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ture. During 1912 there were 13,000 employees in this 

 service, of whom 2,500 were stationed at Washington. 

 Fifteen hundred kinds of new seeds and plants were 

 brought to the attention of farmers by the Department 

 during the year 1914. Tests of the soil are made in all 

 parts of the country in order that grazers, vegetable 



AN ORCHARD MEETING. 1 



growers, and others may know the exact character and 

 needs of their lands. 



In addition to this work done by the national govern- 

 ment, each state and territory has its own Experiment 

 Station and College of Agriculture. The New York State 

 College of Agriculture at Cornell, for example, has a 



1 From left to right : Prof. F. A. Waugh, Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College ; T. L. Kenny, owner of the orchard ; A. C. True, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ; Prof. G. L. Hills, Vermont Agricultural College ; Prof. 

 L. R. Jones, Wisconsin Agricultural College; Prof. S. A. Beach, Iowa Agricul- 

 tural Collegtf ; Prof. John Craig, Cornell University. 



