The agricultural experiment stations in the United States . Fig. 2.—New Jersey Stations—Barns. U. S. Dept. of Agr., Bui. 80, Office of Expt. Stations. Plate NEW JERSEY. 319 (PL XCV, fig. 2). The silo is shown in PI. XCVL fig. 1. and theforcing-houses of the greenhouse plant in PI. XCVI. fig. 2. Five acres of land are used in field experiments with fruits andvegetables and two acres in experiments with plant diseases. Theseareas were tranferred by the college authorities to the authorities ofthe stations in 1895, no compensation being paid by the stations. Inaddition the college authorit
The agricultural experiment stations in the United States . Fig. 2.—New Jersey Stations—Barns. U. S. Dept. of Agr., Bui. 80, Office of Expt. Stations. Plate NEW JERSEY. 319 (PL XCV, fig. 2). The silo is shown in PI. XCVL fig. 1. and theforcing-houses of the greenhouse plant in PI. XCVI. fig. 2. Five acres of land are used in field experiments with fruits andvegetables and two acres in experiments with plant diseases. Theseareas were tranferred by the college authorities to the authorities ofthe stations in 1895, no compensation being paid by the stations. Inaddition the college authorities transferred to the stations the remain-der of the farm (about 85 acres) in April. 1896. This land is used forexperiments in dairy farming. The business of the* farm is kept as aseparate account and the income is sufficient to pay running expensesand contribute to the cost of experiments. The stations own but little live stock. They make use. however, ofthe college herd of about 35 cows in their experimental work in dairyfarming. Permanent herds are maintained, though individual ani-mals are purchased from time to time for use in special experiments. The
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