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of projects already under way and to the manner in which these 

 projects are meeting reasonable expectations as research efforts. In 

 a number of instances it has been necessary to require the transfer of 

 Adams fund projects to other funds because of the inadequacy of the 

 Adams fund as the projects developed, and in other cases advice has 

 been given for strengthening the investigation. In general, however, 

 these projects, as well as those conducted with other funds, are of 

 increasingly high grade and are adding very substantially to the fund 

 of exact scientific and practical information relating to agriculture. 

 In a large measure they are furnishing the basis for improvement 

 through teaching extension. 



Experiment Station Record. 



In accordance with the general plan in operation for several years, 

 Volumes XXXIII and XXXIV of Experiment Station Record, 

 each consisting of nine numbers and the usual author and subject 

 indexes, were prepared during the year. These volumes contained 

 about 7,400 abstracts of the world's scientific literature pertaining to 

 agriculture, together with monthly editorials discussing important 

 phases of the development of agricultural investigation and science, 

 and brief notes on the progress of institutions for agricultural educa- 

 tion and research in this country and abroad. 



The scope of the Record was somewhat broadened by including 

 references to all papers by members of the Department reporting 

 scientific or technical work in outside journals. The range of the 

 Department's work, including as it does extensive regulatory and su- 

 pervisory functions, is somewhat broader than that of the Record, 

 and papers which do not relate rather definitely to agricultural sub- 

 jects are being listed by title only. The contributions by members 

 of the Department to scientific and technical journals and similar 

 publications are being listed in each issue, and assembled in the index 

 number, where they supplement the list of publications by the De- 

 partment itself and so convey a more adequate idea of the full 

 scope and importance of its research work. 



The scientific literature pertaining to agriculture published in the 

 European countries was abstracted as completely as was possible 

 with the increasing difficulty in obtaining copies of many scientific 

 publications. The domestic literature has continued to increase in 

 both volume and importance, so that congestion of accumulated ma- 

 terial is still difficult to avoid under the present space limitations. 



INSULAR EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The work of the several insular stations continued along the lines 

 of agricultural development and diversification previously described. 

 A few changes in the staff of some of the stations permitted the exten- 

 sion of some spheres of activity without abandoning any important 

 lines of work. The permanent equipment of all the stations was 

 added to, thereby increasing their facilities for investigations. 



The relations of the stations to the greater portion of the popula- 

 tion they are serving continue satisfactory. More requests for in- 

 formation and investigations are received than can be acceded to with 

 the funds now available, but each station is meeting the increased 

 demands to the best of its ability. The need for more extension and 



