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a number of forage and green manuring plants; cultural notes and 

 results of tests of varieties of cabbage, lettuce, watermelons, onions, 

 cauliflower, and potatoes; a brief account of experiments in irrigating 

 orchards in winter; results of irrigation experiments with sugar beets; 

 notes on the different species of Eucalyptus being tested at the station; a 

 brief account of investigations conducted at the station on the crown gall 

 and on alfalfa root rot; notes on economic cacti; a report of feeding 

 experiments with steers, in which is given the comparative value of 

 corn fodder, Kafir-corn fodder, and sorghum fodder supplementary to 

 alfalfa hay was tested, and of feeding experiments with sheep, in which 

 the comparative value of alfalfa hay and of sorghum fodder alone, 

 mixed, and supplemented by sugar beets, was tested; notes on feeding 

 and testing cows and on the use of hand separators; and tabulated 

 analyses of river and artesian waters and of sugar beets. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The staff of the Arizona Station have their work carefully planned 

 and are apparently making satisfactory progress in their efforts to 

 improve the agricultural conditions of the Territory, especially along 

 the more important lines of stock raising, fruit production, irrigation, 

 and range improvement. The investigations of range improvement 

 are being vigorously prosecuted and promise to yield very valuable 

 results for the Territory. In this work, as well as in the work with 

 date palms, the United States Department of Agriculture is cooperat- 

 ing with the station. The department of agriculture and horticulture 

 has operated upon the station farm near Phoenix, where the investi- 

 gations on forage plants, grains, orchard management, and duty of 

 water are of peculiar importance to the welfare of the region. In the 

 same place the department of animal husbandry, now in its second 

 year, has continued and extended its operations. The station also 

 finds it advisable to cooperate with farmers in various parts of the 

 Territory in testing varieties, conducting dairy investigations, etc., 

 not only for the purpose of testing local conditions, but also for the 

 purpose of popularizing the work of the station. A most potent fac- 

 tor in disseminating information and calling the attention of the people 

 to the work of the station has been the distribution of leaflets called 

 "Timely hints for farmers," which continue to be very favorably 

 received. It is the purpose to make these leaflets practical and timely 

 and to distribute them freely throughout the whole southwestern 

 region of the United States where the conditions are similar to those 

 in Arizona. The university with which the station is connected has 

 received an increased appropriation for maintenance, which it is 

 expected will be so used as to benefit the station. There is need of 

 funds for the development of farmers' institute work in the Territory. 



