L.  H.  Pammel,  B.  Agr.,  M.  S.,  Botanist. ,  AmManl  BolaniM.
H.  E.  Summers,  B.  S.,  Entomologist.  C.  H.  Eckles,  B.  Agr.,  M.  S.,  Asaistant  in

John   A.  Craig,  B.  S.  A.,  Kxipert  in  Ani-  Dairying  and  Dairy  Bacteriology.
mat  Husbandry.  Wilmon  Newell,  Assistant  Entomologist.
Joseph  J.  Edgerton,  B.  Agr,  Assistant  in  E.  R.  Hodson,  B.  S.,  Botanist.
Agricultural  Physics.  Geo.  M.  Rommel,  B.  S.  A.,  Assistant  in

John  Craig,  B.  S.  A.,  Horticulturist.  Animal  Husbandry,

H.    N.   Grettenberg,   B.   Agr.,  Assistant  K.  J.  Ev&nSfB.S.  A.,  Assistant  in  Dairying.
Chemist.  C.  J.  Griffith,  B.  S.  A.,  Assistant  in  Dairy-

J.  C.  Brown,  B.  Agr.,  Assistant  Chemist.  ing,

John  J.  Repp,  D.  V.  M.,  Veterinarian.  Miss  C.  M.  King,  Entomologid  and  Botan-

P._T.  Barnes,  Assistant  Horticulturist.  icai  Artist.
HISTORY.
The  Iowa  Station  is  located  near  the  center  of  the  State  in  the  midst
of  a  prosperous  agricultural  community.  The  surface  of  the  State  is
a  gently  undulating  plain,  with  an  elevation  ranging  from  about  500
to  1,600  feet.  Originally  this  was  a  vast  prairie,  covered  with  grasses,
but  trees  have  been  extensively  planted.  Ninety -five  per  cent  of  the
land  is  tillable  and  much  of  it  is  a  soft  black  loam.  The  average  rain-
fall is  about  36  inches  and  the  range  of  temperature  during  the  year
is  about  120^  F.  The  State  was  admitted  to  the  Union  in  1846  and
had  a  i-apid  development  as  a  gi-ain-growing  region.  More  recently
the  live  stock  and  dairy  interests  have  been  very  largely  developed.
