10 July, 1918.] 



Agriculture in America. 



393 



Summary of Students. - 

 Collegiate Grade — 



1. Agriculture (Collegiate) — 

 Graduate (for M.S.A.) 

 Fourth year B.S.A. 

 Third year B.S.A. 

 Second year B.S.A. 

 First year B.S.A. 



2. Engineering (Collegiate) 



3. Home Economics (Collegiate) 



4. Industrial Science (Collegiate) 



5. Veterinary Medicine (Collegiate) 



Less duplicates 



Non-Collegiate — 

 Agriculture 

 Engineering 

 Home Economics 

 Music 



Less duplicates . . 



Summer School 



Winter School — Short Course — 



Agriculture 



Engineering 



Home Economics 



Veterinary 



Less duplicates 



115 



175 

 192 

 220 

 378 



1,080 

 746 

 552 

 118 

 133 



2,629 

 67 



213 

 61 

 52 

 96 



422 

 69 



2,469 



1,026 



383 



184 



4,062 

 191 



Grand Total of all Students 



2,562 



353 

 683 



3,871 

 7,469 



Experimental Work. — The experimental and research work at this 

 station is particularly fine. My notes on them extend to over 60 pages. 

 I must now content myself with a brief summary of some of the practical' 

 results achieved. 



1. Two new oats, Iowa 103, and Iowa 105, were distributed among 

 Iowa farmers. It is estimated that the increased production resulting 

 from these varieties has increased lowan production by 5 bushels per 

 acre. 



2. A new Machine. — The Ames scarifying machine, for scarifying 

 the hard coat of sweet clover seed, was developed at the College. It is 



