The Portland daily press., 1877-08-13
Connecticut Experiment A griculturnI Sta

Our sister state has taken noble step for
ward, and in the right direction for her agri-
cultural experiment station promises to be of
great service to the cause Of agriculture, as
.welas of great benefit to the farmers within
its boundaries. We hope to see the day
when a part of the $4,000 per annum ex-
pended by our Massachusetts Agricultural
College may be devoted to doing similar
work.
The Connecticut Station, as we are official.
ly informed, is established in accordance with
an act of the General Assembly, approved
March 81, 1877, ''for the purpose of promot
ing agriculture by scientific investigation and
experiments" and succeeds the station that
was organized in 1875, for term of two
years, under the management of the trustees
of the Wesleyan University at Middletown
The station is no W ready TO analyze and test
fertilizers, cattle-foods, seeds and other agri-
cultural materials and products, for the use
and advantage of the citizens of Connecti-
cut All chemical analyses, seed examina-
tlons, etc., proper to an experiment station,
that can be used for the public benefit, will
be made without charge. Work done for in
dividuals. that is not of general interest, will
be charged for at moderate rates, to be
learned on application. The station will I'M
deItake no work the results of which are not
at its disposal to use or publish, if deemed
Samples of commercial fertilizers, seeds,
etc., will be examined in the order of their
coming, but when many samples of one
brand of fertilizers are sent in, the station
will make a selection for analysis. In taking
samples of commercial fertilizers and seeds
for examination, the stations 'Instructions
for sampling" must be strictly followed, and
its blank" Forms for Description of Samples
must be filled out and sent with the samples.
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application.
The results of each analysis or examina-
ton will be promptly communicated to the
party sending the sample. Results that are
of general Interest will be sent to all the
newspapers of the state for publication, and
will be furnished to all who apply for them by
letter or otherwise.
The officers of the station will take every
pains to obtain for analysis samples of all the
commercial fertilizers sod in Connecticut,
but the organized cooperation of farmers is
essential for the timely and full protection OF
their interests. Farmers clubs and like as
sociations can most efficiently work with the
station for this purpose, and are requested to
send in samples early during each season of
trade.
1t is the wish of the Board of Control to
make the station as widely useful as its re-
sources will admit. Every Connecticut citi-
zen, who is concerned in agriculture, whether
farmer, manufacturer or or dealer, has the
right to apply to the station for assistance
that comes within its province to render, and
the station will respond to all applications as
far as lies in its power.
We trust the station will form nucleus,
around which may be formed circle of en-
terprising, thinking, earnest cultivators of the
soil; that it may inaugurate an increased in
terest in rational agriculture; that it may add
to the dignity, profit and pleasure of the
calling of every farmer in the state-Boston
Advertiser.