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of the bulletins issued during the year; plans of station work for 1900- 

 1901; reports of the director and heads of departments; a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; studies of the effect 

 of alkali on the germination and growth of plants, the rate of absorp- 

 tion of salts from solution, and the evaporation of water from salt 

 solutions and plants; determinations of the amount of alkali in the soil 

 at depths of from 3 inches to 3 feet on different parts of the experiment 

 farm; measurements of the duty of water in irrigation; observations 

 during 1899 on the amount of water necessary to produce a maximum 

 crop, and the results of tests of two subirrigation systems at the station; 

 a report on tests of a large number of cultivated and native forage 

 plants; tabulated data for tests of some 500 varieties of wheat, 60 of 

 oats, and 50 of barley; a list with descriptive notes of species of 

 cryptogams collected in Wyoming; meteorological observations; and 

 reprints of Bulletins 41-45 of the station. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Animal industry stands at the head of agricultural industries in Wy- 

 oming, and the station is planning its work so as to eventually give 

 this branch of agriculture a leading place in its investigations. As 

 yet the station funds are too limited to permit the purchase of live 

 stock needed for investigations, but feeding experiments in coopera- 

 tion with private persons have been started, and other closely related 

 investigations in irrigation and forage production are being carried on 

 with a view to preparing the way for useful experiments with live 

 stock when funds are provided for its purchase. The station is work- 

 ing earnestly along such lines as its limited funds will permit, and is 

 coming into closer relations with the agricultural and especially the 

 live-stock interests of the State. The carrying on of important investi- 

 gations with live stock, under the conditions existing in this State, 

 will require considerable additional funds and it is hoped that the 

 State will be able to supplement the national funds for this purpose 

 in the near future. The station should also be pui in such financial 

 condition that it can have a director as a separate officer. 



