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recognized. By the union of these State 

 institutions with this Department in the 

 conduct of the larger enterprises for the 

 promotion of agriculture in the United 

 States, much more can be accomplished 

 than by either agency working sejjaratelj'. 

 The relations between the stations and this 

 Department were never more cordial and 

 intimate than they are now, and a rela- 

 tively large number of co-operative enter- 

 prises have been undertaken during the 

 past year on terms mutuallj' satisfactory to 

 the Department and the stations. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN 

 ALASKA. 



The work in Alaska daring the past year 

 has included a continuation of the agricul- 

 tural survey of this region and the inaugu- 

 ration of permanent experiment stations in 

 accordance with the changed terms of the 

 appropriation act of the current fiscal year. 

 The results of our investigations and the 

 accumulated evidence from other sources 

 have, it is believed, sufiBciently shown the 

 desirabilitj' and feasibility of regular ex- 

 perimental inquiries for the promotion of 

 agriculture in Alaska. With the comple- 

 tion and equipment of the offices, labora- 

 tories, and farm buildings at Sitka and 

 Kenai, it will be possible to prosecute these 

 inquiries much more efficiently. The estab- 

 lishment of headquarters for similar work 

 in the interior, which, it is hoped, may be 

 done the coming season, will make it pos- 

 sible to obtain more definite information 

 regarding the agricultural capabilities of 

 this region, which differs so materially from 

 the coast region. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN 



HAWAII, PUERTO RICO, AND THE 



PHILIPPINES. 



The experiment station at Honolulu, in 

 the Hawaiian Islands, maintained by the 

 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, has 

 continued to be successfully conducted dur- 



ing the past year. It is hoped that advan- 

 tage will be taken of the basis for experi- 

 mental inquiries in agriculture in these 

 islands thus laid by local enterprise, and 

 that the United States Government will 

 speedily supplement the eiJbrts of the people 

 of these islands in this direction as it has 

 done in the States and Territories. Agri- 

 cultural experiment stations should also be 

 established without delay in Puerto Rico, 

 and a plan should be made for their organ- 

 ization in the Philippines as soon as peace 

 and order are established in those islands. 

 In some respects legislation for the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of agricultural 

 experiment stations in the islands, under 

 the control of the United States Govern- 

 ment, should be wider in its provisions than 

 the Hatch Act. Especially should provi- 

 sion be made for meeting the need of the 

 people of those islands for immediate infor- 

 mation regarding improved methods of 

 agriculture which it is possible to give them, 

 on the basis of the results of agricultural 

 investigations already made elsewhere. 



Any plan for experiment stations in 

 Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines 

 should involve the following features : (1) 

 A local station with land, buildings, and 

 equipment for field and laboratory investi- 

 gations ; (2) an agricultural survey to 

 study the agricultui-al capabilities and re- 

 quirements of these islands; (3) coopera- 

 tive experiments with resident farmers ; 

 (4) dissemination, under frank, of bulle- 

 tins of original and compiled information 

 in the language of the people for whom they 

 are intended ; and (5) the holding of far- 

 mers' meetings in different localities for the 

 diifusion of practical information. 



EXPERIMENT STATION EXHIBIT AT THE PARIS 

 EXPOSITION OF 1900. 



An exhibit designed to show the develop- 

 ment and present status of the experiment 

 station enterprise in this country has been 



