REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT 



STATIONS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of Experiment Stations, 



Washington, D. C, September J J/., 1901. 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the Ofi&ce of 

 Experiment Stations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901. 

 Respectfully, 



A. C. True, 



Director. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



work of the year, with recommendations. 



Division and Development of Work of Office of Experiment 



Stations. 



During the past year the work of the Office of Experiment Stations 

 has continued to increase by the addition of new enterprises and the 

 further development of those previously undertaken. Agricultural 

 experiment stations, under the direct management of this Office, have 

 been established in Hawaii and Porto Rico. Both the nutrition and 

 irrigation investigations have been conducted on a larger scale than 

 in previous years. The amount of material prepared for publication 

 during the year has exceeded that for any similar period since the 

 establishment of the Office. Unusual opportunities have been 

 afforded for the study of the more general problems relating to the 

 organization and develojjment of agricultural education and research, 

 and there is good reason for believing that along the lines already 

 laid the Office may be able in the future to enlarge its usefulness in 

 promoting these important interests. Besides closing up the work 

 connected with the collective experiment station exhibit made at Paris, 

 this Office has performed considerable labor in the remodeling of this 

 exhibit and its installation at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. 

 With other expositions already in sight, it now seems likely that 

 exhibit work may become a regular function of the Office, for which 

 provision will have to be made in planning its operations from year 

 to year. 



To meet its new responsibilities, the organization of the Office has 

 been extended in accordance with the plan previously adopted. The 

 present division and assignment of the work of the Office are as fol- 

 lows: (1) Relations with American and foreign institutions for agri- 

 cultural education and research, including the supervision of the 

 expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations in the United 

 States, in immediate charge of the Director; (2) the Experiment 

 Station Record, in charge of the assistant director. Dr. E. W. Allen; 



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