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60 per cent of whom are said to be engaged in scientific investigation and its applica- 

 tion to the farm, the orchard, and the garden. It will thus lie seen that there are now 

 about 300 persons connected with the investigation work of this Bureau alone, a 

 number which far exceeds the total number of men in these lines at all of the 

 experiment stations. 



Awards to Collective College and Station Exhibit at St. Louis Exposition. — The follow- 

 ing is a list of the awards granted to institutions and individuals on exhibits which 

 formed a portion of the Collective Exhibit of the Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts and the Experiment Stations: 



Grand prizes. — (1) Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations, collective exhibit of the colleges and stations, made by the committee of 

 the association; (2) section of agronomy, in charge of J. I. Schulte, collective ex- 

 hibit showing courses of instruction, and methods and results of investigations on 

 field crops; (3) section of horticulture and forestry, in charge of S. B. Green, col- 

 lective exhibit illustrating courses of instruction, and methods and results of investi- 

 gation in horticulture and forestry; (4) section of economic entomology, in charge 

 of C. P. Gillette, collective exhibit illustrating courses of study in entomology, and 

 collection of economic insects; (5) dairy laboratory, in charge of E. H. Farrington; 

 (6) sugar laboratory, in charge of W. C. Stubbs; (7) plant laboratory, in charge of 

 W. H. Evans; (8) Alabama Station, exhibit showing cotton experiments; (9) Con- 

 necticut State Station, tobacco exhibit, tent model illustrating the culture of tobacco 

 under shade, and grass garden exhibit, by E. H. Jenkins; (10) Illinois Station, corn 

 breeding experiments, by C. G. Hopkins; (11) Louisiana Station, exhibit illustrat- 

 ing cane sugar investigation; (12) Minnesota Station, wheat breeding exhibit, by 

 W. M. Hays; (13) Missouri Station, models representing the results of experiments 

 in cattle feeding; ( 14 ) Missouri University, models showing comparative hardiness and 

 phenology of peach twigs of different colors, and winter forcing of asparagus in the 

 open field; (15) University of Missouri, cultures of mushrooms and other fungi, by 

 B. M. Duggar; (16) Pennsylvania Station, working model of respiration calorimeter 

 for domestic animals; (17) University of Wisconsin, dairy instruction and results of 

 investigation; (18) S. M. Babcock, of Wisconsin, the original Babcock milk tester; 

 (19) Office of Experiment Stations, statistics, charts, and publications relating to 

 the American stations and the Office of Experiment Stations; (20) Bureau of 

 Education, charts and publications. 



Gold medals. — (1) Section of animal husbandry — investigation, in charge of H. P. 

 Armsby; (2) section of animal husbandry — instruction, in charge of Thomas F. Hunt; 

 (3) section of fertilizers, in charge of E. B. Voorhecs; (4) section of plant pathology, 

 in charge of F. C. Stewart; (5) section of rural engineering, in charge of Elwood 

 Mead; (6) section of veterinary medicine, in charge of D. S. White; (7) soils labora- 

 tory, in charge of M. F. Miller; (8) Arizona Station, collection of date palms and date- 

 palm products, by R. H. Forbes; (9) B. C. Buffum, of Wyoming, automatic water 

 register; (10) California University, soil samples and investigations, by E. W. Hilgard; 

 (11) Connecticut State Station, collection of pure vegetable proteids; (12) Connecticut 

 Storrs Station, cultures of milk bacteria, by H. W. Conn; (13) Cornell University, 

 exhibit of root crops; (14) Cornell University, apparatus for photographing cultures 

 of bacteria and fungi, by G. F. Atkinson; (15) University of Illinois, photographs and 

 records showing relative efficiency of dairy cows, by W. J. Fraser; (16) Maine Sta- 

 tion, study of comparative value of hens for egg production; (17) Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College, models of fruits, collection of photographs and models illustrating work 

 and results in horticulture and forestry; (18) University of Minnesota, model green- 

 house laboratory bench, and forestry exhibit; (19) Missouri Station, breeding cage, 

 photographs of laboratories and equipment for work in economic entomology, 

 and collection of beneficial insects; (20) New Jersey Stations, typical soils and ferti- 



