130 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



During the year a meteorological observatory was erected on the 

 summit of Mount Rose, 10,800 feet high and overlooking the Truckee 

 Valley, in which the station is located. The equipment and main- 

 tenance of the observatory have been accomplished through the co- 

 operation of the Nevada Academy of Sciences, the Weather Bureau, 

 the university, and the station. It is believed that observations taken 

 from this point will be of decided value in frost predictions and 

 related problems. 



No farmers' institutes were carried on during the year. It has 

 been found difficult to arouse interest in such meetings, probably be- 

 cause of the recent rapid development of mining, although the rapid 

 growth of mining towns and consequent increase of population should 

 increase the demand for home-grown products and in this way even- 

 tually benefit agriculture. 



Preliminary work in agriculture and horticulture is now under 

 w^ay at the substation recently established in the southern part of the 

 State. 



In order to provide elementary instruction in agriculture the uni- 

 versity is considering the establishment of a high school course in 

 that subject. 



Bulletin 59, An account of some features of the climate of Reno, 

 was the only publication of this station received during the year. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows : 



United States appropriation, Hatch Act $15,000.00 



United States appropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



Farm products 940. 76 



Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year — 793. 00 



Total 21,733.82 



Reports of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds have been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and have been approved. 



Considerable progress was made at this station during the year in 

 reorganizing the work on a more efficient basis, and several promising 

 lines of work under the increased funds made available by the Adams 

 Act have been planned. The agricultural interests of Nevada are 

 very small as compared with those of many other States, and there- 

 fore interest in agricultural education and research is comparatively 

 limited. The absence of great pressure for practical results in ex- 

 perimental work resulting from this state of affairs leaves the station 

 peculiarly free to take u|i and pursue unhampered some of the more 

 advanced lines of agricultural research contemplated by the Adams 

 Act. 



