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them whereby the highest degree of productivity may be maintained. Thefollowing 

 plan of cooperation is agreed upon: 



1 . The experiment station to procure a suitable tract of range 



land: to undertake immediate supervision of the work through a member of its 

 official staff, and to furnish all implements, fencing, etc. , required by the investi- 

 gations, the same to be the sole property of the station when this cooperative 

 arrangement is dissolved. 



2. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, through the Division of Agrostology, 

 to assist in selecting the land and in planning and conducting these investigations; 

 to furnish seed of native and introduced grasses and forage pi ants for experiments 

 on said tract, and pay other expenses connected with the investigations not to 



exceed in any one fiscal year, it being understood that under the 



appropriation act the Department can not assume responsibility for the continu- 

 ance of its contribution beyond June 30, 1901. 



3. The investigations conducted under this cooperative agreement shall be 



planned conjointly by the representatives of the experiment 



station and the Division of Agrostology, officially charged with the work, subject 

 to the approval of the proper authorities in each case. 



4. Both parties to this agreement shall be free at any time to use the results 

 obtained in these investigations in their official correspondence and publications, 

 giving proper credit to the fact that such results have been secured by coopera- 

 tive work. 



Director Experiment Station. 



Chief Division of Agrostology. 



Approved : 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



Articles of cooperation in grass and forage plant investigations between the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and the Division of Agros- 

 tology, United States Department of Agriculture. 



The object of these investigations shall be to find the best crops for supplying 

 forage to supplement the natural ranges and for the improvement of cultivated 

 lands. The following plan of cooperation is agreed upon: 



1. The experiment station to provide land at the home sta- 

 tion, or at outlying representative points in that territory, upon which to make 

 said experiments, and to undertake the immediate care and supervision of the 

 work. 



2. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, through the Division of Agrostology, 

 to furnish all seeds necessary in making these experiments, and to otherwise assist 

 in planning and conducting said investigations. 



3. The investigations conducted under this cooperative agreement shall be 



planned conjointly by the representatives of the experiment 



station and the Division of Agrostology officially charged with the work, subject 

 to the approval of the proper authorities in each case. 



4. Both parties to this agreement shall be free at any time to use the results 

 obtained in these investigations, giving proper credit to the fact that such results 

 have been secured by cooperative work. 



Director • Experiment Station. 



Chief Division of Agrostology. 



Approved: 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



The lines of work which have been taken up in cooperation with the 

 stations, in accordance with these signed agreements, include a great 

 variety of problems. Some of these problems, together with the stations 

 with which they have been severally taken up, are: To find the best 

 and most 'practical method for the formation and management of 

 meadows and pastures in the Middle Southern States, in cooperation 



