1036 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



these schools were held at 13 differeut poiuts iu Virginia, North Carolina, South 

 Carolina, and Georgia. Another feature of this industrial work is the attempt to 

 improve the stock of the farmers along the road. The use of two thoroughbred Jer- 

 sey bulls, and one Holsteiu bull is at present being given to the farmers free of cost. 

 Other thoroughbred animals are to be added from time to time. The third feature 

 of the work, which is not yet thoroughly erganized, is to be provided for by the 

 establishment of experimental farms every 10 miles, or 100 in all, along the line of 

 the road. Twenty-eight of these farms have now beeu established. .These farms 

 are to be d(;voted principally to tests of the adaptability of various crops to the regions 

 iu which the farms are located. Hops, ginseug, I\afir corn, and pyrethrum are some 

 of the crops being tested at present. The testing of fruits and grasses is to be given 

 special attention in the future. 



