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. 466.
IOWA
1913.—$500, cross-breeding of fruits and edible nuts. Authorizing
establishment of county corporations for improvement of
agriculture.
40,000, experiment station.
10,000, veterinary investigation.
17,000, experimental farm.
40,000, agricultural extension.
See "American Year Book, 1913," p. 465.