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III. extension. 



This department is not charged with extension work, and does 

 not receive funds which may be legitimately used for that purpose. 

 The writer participated in the Farmers' Institute Normal, Farmers' 

 Week and the agricultural lecture train on the R. W. & O. R. R. 



IV. RECOMMENDATIONS. 



For the Department of Soil Technology, 



Teaching. — (i) To round out the work of the department there 

 should be a well-qualified man to take general charge of instruction, 

 so that the three natural divisions, (i) Instruction, (2) Extension, 

 and (3) Investigation, should each have some one who would give 

 his chief effort to that branch of the work. To secure a properly 

 qualified man $1,500 would be necessary. 



(2) Partitions and permanent equipment for the teaching labora- 

 tory where it has not yet been finished. Amount, $2,000. 



(3) Glass laboratory, as was provided in the original plans for 

 new glass houses. Amount, $4,000. 



(4) Equipment for a field plat for student demonstrations and 

 educational experiments. Amount, $1,000. 



(5) General maintenance for teaching work of the department. 

 Amount, $1,500. 



Investigation. — ( i ) Glass laboratory, as was provided in the orig- 

 inal plans for new glass houses. Amount, $6,000. 



(2) More space for the laboratory in the Agronomy building 

 There is at present no room for graduate students, each of whom 

 should have some space by himself. There should also be separate 

 rooms for certain of the operations, as preparing samples, making 

 nitrogen determinations, and the like. An addition to the Agron- 

 omy building would best contribute to this end. 



(3) The experiment field should be fenced in order to prevent 

 the cattle from injuring the experiments, as has occurred every year 

 since the field has been used by this department. Amount, $400. 



(4) A set of platform scales in the experiment field would 

 greatly facilitate the weighing of experimental crops, which must 

 now be hauled to the barn for that purpose. Amount, $150. 



Extension. — (i) Soil survey and management. Many of the 

 States having large agricultural interests have now made appropria- 

 tions for soil surveys and experiments dealing with the proper 

 means of managing soils of different character. Although one of 



