REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT 



STATIONS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of Experiment Stations, 

 Washington^ D. 6'., September 15^ 1911. 



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

 of Experiment Stations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. 

 Kespectfully, 



A. C. True, Director, 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The work of the Office of Experiment Stations during the last 

 year incllided, as heretofore, the supervision of the expenditures of 

 Federal (Hatch and Adams) funds by the agricultural experiment 

 stations in the several States and Territories; conferences and cor- 

 respondence with station officers regarding the management, equip- 

 ment, and work of the stations; the collection and dissemination of 

 information regarding the progress of agricultural education and 

 research throughout the world; 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 

 farmers' institutes in the United States; special investigations on 

 irrigation and drainage largely in cooperation with experiment sta- 

 tions, educational institutions, and other agencies; and the investi- 

 gation of problems relating to the utilization of agricultural prodlicts 

 as food for man. 



The progress and present status of these dilfferent lines of work are 

 briefly reviewed below. 



RELATIONS WITH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The work and expenditures of the experiment stations continue to 

 increase in volume and in variety, and as a consequence a greater 

 amount of attention from this office is required. This increase in 

 station affairs is the natural result of the better financial conditions 

 in which these institutions are placed through the increased Federal 

 funds and other resources. The Adams fund has now reached its 

 maximum and is equal to the Hatch fund, and many of the States 



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