop production under 

 irrigation is employed to supervise the experiments with field crops 

 under irrigation. Another assistant is employed to supervise experi- 

 ments being conducted at Williston in connection with crop rotation 

 and tillage methods. 



On the North Platte project of the Reclamation Service, near 

 Mitchell, Nebr., this office is also cooperating with the Office of Dry- 

 Land Agriculture Investigations in the operation of a field station 

 known as the Scottsbluff Experiment Farm, which is being conducted 

 jointly by the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of Nebraska, 



