June 13, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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experiment station in Hawaii was for the 

 fiscal year covered by this report. A pre- 

 liminary investigation of the agricultural 

 conditions existing in Hawaii with refer- 

 ence to the establishment of an experiment 

 station was made by Dr. W. C. Stubbs, 

 director of the Louisiana Agricultural 

 Experiment Stations, acting under the di- 

 rection of this Office. On the basis of his 

 report a station was established with head- 

 quarters at Honolulu, and put in charge 

 of Mr. Jared G. Smith. The station was 

 located on the tract of land in Honolulu 

 known as Kewalo-uka, which was assigned 

 to this Department by the Government of 

 the Territory of Hawaii. About fifty 

 acres of this tract have been cleared and 

 several small buildings have been erected. 

 The investigations have thus far been con- 

 fined to studies of a fungous disease which 

 seriously affects taro, and studies of the 

 diseases of poultry. Plans are being made 

 for .experiments in horticulture, including 

 both fruits and vegetables, and coffee cul- 

 ture. Cooperative investigations in irri- 

 gation will also be undertaken. 



PORTO RICO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The first appropriation ($5,000) for 

 agricultural investigations in Porto Rico 

 was made for the fiscal year ended Jime 

 30, 1901, and was used for making a pre- 

 liminary investigation of the agricultural 

 conditions existing in that island, with 

 special reference to the establishment of 

 an experiment station there. This inves- 

 tigation was in charge of Professor S. A. 

 Knapp, formerly of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College, and on the basis of his report 

 Congress made a second appropriation 

 ($12,000) for the current fiscal year, which 

 authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 establish and maintain an agricultural ex- 

 periment station in Porto Rico. 



In the spring of 1901 the investigations 

 in Porto Rico were put in charge of Mr. 



Frank D. Gardner, who has since made his 

 headquarters at San Juan. The work thus 

 far has been largely confined to an agri- 

 cultural survey of the island with refer- 

 ence to the best locations for experimental 

 investigations. Experiments in coilee cul- 

 ture and with other crops have, however, 

 I'ecently been undertaken on leased land 

 at Rio Piedras. Studies of injurious in- 

 sects and plant diseases have also been 

 begun. Improved varieties of seeds and 

 plants have been distributed. 



STATISTICS OF THE STATIONS. 



Agricultural experiment stations are 

 now in operation under the act of Congress 

 of March 2, 1887, in all the States and Ter- 

 ritories, and, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto 

 Rico. In Connecticut, New Jersey, New 

 York, Hawaii, Missouri, Alabama and 

 Louisiana separate stations are main- 

 tained wholly or in part by State funds. 

 A number of substations are also main- 

 tained in different States. Excluding 

 the substations, the total number of sta- 

 tions in the United States is 60. Of these, 

 54: receive appropriations pi-ovided for by 

 act of Congress. 



The total income of the stations during 

 1901 was $1,231,881.55, of which $720,000.- 

 00 was received from the National Govern- 

 ment, the remainder, $511,881.55, coming 

 from the following sources: State govern- 

 ments, $303,892.61; individuals and com- 

 munities, $1,580.59 ; fees for analyses of 

 fertilizers, $82,322.40; sales of farm pro- 

 ducts, .$93,363.98; miscellaneous, $30,721.- 

 97. In addition to this, the Office of Ex- 

 periment Stations had an appropriation of 

 $125,000 for the past fiscal year, including 

 $12,000 for the Alaska experiment stations, 

 $10,000 for the Hawaiian investigations, 

 $5,000 for the Porto Rican investigations, 

 $15,000 for nutrition investigations, and 

 $50,000 for irrigation investigations. The 



