EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, Ph. I)., Assistant Director. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Chemistry, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — The Editor and II. W. Lawson. 



Meteorology, Fertilizers and Soils (including methods of analysis), and Agricultural 



Engineering — W. H. Beal. 

 Botany and Diseases of Plants — Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 Foods and Animal Production — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. I. Sciiulte. 



Entomology and Veterinary Science — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. D. 

 Horticulture — C. B. Smith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Page. 



Hon. Joseph H. Brigham, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 1 



A tribute to agricultural research 3 



The experiment stations of the world 5 



A refinement of methods of investigation 7 



Maj . Henry Elijah Alvord, deceased 117 



Attendance at the agricultural colleges 119 



" School of Agriculture " at the St. Louis Exposition 219 



Service of station men in the dual capacity of instructor and investigator 313 



Is teaching advantageous to station investigation* 315 



The experiment stations and university extension 317 



Winter meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 121 



Some advantages of scientific gatherings to the investigator 422 



Retirement of Dr. W. C. Stubbs _ 425 



Relation of teaching force to students in agriculture and horticulture. 525 



Has the teaching force kept abreast of the demand for agricultural instruction!' 527 



What should be the basis in developing the teaching of agriculture* 528 



The experiment stations as publishing agencies 529 



The agricultural appropriation act, 190.5-6 629 



The statistics of irrigation 632 



Development of irrigation investigations in the Department of Agriculture 634 



The semicentennial of the agricultural college 733 



Rise of agricultural education in the United States 734 



The outlook for agricultural instruction 737 



Avenues open to graduates in agriculture 738 



Experimental work of the late James Mason 837 



Relative position of the central and branch stations 838 



List of abbreviations used in the Record • 841 



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