58 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



In Miiinosotii 1-2 (loiuonsdalion farms of SO acivs each have been 

 ■established, and phins are l)eiii<r made for 7 additional farms. The 

 State Federation of Commercial (Miibs is actively cooperating in this 

 <^nterprise. and a sj)ecial fcatnrc of I his is to be the foundation of a 

 farmers' clui) in each locality adjacent to the farms, to hold meetings 

 for the general discussion of agricultural problems. In Xebi-aska a 

 successful substation has been in o}K'ration for some time at North 

 Platte, and a second station has now been authorized, $15,000 being 

 apjiroj^riated for the purchase of land and maintenance for two years. 

 The State of Nevada has appropriated $10,000 for a farm in the 

 northeastern part of the State for dry-farming experiments, to be 

 conducted under the supervision of the station, and in North Dakota 

 1) additional demonstration farms were opened the past year with 

 funds received from the State. Field work was instituted upon the 

 substation at Langdon, and the station for the Hettinger district was 

 definitely located. The substation provided for in w-est Tennessee 

 by the legislature of 1907 has been located near Jackson, a farm of 

 about 175 acres having been donated by the county. Buildings have 

 been erected, an oichard set out, and field work started. An a])i)ro- 

 priation of $10,000 has been made for this substation, and $5,000 for 

 conducting experiments in middle Tennessee; and in Texas, where 

 the last legislature appropriated $50,000 for the establishment and 

 equipment of substations, 7 have been located, 2 of which will give 

 considerable attention to rice culture. The localities assisted liberally 

 in providing these stations wnth the necessary lands and buildings, 

 in some instances donating the land outright and erecting the neces- 

 sary buildings and improvements. 



In Maine a farm for investigations in orcharding and field crops, 

 authorized by the last legislature, has been purchased. This farm 

 is located some distance from the central station, and although di- 

 rected from it will be analogous to a branch station. It contains 

 225 acres of land, of which 100 acres are well adapted to tillage and 

 €0 acres are already set to orchards. It is equipped with modern 

 buildings. In Oregon a dry farm of 220 acres was established at 

 iMoro, Sherman County, with a state appropriation of $5,000 for 

 the biennium, supplemented by an equal amount b}' the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry of this Department. Horticultural work on the 

 Umatilla project experimental farm, at Ilermiston, was begun with 

 an appropriation of $0,000 for the biennium, supplemented by an 

 equal amount by the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



The first county demonstration farm in Missouri to be undertaken 

 under the act of 1907 has been established in Jasper County. The 

 station and the county court exercise joint supervision of such farms. 

 A tract of 20 acres has been leased, and demonstrations are in prog- 

 ress, with crop rotations and the use of fertilizers and green manures. 



