[Cir. 120—B.] 
THE WORK OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIMENT FARM IN 
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By S. H. HastTines, Farm Superintendent, Office of Western Irrigation Agri- 
eulture. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The work of the San Antonio Experiment Farm is devoted to the 
investigation of agricultural prcblems peculiar to large areas in the 
southwestern United States, where the conditions of soil and climate 
are similar to those at San Antonio. The mcre important lines of 
work carried on are tillage and rotation experiments; breeding, 
variety testing, and different planting methods for cotton; variety 
Fic, 1.—View showing the buildings on the San Antonio Experiment Farm. 
testing of grain sorghum and broom corn; corn breeding and variety 
testing; a few forage-crop experiments; variety testing of peaches, 
plums, apricots, persimmons, grapes, walnuts, almonds, and other 
fruits, including Chinese dates. In addition to such horticultural 
work as is mentioned above, much attention is being given to finding 
stocks better adapted to the local conditions than those now used. 
lIssued Apr. 5, 1913. 
The San Antonio Experiment Farm comprises about 125 acres of land situated about 6 
“miles south of San Antonio, Tex. The tract belongs to the city of San Antonio and is 
leased to the Department of Agriculture. About 80 acres of the land are under cultiva- 
tion, and 6 of these are irrigated. The farm is equipped with the buildings (fig. 1) nec- 
essary for storage, laboratory, and cffice purposes and for employees’ quarters. The 
experiment farm is under the direction of the Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture of 
the Bureau of Plant Industry and is maintained from the funds of the Department of 
Agriculture. Previous general reports on the work of the farm were published in 1908 
and 1909 as Bureau of Plant Industry Circulars Nos. 13 and 34. 
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