Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from June 1940 to February 1941. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in case of default advertise and sell the land encumbered to the highest bidder and apply proceeds to liquidation of lien. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies.