The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
From tie horticultural College.
Correspondence OF The True Northsrner.


Correspondence Of The True Northsrner.
For the first time in the history of
the college we have just seen the open.
ing of the college year in September,
still, commencement will be in ten weeks.
The change seems to be very good one.
for instead of the deep snow and win
terry appearance of February, we have
now the pleasant days of September with
the ground as beautiful and home like
as the youngsters could picture in
the fondest reflections of what is to be
seen and acquired. ON their first sight of
college. 1t is rather laughable sight
to see lot of boys, many of whom never
saw the country and sights outside of
their own county, as they come strolling
into a new place with strange surround
ings, and all the stories of fun and fracas
fresh in their minds as they have been
told them by some friend who has un-
dertaken to give them peculiar dread
of entering college grounds. The scenes
have been more interesting from the fact
that the lack of space from four to six
students have been put in each room
for few weeks, or until the other hall
is ready for occupancy. To the credit
of the college be i. said that no haz-
ing" has been DONE There are now
over sixty new students with more com.
ing nearly every day. There were about
ninety students at work on the farm de.
partment alone, last Friday.
The college will make something of a
show of stock at the State fair next
week. The horticultural departme nt
will exhibit some fruits, flowers and
vegetables. Mr.. Garfield leaves to night
for Jackson, to do his work there as
Secretary for the State Horticultural
Society.
The Ingham County Farmers Club
held a meeting here last Saturday, the
object of which was to talk with the
members of the Faculty about the kinds
of winter wheat most profitable for them
to SOW. | do not apprehend that re-
port of the proceedings would be desira.
bic after SO much has been said. l will
say that after some good speeches, by
both farmers and professors, and the
testing of bread from seven different
kinds of wheat, namely; Buckeye, Wix,
Clawson, Fultz, Egyptian, Gold Medal
and Asiatic, they concluded that there
had been no fair test, for while in pre-.
pairing the bread all the conditions had
been kept as nearly the same as posi-.
bic, it was claimed By DR.. Shank, a mil
Ter OF Lansing, that the -four from the
different kinds of wheat could not but
have been mixed in grinding so small a
quantity of each Each kind of bread
was numbered and committee, consist
ing of seven gentlemen and seven ladies
were appointed to test them. The COR
responding results gave the Buckeye
one vote Wix, nine; Clawson, none
Fultz, eight Egyptian, six; Gold Med
al, none; Asiatic, seven ; when taken
from the house. The committee then
reporte Wix, ten; Fultz, three
Egyptian, one others none. All were
especially surprised to find none for the
Clawson, but as no one could tell for
which he was voting, he was not to
blame if he voted against the farmers
favorite. 1t was decided, however, that
the -four supposed to come from The
Clawson, came from the one ground
next preceding. The farmers went home
determ ned to SOW the Clawson as the
most profitable variety, and that which
promises to become the wheat of Mich.
gan, DR.. Shank said eastern men want.
ed it to mix with other varieties, so as
to make the best kind of -four. One
feature was especially prominent aud
much to be admired, the determine
ton on the Part of the farmers here to
improve their knowledge of subjects of
importance TO them.