REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT 



STATIONS. 



U. S. Department of Agricultuhe, 



Office of Experiment Stations, 

 Washinffton, D. C, October 15, 1910. 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the Office 

 of Experiment Stations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. 

 Respectfully, 



A. C. True, Director. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



As in previous years, the work of the Office of Experiment Stations 

 during the last year has included the supervision of the expenditures 

 of federal funds by the agricultural experiment stations in the several 

 States; conferences and correspondence with station officers regarding 

 the management, equipment, and work of the stations; the collection 

 and dissemination of information regarding the progress of agricul- 

 tural education and research throughout the world by means of tech- 

 nical and popular bulletins; the management of the agricultural 

 experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii. Porto Rico, and Guam; the 

 promotion of the interests of agricultural colleges and schools and 

 fanners' institutes throughout the United State?; special investiga- 

 tions on irrigation and drainage conducted largely in cooperation 

 with experiment stations, educational institutions, and other agencies 

 in different States and Territories; and the investigation of problems 

 relating to the food and nutrition of man. 



RELATIONS WITH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The duties of the Office in relation to the work and expenditures 

 of the experiment stations continue to increase in volume and in 

 variety. This results from the growing complexity of the business 

 of the stations now that the Adams fund has reached tlie maximum 

 and state funds liave been largely increased. The multiplicity of 

 duties which the stations are now expected to perform requires 

 greater attention to general policy as applied to the use of the federal 

 fimds, and raises a large number of questions in the administration 

 of the experimental and research work. 



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