Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-10-26

Agricultural Experiment station.
We are under obligations to Prof. Cooke
for "A copy of the first annual report of the
station. The report makes volume Of 1872
pages In the amount of matter which it
contains and the character of the work re
ported it seems to compare well with the
annual reports of experiment stations IN
other states 1t covers the work of the
station from March list, 1887, when active
work began, to March LIST, 1888 The re
port contains the state law establishing the
station with an appropriation of $500 per
year: the United States law appropriating
SO. 600 year for agricultural experiment
stations to he established under the direc-
ton of the agricultural colleges in each
state or in connection with stations pre-
viously established by legislative aid the
fertilizer law the analyses of fertilizers
licensed to be sold in this state, with eX-
plantations concerning analyses and valua-
tions trade values of fertilizing ingredi
ents in raw materials, and trade values of
mixed fertilizers analyses of muck ashes
potash salts, and various other materials
used as fertilizers field experiments with
fertilizers and with new fodder crops COM
position and digestibiity of folders, with
tables showing nutrtive ratios and compar-
alive values per ton tables showing the
fertizng value of various kinds of fodder
tables of feeding standards chapter on
the compromising of rations for different
kinds of live stock analyses made at the
station of samples of variety of Vermont
fodder crops and of drinking water
The director says that the station is pre-
pared to analyze and test fertilizers, cattle
foods, seeds soils, milk, and other agricul-
tural materials and products, to identify
grasses, weeds and useful or injurious in.
sects, and to give information on various
subjects of agricultural science for the use
and advantage of the citizens of Vermont
All chemical analyses, seed Investigations
etc, proper to an experiment station, that
can he used for the public benefit, will be
made without charge. The station will un-
dertake no work the results of which are
not at its disposal to use or publish, if deem
ed advisable, for the public good The re-
suits Of each analysis or examination will
he promptly communicated to the party
sen ''t sample. Those that are of gen
eral i....rrst will be published in bulletins,
copies of which will be sent to each post
Office in the state. The work of the year
will he summed up in the annual report of
the station
1t is the wish of the board of control to
make the station as widely useful as its re
sources will admit. Every Vermont citizen
who is concerned in agriculture, whether
farmer, manufacturer or dealer, has the
right to apply to the station for any assist
ance that comes within its province to rem
der, and the station will respond to all APP
phcations as far as lies in its power. All
communications on agricultural and horti-
cultural topics will be fairly considered and
as far as possible promptly answered. Any
one desiring to send samples or specimens
for examination should write first TO the
experiment station and get blanks and di-
rections for taking samples.
Concerning the future work of the sta
ton the report says;
Under the Hatch bill the station will
hereafter receive SO, 600 year. This will
enable it to increase the scope and variety
of its work. A farm has been purchased,
and suitable buildings have been erected
and well stocked to make a fully-equipped
experimental farm, so that hereafter the
station will be enabled to carry ON its work
in the following definite lines of research
/. Field experiments with the principal
farm crops of the state
:! The feeding of farm stock.
3. The study of various fruits and vege-
ia lies adapted to the soil and climate of the
state
/. The study of milk and all of its prod
ucts.
!. The diseases of plants.
q. The study of insects injurious to vege-
tation
I. Fertilizers both in the field and the
laboratory
$. Miscellaneous chemical work which
may be sent in 10y the farmers of the state.