American bee journal . Copyright, 1889, by John de Witt. Xlie Wliat and Why of Aaricultu-ral Eyperiinent Stations—Farmers BulletinNo. 1—issued by the Office of ExperimentStations of the U. S. Department of Agiicul-ture, Prof. W. 0. Atwater, Director. Tliisis a brief account of the Experiment Sta-tions, what they are, what they are doing,and how tliey do it, together witli a shorthistory of the origin and development of Ex-periment Station worlt in this country, andan account of tlie worlj in the same line inEurope. An immense amount of interestingand valuable information is compressedwithin th
American bee journal . Copyright, 1889, by John de Witt. Xlie Wliat and Why of Aaricultu-ral Eyperiinent Stations—Farmers BulletinNo. 1—issued by the Office of ExperimentStations of the U. S. Department of Agiicul-ture, Prof. W. 0. Atwater, Director. Tliisis a brief account of the Experiment Sta-tions, what they are, what they are doing,and how tliey do it, together witli a shorthistory of the origin and development of Ex-periment Station worlt in this country, andan account of tlie worlj in the same line inEurope. An immense amount of interestingand valuable information is compressedwithin the narrow limits, 16 pages, of thislittle pamphlet. Amongst other things welearn that no other country in the world hasundertaken scientific work for the benefit ofits farmers on such a vast scale as the Uni-ted States; that in a great many cases asingle line of investigation pursued at anexperiment station has saved more moneyto the farmers of the State than its entirecost of maintenance ; that the effect on thefar
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