Experiment Stations

a system of experimental college farms. The general government of the United States maintains a station for agricultural experiments in every state and territory of the Union. Specialists are furnished land, buildings, tools, stock, and labor to try new crops, new methods, and to make improvements in the old. Fruits, vegetables and field crops, bees, poultry, horses, horned cattle, swine and sheep, dairy products, and household economy, all receive attention. A school of instruction, or agricultural college, is maintained usually in connection with the experiment station. The possibilities of such stations are limited only by the ability and originality of those in charge. By act of Congress, bulletins may be sent out, postage free, which is now done to the extent of over half a million addresses. Some of the states maintain additional stations. Five stations in excellent repute are maintained by the Dominion of Canada at Ottawa, Ontario; Nappan, Nova Scotia; Brandon, Manitoba; Indian Head, Saskatchewan, and Agassiz, British Columbia. The Ottawa station is the head station through which the four others make report.