Here is a partial catalogue of the enactments and appropriations of the
legislature in the valley States for two years only:
LAWS AND APPROPRIATIONS SHOWING WORK DONE IN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT AND
EXTENSION WORK BY CERTAIN OF THE STATES, 1911-14.
ALABAMA
1912.--$27,000, experiments with fertilizers, combating boll-weevil,
plant breeding, horticultural investigations, agricultural
extension, etc.
1913.--Same as for 1912.
COLORADO
1911-12.--$5,500, experiments with potatoes.
5,000, experiments with alfalfa, grain, etc.
3,500, dry farming.
1913.--$47,500, experimental work in dry farming, dairying, etc.
1913-l4.--County commissioners, on petition of one hundred taxpayers, to
appoint county agriculturist; salary paid by county and expenses
by county, State, and United States.
ILLINOIS
1913.--Authorized counties to appropriate $5,000 annually for soil and
crop improvement.
See "American Year Book, 1913," p.
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