MISCELLANEOUS 299 



As you learned in connection with stock feeding, scientists have 

 studied animal foods and food values. The application of the 

 principles discovered by them has made stock feeding less costly 

 and more profitable. 



United States Department of Agriculture. Our government, 

 through the work of practical scientists in the Department of Agri- 

 culture, does much to develop the great industry which every year 

 produces over half of the wealth of the country. The benefits of 



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THE NEW BUILDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



the Department of Agriculture extend over all the country. The 

 Department is divided into parts, called Bureaus, each having a 

 special line of work. 



State Experiment Stations. There is in each state an Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station supported by government and state 

 funds. These stations carry on scientific agriculture along lines 

 adapted to the special industries and conditions of the states. The 

 work of the Illinois Station in corn breeding has been worth mil- 

 lions of dollars to farmers in corn-growing sections. The Tennessee 

 Station, through careful selection, has developed strains of wheat 

 and barley that make good crops in the South where other varie- 

 ties do not thrive. The North Dakota Station originated the 



