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investigation. For example, the work in animal husbandry will be 

 confined mainly to a study of the most profitable utilization of irri- 

 gated crops. Studies of orchard and garden irrigation will be made 

 and the new vegetation house will be devoted largely to studies in 

 irrigation. The piece of valley land purchased is more typical of the 

 larger portion of the farming lands of Utah than that of the present 

 station farm, and will therefore be a valuable acquisition to the sta- 

 tion. The departments of agronomy, animal husbandry, and irriga- 

 tion engineering are cooperating closely in a study of animal and 

 plant production under conditions of irrigated agriculture. The work 

 begun seems to be well planned and is being energetically prosecuted. 



VERMONT. 



Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Burlington. 

 Department of University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees — Board of Control : Matthew Henry Buckham (Pres. ) , Burling- 

 ton; E. J. Ormsbee, Brandon; G. S. Fassett, Enosburg; Cassius Peck, Burlington. 



STATION STAFF. 



Matthew Henry Buckham, D. D., LL. D., President of the University 



J. L. Hills, B. S.,Dir. C. H. Jones, B. S., Chem. 



G. H. Perkins, Ph. D., Ent. B. 0. White, Ph. B., Asst. Chem. 



L. R. Jones, Ph. B. , Bot. W. J. Morse, B. S. , Asst. Bot. 



F. A. Waugh, M. S., Hort. E. S. Gregg, Dairyman. 



F. A. Rich, V. S. , M. D. , Vet. Mary A. Benson, Sten. 



Cassius Peck, Supt. Farm. E. H. Powell, Treas. 



LINES OF WORK. 



No change has been made during the past year in the main lines of 

 work pursued by the Vermont Station. These have included chemical 

 studies of potatoes, artichokes, maple sap, and fertilizers; horticul- 

 tural investigations with special attention to the classification, pollina- 

 tion, and hybridization of plums; botanical investigations, especially 

 on the diseases of apples, potatoes, and carrots, and on weeds, the 

 purity of seeds, and the physiology of the flow of maple sap; entomo- 

 logical studies, especially on the forest tent caterpillar; and feeding 

 experiments with dairy cows. The work in dairying is directed 

 mainly toward the improvement of methods of experimentation in 

 feeding milch cows. The horticulturist is continuing the work in 

 the propagation of plums and has made some interesting experiments 

 in combinations of stocks and grafts. The station is conducting 

 nutrition investigations in cooperation with this Office, the special 

 subject of investigation being farmers' dietaries. The inspection of 

 fertilizers, feeding stuffs, and creamery glassware has been continued 



