Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-25
ran ExrsRrsnNrAe srArIoE.
The First bulletin Issned, Expiain-
sfng Nhc objects OF the station.

The First Hutlettu tssucus ExptAtn-
sing the objects OF the station.
The Agricultural Experimental station
at Newark has issued It's tigsE bulletin, The
flrst page contains the names OF the officers
and the second states that 1.-THE bulletin Is
designed 70 explain briefly the objects OF
the station and its work, and to present TO
the public the full text Of the law which
calls the station into being and detiuee the
limits under which the station and Its on
GERS must operate"
1t is und rstood that an set OF Congress.
approved July I'd, 1862, made Delaware
College an agricultural college. THIS new
agricultural bill, known as the Hatch act,
therefore adds smother department to such
agricultural colleges as accept Its prov1.
sions, and Delaware College is included
therein. The bulletin further says:
SIN accordance with the provisions Of
section OF tho act, the trustees OF the col
lege have erected on the college grounds a
two-story brick building OF eight rooms,
for laboratory purposes, at a cost OF.
nearly s3 600. This building Will be
Cited up with all the. necessary appliances
In the shape OF apparatus, books, 3d.. TO
conduct successfully the indoor expert
mental work in chemistry, botany, horti-
culture, entomology, physiology, micro
scopY, meteoroiogy aud kindred sciences.
"Onder session OF the act under which
this station Is organized and conducted, Il
Will be n0t'lsd that provision is made TO
conduct origi nhl researches or verify exper'
.monts ~ on the physiology Of plants and
animais, (2) the diseases to which they are
ssverallV subject, with the remedies for the
same; 90 the chemical composition OF use
full plants Ia their different stages OF
growth; az The comparative Advantages OF
rotative cropping as pursued under vary
ing series OF crops; 90 the capacity Of
new plants and trses Tor acelimAtlon; (6)
the analysis Of coils and water; "a
the chemical composition of mannres, nat
ural or artificial, with experiments designed
to test their comparative effects on crops Of
different kinds; (S) the edHptation and
value Of grasses and forage plants (9l the
composition and digesiibllitF of thu fsr-
shs kinds OF food for domestic animals; Ci0)
the seien lie economic questions involved
IN the production OF butter and cheese I'D
and such other researches or experiments
bearing directly upon the agricultural In
dustry Of the United States az may In each
case be deemed advisable, having due re-
gard TO the varying conditions and needs
OF the pectiya states and territories.
"It will ba seen that tie act requires ex-
perimsptlng aud research chiefly Is an
economic direction and contempiates re-
/ suits which Will be Of practical value to
all Interested In the various branches OF
agriculture.
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done by the station are paid FOR by the gem
eral government, and the general results
are published In quarterly hullstins and an
annual report, which are distributed free
OF postage 30 the newspapers OF the State
and 70 such individuals actively engaged
in farming as may request the same, as far
| as the means Of the station will permit.
cit Is thought that the state viii be greatly
| benefited by the WORK OF the station. In
deed, II the station does nothing more than
4 Increase the agricultural products Of the
state one per cent It will add at least $780,
600 year to the wealth OF the State Of
I Delaware.
at is hopsd that every citizen interested
| in the welfare Of the state, especially every
one engaged IN farming or gardening, viii
take an interest In thu station work and
lead at least bis sympathy.
"The station bulletins are published
| quarterly, and distributed to those who re-
/ quest the came freq OF expense"