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PRACTICAL ZOOLOGY 



on our western coast. The largest of these is the Marine 

 Biological laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Fig. 326). 

 Here several hundred men and women gather every summer 

 for the purpose of studying the animal life of the sea and of 

 discussing the facts and theories of zoology. 



The government institutions where scientific work is carried 

 on are devoted largely to applied science. Besides the work 



Fig. .326. — The marine biological laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. 



done by the United States Department of Agriculture at Wash- 

 ington there are experiment stations scattered about through- 

 out the country, usually connected with the state agricultural 

 colleges. 



The United States Department of Agriculture is the largest 

 institution in this country devoted to the task of adding to our 

 knowledge of plants and animals and of distributing this knowl- 

 edge among the people. During the year 1913, 14,478 persons 

 were employed by this department and over twenty million 

 dollars were spent to carry on its work. The scientific bureaus 

 in the department are as follows: — 



