LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, To His Excellency, JOHN SPARKS, Governor of Nevada. SIR: The Board of Control of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station have the honor to submit the Annual Report of the Board of Control for the year 1906. By order of the Board of Control: GEO. H. TAYLOR, Clerk. OSCAR J. SMITH, Chairman. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, To the Honorable the Board of Control: SIRS: In accordance with Section 1 of "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act relating to public reports and repealing all other Acts in relation thereto,' approved March 6, 1901," I have the honor to make the following report of the work accomplished and the financial expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. The reports of the several departments of the Experiment Station are quite full and complete, and deserve your thoughtful consideration. ADAMS FUND. On March 16, 1906, the so-called Adams Bill was passed by Congress appropriating to the Experiment Station $5,000 for the year ending June 30, 1906, and $7,000 for the year ending June 30, 1907, and $9,000 for the year ending June 30, 1908, and $11,000 for the year ending June 30, 1909, and $13,000 for the year ending June 30, 1910, and $15,000 for the year ending June 30, 1911. When the amount reaches $15,000 it remains there, and the Adams Fund will yield thereafter $15,000 a year to Experiment Station work. The provisions of the Adams Bill, however, restrict the expenditures to investigation and research in agriculture and the necessary supplies and apparatus for such investigation and research. All other expenses for the Experiment Station must be paid from the Hatch Fund. A misunderstanding having arisen in the Department of Agriculture, the Solicitor of the Treasury decided that the $5,000 appropriated could not be used until the beginning of the year July 1, 1906-1907. An amendment, therefore, was placed on the Agricultural Bill making this $5,000 available for the year ending June 30, 1906. This amendment was passed on June 29, 1906, and the Director received a telegram from the Office of Experiment Stations that the above $5,000 could be used for the year 1905-1906. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADAMS FUND APPROPRIATION, 1906. The Director received word from Washington on Friday, June 29th, that the $5,000 could be used for the purchase of necessary equipment and apparatus for investigation, provided it was expended for material ordered before June 30, 1906. Our Station Staff met at 9 a. m., Saturday, June 30, 1906, and placed |