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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING,

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WYOMING

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION,

FOR THE YEAR 1896.

LARAMIE, WYO.

THE REPUBLICAN BOOK AND JOB PRINT

JUN 14 1930

LIBRARY

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

To His Excellency,

Hon. Wm. A. Richards,

Governor of Wyoming,
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

In accordance with my duties as President and Director, I have the honor to present herewith the Sixth Annual Report of the Agricultural College of the University of Wyoming and of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Wyoming. This report is for the year 1896.

Copies will be sent also to all agricultural colleges, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Secretary of the Interior, and to the Secretary of Agriculture, in compliance with Sections 3 of Acts of Congress of August 30, 1890, and March 2, 1887.

Respectfully submitted,

Frank Perrepont Graves

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING,
December 31, 1896.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

HON. STEPHEN W. DOWNEY, PRESIDENT, Laramie,
DR. GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD, SECRETARY, Cheyenne,
HON. OTTO GRAMM, Laramie,

HON. MELVILLE C. BROWN, Laramie,
PROF. JAMES O. CHURCHILL, Cheyenne,
HON. JAMES A. MCAVOY, Lander,
HON. TIMOTHY F. BURKE, Cheyenne,
HON. JOHN C. DAVIS, TREASURER, Rawlins,
HON. CARROLL H. PARMELEE, Buffalo,

EX-OFFICIO.

ESTELLE REEL, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. FRANK PIERREPONT GRAVES, PH. D., Litt. D., PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE OF THE TRUSTEES.
MELVILLE C. BROWN,
FRANK P. GRAVES.

OTTO GRAMM, CHAIRMAN,
STEPHEN W. DOWNEY,

FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

FRANK PIERREPONT GRAVES, Ph. D., Litt. D., President,
Professor of Political Science.

AVEN NELSON, M. S., A. M.,
Professor of Biology.

HENRY MERZ, B. S., A. M.,

Professor of Philosophy and Social Science.
BURT C. BUFFUM, M. S.,

Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture.

EDWIN EMERY SLOSSON, M. S.,
Professor of Chemistry.

WILBUR CLINTON KNIGHT, B. S., A. M.,
Professor of Geology.

IRENE MAY MORSE, Ph. B., A. M.,
Professor of History.

CORA MARTIN MCDONALD, A. M.,

Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature.

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CHARLES ALBERT VARNUM, Captain Seventh Cavalry, U. S. A.,
Professor of Military Science and Tactics.

CHARLES BASCOM RIDGAWAY, A. M.,

Professor of Mathematics and Physics.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN GILKISON, B. S.,

Instructor in Mechanical Engineering.