ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES. 



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Plate I. Dr. Samuel William Johnson 68 



11. Fig. 1. — Irrigation engineering building, Colorado College and Sta- 

 tion. Fig. 2. — Highmoor Farm buildings at Monmouth, Me 82 



III. Fig. 1.— Spraying a white-fly infested orange grove with spores of a 



fungus injurious to the fly, Florida Station. Fig. 2. — Japanese 

 sugar cane at the Florida Station 92 



IV. Fig. 1. — New administration and laboratory building at the Indiana 



Station. Fig. 2. — New administration and laboratory building at 



the Texas Station 104 



V. Fig. 1. — Dairy barn of the Iowa Station. Fig. 2. — New greenhouse 



at the Louisiana University and Station 108 



VI. Fig. 1. — Field laboratory of Nevada Station for studying equine 



anemia. Fig. 2. — New hog barn at the Oklahoma Station 144 



VII. Method devised at New Jersey Station for studying appropriation of 

 nitrogen by cereals grown in conjunction with legumes. Fig. 1. — 



Peas and oats. Fig. 2. — Vetch and rye 150 



VIII. Fig. 1. — Truck garden — intercropping experiment, Pennsylvania 



Station. Fig. 2. — Grass garden at Pennsylvania Station 174 



IX. Fig. 1. — New building of Georgia State Agricultural College. Fig. 



2. — Agricultural building of the Maine College of Agriculture 292 



X. New agricultural building at Iowa State College 294 



XI. Fig. 1. — Agricultural building of the University of Missouri. Fig. 2. — 



New agricultural building, Montana Agricultural College 296 



XII. Fig. 1. — New dormitory of the Rhode Island College. Fig. 2. — Live- 

 stock pavilion of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture 296 



XIII. Fig. 1. — Consolidated School, Lewiston, Minn., and school vans on 



runners. Fig. 2. — Class testing seeds for purity at Lewiston (Minn.) 

 Consolidated School 314 



XIV. Fig. 1. — A farmers' institute at the new building of the Manassas 



Agricultural School. Fig. 2. — Military Tract Normal School, 



Macomb, 111 318 



XV. Fig. 1. — Willswood plantation, St. Charles Parish, La., showing 



pumping plant. Fig. 2. — Interior view of pumping plant 420 



XVI. Fig. 1. — Typical wet prairie scene showing wild grasses. District 

 No. 2, near Raceland, La Fourche Parish, La. Fig. 2. — District 



No. 2, after reclamation 422 



XVII. Fig. 1. — Modern pumping plant at La Branch, St. Charles Parish, La. 



Fig. 2. — Outlet canal completely filled with water hyacinths 422 



XVITI . Fig. 1. — Constructed canal serving aa outlet for two districts. Fig. 2. — 



Same view as Fig. 1, but showing pumping plant being erected. . . 434 

 XIX. Open traction ditcher for digging lateral ditches in wet prairie lands. 436 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Typical examples of Louisiana marsh land formation 417 



2. Map of Willswood plantation, Waggaman, St. Charles Parish, La 420 



3. Map of Smithport plantation, Lockport, La Fourche Parish, La 421 



4. Map of Drainage District No. 2, near Raceland, La Fourche Parish, La. . 423 



5. Sketch map of New Orleans Land Company Tract, New Orleans, La 424 



6. Map of Drainage District No. 3, near Raceland, La Fourche Parish, La. . 425 



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