Excerpt from Agricultural Experiment Stations: Their Objects and Work Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for publication as a bul letih of this Office a brief summary of the objects, organization, and work of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States. This publication will in a sense be supplementary to. Farmers' Bulletin N o 1, The What and Why of Agricultural Experiment Stations, issued soon after the establishment of this Office and now out of print. The com plexity of the organization and operations of the stations makes it difficult to clearly present in condensed form even the main features of this great system, but it is hoped that this bulletin Will at least enable' the reader to correctly interpret the general purpose for Which the stat tions were established and to appreciate in some degree the vastness of the enterprise which the people of this country are maintaining in the effort to utilize the methods and results of scientific inquiry for the benefit of agriculture. Respectfully, A. O. True, Director. Hon. J. Sterling morton, Secretary of Agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.