ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS, JUNE 30, 1901. 



WORK AND EXPENDITURES OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERI- 

 MENT STATIONS. 



SUMMARY. 



This is the seventh annual report on the work and expenditures of 

 the agricultural experiment stations in the United States, made by the 

 Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, under instructions from 

 the Secretary of Agriculture. As heretofore, the report is based on 

 three sources of information, viz, the annual financial statements of 

 the stations, rendered on the schedules prescribed by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, in accordance with the act of Congress; the printed 

 reports and bulletins of the stations, and the reports of personal exami- 

 nations of the work and expenditures of the stations made during the 

 past year by the Director, assistant director, and one other expert 

 officer of the Office of Experiment Stations. 



The agricultural experiment stations in the different States and Ter- 

 ritories, as well as the colleges with which they are connected, have 

 been unusually prosperous during the past year. Two things have 

 especially contributed to the greater expansion and increasing efficiency 

 of their investigations. These are their closer affiliation with this 

 Department and the material enlargement of the resources of the agri- 

 cultural colleges, by means of which the stations have directly or indi- 

 rectly been benefited. 



COOPERATION BETWEEN THE STATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT. 



Much progress has been made in determining the lines in which the 

 stations can most effectively cooperate with the Department, and the 

 methods of arranging and conducting cooperative operations. Since 

 both the stations and the Department have had enlarged resources, it 

 has been possible not only to increase the number of cooperative enter- 

 prises, but also to conduct them on a larger scale. In some cases it 

 has been found desirable to form groups of stations to investigate 

 some problem affecting a large region. Thus, for example, a group 

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