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Bulletin 68, pp. 176, pi. 1., figs. 37, dgms. 27. — Suhexperiment 

 Farms. — Notes are given on the purpose and management of the 

 three substations in the State and results obtained at each of the 

 farms are reported in detail. The work at the Coteau experiment 

 farm included a study of the amount of soil moisture best suited to 

 the growth of flax, various tillage experiments for the conservation of 

 soil moisture, tests of a number of meadow and pasture crops, and 

 observations on the value of shelter belts. The work at the North- 

 west experiment farm embraced variety tests with a number of grains, 

 grasses, clovers, and forage crops, and experiments in seeding grasses 

 and clovers with different nurse crops. The work at the Northeast 

 experiment farm consisted of field tests with grains, forage crops, 

 potatoes, vegetables, and orchard and small fruits. 



Bulletin 69, pp. 259, pis. 24-, Jigs. 196. — Bugs Injurious to Our Cul- 

 tivated Plants. — A general account of the anatomy, life history, 

 habits, and classifications of the order Hemiptera, including lice, 

 Heteroptera, and Homoptera, and brief biological and economic notes 

 on the more important species. 



Class Bulletin 8, pp. 4- — Minnesota No. 163 Wheat. — A comparison 

 of this wheat with other varieties, based on the results of tests made 

 at the station. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 772, pis. 9, figs. 296, dgms. 27.— This con- 

 tains the organization list of the station; a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; a general review by the director of 

 the work of the different departments and of the experiment farms at 

 Crookston, Grand Rapids, and Coteau; reprints of Bulletins 65-68 of 

 the station, and meteorological observations. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Minnesota Station is pursuing the well-defined policy of following 

 up scientific investigations and research with practical application on the 

 farms of the State. In the case of cereals and forage slants, the plan 

 is to secure improved varieties by breeding and selection and then to 

 distribute these varieties among the farmers. The distribution of new 

 varieties of wheat and corn has already- resulted in much good, and 

 new varieties of flax, oats, barley, and others of wheat will soon 

 be ready for distribution. Likewise the investigations of the dairy 

 division on the production of milk and butter are made in the hope of 

 giving the public methods of lessening the cost of producing these com- 

 modities. Plans and appropriations have been made for improving 

 the equipment of the dairy building and for strengthening the course 

 in the dairy school of the university, which has done much already to 

 improve dairy methods in the State and to give a better reputation to 

 Minnesota butter. Closely related to dairying and the live-stock 

 interests generally are veterinary investigations and those in curing 



