The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-05
ANNOUNCEMENT.


made for the establishment Of an
Agricultural Experiment Station
IN each State and Territory, and
on January S0th, 1883, an addi-
ional Act was passed providing
funds for the necessary expenses
ofthe Stations. On January 9th,
lsss, the State Legislature accept
ed this grant on behalf Of the
State, and located the Mississippi
Station at the Agricultural College,
and placed its management in the
hands Of the Board OF Trustees Of
he College.
AS soon as possible after the
funds became available, the Board
Of Trustees held q meeting and or
ganiEed the Station for werk by
the appointment of the necessary
assistants and adopting a program
for the work Of the present year.
The immediate control Of the Sta
ton was placed in the hands Of
Governing Board composed Of the
President Of the Agricultural Col
lege, Gen. s. d. Lee, the local
member Of the Board Of Trustees,
Hon. w. B. Montgomery, and the
Director Of the Station, S. NJ.
Tracy. The President of the State
Farmers Alliance, the Master Of
the State Grange, the President Of
the state Horticultural Society and
the Chief officer of any other State
organization having for its main
object the improvement Of the ag-
rioultural resources OF the State,
or the improvement Of livestock,
were made an Advisory Board.
The Act of Congress making
provision for the establishment Of
the Station says:
"Sec. 2. That it shall be the
object and duty Of said experiment
stations to conduct original re-
searches or verify experiments on
the physiology of plants and ami
mails; the diseases to which they
are severally subject with the
remedies for the same; the chemi-
cal composition of useful plants at
their different stages Of growth;
the comparative advantages OF ro-
tative cropping as pursued under
a varying series Of crops; the
capacity OF new plants or trees for
aoclimation; the analysis Of soils
and water; the chemical compost
ton Of manurss, natural or artific-
ial, with experiments designed to
test their comparative effects on
crops of different kinds; the adap-
tation and value Of grasses and
forage plants; the composition and
digestibility Of the different kinds
Of food for domestic animals; the
scientific and economic questions
involved in the production of but
ter and cheese; and such other re-
searches or experiment bearing di.
rectly on the agricultural industry
Of the United States as may in
each case be deemed advisable,
having due regard to the varying
conditions and needs of the re-
speetive States or Territories"
II will be seen from the above
that the funds Of the Station cannot
be used for defraying any College
expenses, or to aid the College in
any way, except so far as it may
do so by relieving it from outlay
for experiment work. The work
of the Station must be confined to
experimentation alone, and cannot
be used for teaching.
II is the intention ofthe Govern.
ing Board to make the work Of the
Station entirely practical, so as "a
bring its results within the reach Of
every farmer in the State. Special
attention will be given to ascertain.
ing the best methods for restoring
fertility to exhausted soils, to the
comparative advantages of differ
ent crop rotations, to improved
dairy methods, to the value Of new
varieties Of plants for cultivation
in this climate, to the introduction
Of new species of grasses and for