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to the results of the various methods of soil and crop management, 

 and in attendance on farmers' institutes for about 2 or 3 weeks dur- 

 ing the year. 



Nine bulletins and the Annual Reports for 1907 and 1908 have 

 been received from this station during the past year. The bulletins 

 were as follows: Bulletins G8. Canadian field peas; G9, The effect of 

 alkali on Portland cement; 70, The Douglas spruce cone moth; 71, 

 Fifth annual report of the state entomologist of Montana; 72, Meas- 

 urement of water; 73, Pig feeding experiments; 74, Dry farming 

 investigations in Montana ; 75, Sixth annual report of the state ento- 

 mologist of Montana ; and 76, Seepage and drainage. 



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 10,099.96 



Balance from previous year, Adams Act .04 



State appropriation 10, 712. 90 



Individuals 4, 561. 49 



Farm products 5,090.27 



Total 46, 364. 75 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 funds has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 Iw this Department and has been approved. 



The Montana Station gives evidences of substantial progress, and 

 the work which the station is doing in dry farming has greatly 

 increased its influence in the State. 



NEBBASKA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska, Lincoln. 



Department of tbe University of Nebraska. 



E. A. BfRNETT. B. S., Director. 



The past j^ear at the Nebraska Station was again marked by exten- 

 sive improvements made possible through state aid. The veterinary 

 clinic building was erected at a cost of $12,500, and $8,000 was 

 expended on road construction and the improvement of the farm 

 campus. Since the close of the fiscal year an independent water plant 

 has been established at a cost of $5,100. The state legislature made an 

 appropriation of $4,500 for substations, and $100,000 for permanent 

 improvements, the purchase of additional land, and other purposes. 

 For the suppression of plant diseases $0,000 per year was allowed for 

 the current biennium, and for the same period $12,500 annually was 

 granted for the substation at North Platte. Fifteen thousand dollars 

 was given for the purchase and the maintenance for 1909-1911 of a 

 second substation in the north and northwest portion of the State. 

 Five thousand dollars was appropriated to supplement work of the 



