EXPERIMENT STATION. 
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proper credit, and will form a valuable storehouse of in¬ 
formation as observations increase. 
Correspondence is invited on topics connected with 
irrigation engineering, and data regarding irrigation is 
requested; description and plans of ditch, measuring 
Humes, headgates, etc., whether peculiar to your 
locality or not: means taken to economize water or to 
increase the duty; of trials in sub-irrigation; of attempts 
at reclaiming alkali lands by drainage or otherwise; of 
reservoirs, especially any data that bear upon the loss of 
water by evaporation or seepage, or both; of the effect of 
irrigation upon the soil; height of the water table before 
and since irrigation, etc. All such data, or any other 
bearing upon the irrigation system of our State, is asked 
for, and such information as is furnished will be at the 
service of the citizens of the State. 
Veterinary Department. 
Experiments to determine the cause, nature, symp¬ 
toms and post-mortem appearances of the so-called loco 
disease in this State, are about to h|e commenced at the 
Experiment Station. I 
Answers to the following questions are requested 
from all who hnve suffered loss from this disease, and 
who have had personal experience of the affection. 
1. When was the disease first observed to affect 
your animals, and at what season of the year? 
2. Vv r hat symptoms are observed, and how long does 
the disease last, on an average? 
3. How many animals have you lost from the loco 
disease ? 
4. How many animals have you now sick from this 
disease ? 
5. What is your opinion as to the cause of the dis¬ 
ease ? 
