, 1902-02-20
REPORT
OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERT
MENT STATION TO GOVERNOR
RICHARDS.
Contains the Report Of the Director,
eotanist, Chemist, GeoIosist, Ply
sicist and Meterorolo9ist and Fin
aneiaI Report Of the Secretary
Pertinent Recommendations.

II eleventh duudl Iepoll VI lut
United States experiment station Of
Wyoming. for 1900-19O1, has beer
issued. 1t is a pamphlet of thirty pages
and cover, and gives the report of the
director. the financial report of the sec
rotary. the report of the agriculturisl
and horticulturist. reports of the met
eorologist %botanist, chemist, geologisl
and physicist. The report of the dir
ector is divided into six paragraphs
origin and purpose of the station; whc
compose the station council; what the
station council does: the farm and
buildings: the need of better buildings
and bulletins for the l90O-19Ol.
The report of the agriculturist and
horticulturist includes experiments car
ried on in 1900; Investigations fol
1901; outline plan of investigation sug
gested; substation farms; station i'm
provements; change of assistants, and
needs of the department.
Under the heading. "Sub-statior
farms" the agriculturist makes this
recommendation:
The farms Of the institution
located at Lander and Sheridan, have
been leased for the year ending Feb
ruary %. 1902, the former for $50 and
the latter for SIS, payable in advance
I have recently visited these farms and
also the one at Sundance. While the
~lessees agree to keep fences and build
ings in good repair, the places do not
show the attention that an owne1
would give the property, and the i'm.
~provements are growing constantly less
valuable.
by the ruling of the Agricultural
Department there is no probability
that these farms can yer again be
used as ~sub-stations. They stand as
neglected property and give the people
who see them a poor opinion Of our man
agement and of experiment stations
generally. l would advise that these
farms and the tools and implements
connected with them be disposed of in
such a manner as in your judgment
may seem best, but so that the respon
sibility of their care be no longer vest
ed in the University"
The needs of the department are thus
noted In the report of the a%griculturist
THE present Office is too small to &C
commodate two assistants and a stem
ogropher in addition to the head Of the
department and the necessity of max
ing it a class room, at times, seriously
interrupts the work Of the assistants
1t is hoped that this cramped condition
may be relieved when some of the de,
partments r transferred to the new
building. Additional room is also de,
sirable for an agricultural museum. in
order that samples of agricultural pro
ducts, soils, ETC., may be kept for illu'
%strative purpose in connection with the
different experiments conducted and
also for s in class instruction.
This department should have on the
farm for the purposes of instruction
and experimentation, representative
animals Of a few prominent breeds of
live stock. This would necessitate the
provision of suitable quarters for them.
The institution has been presented
with good representatives of one breed
Of sheep. the Rambouillet. To these
should be added representatives of. at
least. two more prominent breeds of
sheep and three OF cattle. II sufficient
funds car be provided for a beginning
in cattle and sheep this year and for
small additions from time to time later,
the department will soon have the de-
sired equipment in the line of live
stock"
The financial report Of the secretary
for the year 19O0-1901 shows the re-
ceipts to have been $500 from the
treasury of the United States. under
act Of congress of March 2, 1887, and
from farm products, $528.20. This last
item was expended in travelling ex-
penses, $337.91, and buildings and re-
pairs, $1s0.29. The appropriation from
the United States treasury was ex-
pended as follows:
ool6rles ........... .......$ ~S,IO3.So