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22. Tests of varieties of legumes adapted to Southwestern conditions valu- 

 able for soil building purposes and for crops produced. These legumes include 

 Canada field peas, Colorado stock peas, purple vetch, garbanzos, cow peas, soy 

 beans, and alfalfa. Hatch and State funds. H. C. Heard. 



23. The culture and improvement by field selection of varieties of Indian 

 corn suited to Southwestern conditions both under irrigation and dry-farming. 



Hatch and State funds. H. C. Heard. 



24. Tlie culture and field management of Egyptian cotton at the Experiment 

 Station farm in Salt River Vallev. 



Hatch and State funds. H. C> Heard. 



25. The culture and management of winter grains, including wheat, oats 

 and barley under irrigation at the Salt River Valley farm, and under dry-farming 

 conditions at Cochise and Prescott, Arizona. Considerable quantities of pure 

 seed are to be produced for distribution. 



Hatch and State funds. H. C. Heard. 



26. A continuation of studies in the culture and marketing of dates. 



Hatch and State funds. R. H. Forbes, 



A. E. Vinson, and 

 S. B. Johnson. 



27. Miscellaneous horticultural studies, including date palms, walnuts, figs, 

 olives, peaches, plums, nectarines, apples, pears, persimmons, pomegranates and 

 quinces, together with vegetable crops and small fruit at the Yuma date orchard 

 near Yuma, Arizona. Hatch and State funds. R. H. Forbes, and 



S. B. Johnson. 



28. Feeding of dry-farmed silage to range cattle to demonstrate the effect- 

 iveness of this ration for tiding cattle over short range. 



Hatch and State funds. R. H. WilIvIAms. 



29. Poultry feeding experiments with reference to economical rations at a 

 time of high prices. State funds. C. R. Adamson. 



30. Economic combinations of high and low priced feeds for beef cattle, 

 hogs and dairy cows. Hatch and State funds. R. H. Williams, and 



W. S. Cunningham. 



31. Wintering over breeding ewes on an irrigated farm. 



Hatch and State funds. R. H. Williams, and 



W. S. Cunningham. 



32. Meteorological observations. 



Hatch and State funds. C. H. Catlin. 



33. Ozonium root rot disease of cotton and other crops. Occurrence, life 

 history and methods of control of the disease. 



Adams and State funds. D. C. GeorgE. 



34. Gummosis of stone fruit trees. Occurrence, causes, methods of control 

 of tliis disease. Hatch and State funds. D. C. GeorgE. 



Co-operating in these investigations are Messrs. C. J. Wood 

 at the vSalt River Valley Farm, D. C. Aepli at the Yuma Horticul- 

 tural Station, L. L. Bates at the Prescott Dry-Farm, H. R. Spaul- 

 ding at the Sulphur Spring Valley Dry-Farm, G. F. Williams at the, 

 Tempe Date Orchard, and J. B. McGuffin at the University Farm 

 near Tucson. 



