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have been enlarged, and a beginning has been made of investigations 

 in other lines of agricultural engineering which have hitherto been 

 neglected by this Department. Improvements have been made in the 

 apparatus and methods for nutrition investigations. The results of 

 these investigations have been more effectively brouglit to the atten- 

 tion of teachers of phj^siolog}^ and domestic science, and beginnings 

 have been made of what it is hoped may develop into a systematic 

 study of dietaries in public institutions. 



The amount of material prepared for publication during the year 

 has been greater than in any previous year. Special efforts have been 

 made to publish this material in forms which will contribute to its 

 effective and economical distribution. The Office has continued to 

 perform considerable labor in connection with expositions, and has in 

 I)rospect the continuance of such work in connection with the St. 

 Louis Exposition. The performance of duties growing out of the 

 relations of the Department with the Civil Service Commission has 

 also involved considerable work. With the constant and rapid 

 growth of the sj^stem of agricultural education and research in this 

 and other countries the general business of the Office in its relations 

 with outside institutions is necessarily enlarged from year to year. 

 To meet the growing demands on the Office in different directions, I 

 recommend that the appropriation for the maintenance of this Office 

 for the fiscal year 1904 be increased to $40,000. 



In order to make the organization of the Office conform more closelj^ 

 to that of other branches of the Department having complex functions, 

 as Avell as to more definitely recognize its rank as equal to that of a 

 bureau, some changes have, by direction of the Secretary, been made 

 in the plan of organization ijreviouslj^ followed. At present the divi- 

 sion and assignment of the work of the Office are as follows: (1) Rela- 

 tions with American and foreign institutions for agricultural educa- 

 tion and research, including the supervision of the expenditures of 

 the agricultural experiment stations in the United States, in the 

 immediate charge of the Director. (2) The Experiment Station Record, 

 in charge of the Assistant Director, Dr. E. W. Allen. (3) Editorial 

 division, Mr. W. H. Beal, chief. This division has in charge the 

 editing of the technical and popular i^ublications of the Office other 

 than the Experiment Station Record. (4) Division of insular experi- 

 ment stations, Dr. Walter H. Evans, chief. This division is charged 

 with the general business relating to the following experiment sta- 

 tions: (a) Alaska agricultural experijuent stations, in charge of Prof. 

 C. C. Georgeson, Avith headquarters at Sitka; (b) Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, in charge of Mr. Jared G. Smith, with head- 

 quarters at Honolulu; (c) Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, in charge of Mr. Frank D. Gardner, with headquarters at 

 Mayaguez. (5) Nutrition investigations, Prof. W. O. Atwater, chief, 

 with headquarters at Middletown, Conn. (6) Irrigation investiga- 

 tions. Prof. Elwood Mead, chief, and Mr. C. T. Johnston, assistant 

 chief. 



The position of chief clerk of this Office has been created and is filled 

 by Mrs. C. E. Johnston. 



Relations with American and Foreign Institutions for 

 Agricultural Education and Research. 



The general features of tlie work of the Office involved in its rela- 

 tions with American and foreign institutions for agricultural educa- 



