Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-31
ANNOUNCEMENT

March 2d, 1897, provision was mail
" for the cstabl shment OF an Agricnliu
c raj Experiment Station in each Stat,
1 and Territory, and IN January S0ih
1883. an additional Act was par scd pro
= viding funds for the necessary expen
ses of the stations. On january 2Tth
9 1883, the State Legislature Of Missis
sippi accepted this grant on behalf o
the State, and located the Mississippi
: Station nj the Agricultural College
I and placed its management in the
/ hands of the Board of Trustees Of the
College.
As soon "a possible after the funds
became available, the Board OF Trus.
tees held n meeting aud organized the
Station for work by the appointment
of the necessary assistants and adopt.
ing a program for tho work of the
present year. The immediate control
of the Station was placed in the hands
of n Governing Board composed of the
President of the Agricultural College,
Gen. ), ID. Lee, the local member of the
Board of Trustees, Hon. W. Is. Mont
yomcrv. and the Director OF the Sta
lion. S. NJ. Tracy. The President of
the State Farmers Alliance. the Mas.
ter of the State Grange, the President
of the State Horticultural Society and
the Chiefoficer of any other State or.
g~anizatiou having for its niaiu object
the improvement of tho agricultural
resources OF The State, or the improve
mcnt of livestock, were made an Adj
visory Board.
The Act of Congress making provis.
ion for the establishment of the Sta
ton says:
"SEC. ?. That It shall be''the object
and duty Of said experiment stations
to conduct original researches or veri.
fy experiments OH the physiology of
plants and animals; the diseases to
which they are severally subject, with
the remedies for the same; the chcmi-
cal composition of useful plants at
their different stages of growth; the
comparative advantages of rotative
cropping MS pursued under a varying
series Of crops; the capacity of new
plants or trees tor acclimation; tile
analysis OF soils and wafer; the chemi-
cal composition OF manures, natural or
artificial, with experiments designed
to test their comparative effects on
crops of different kinds; the adaptation
and value of grasses and forage plants:
tho composition and digestibilily OF
the different kinds of food tor domc'.
tic animals; the scientific and cconom-
ic questions involved in the production
of butter and cheese; and such other
researches or experiments bearing di-
Icctly on the agricultural industry of
the United States as may in each case
be deemed advisable, having duo re-
gard to the varying conditions aud
needs of the respective States or Ter
ritorics."
1t will be c g from the above that
the funds of the Station cannot be used
for detraying any College eSpen.cs. or
to aid the College in ANY way. except
so far as il may do so by relieving il
from outlay for experiment work.
The work Of the Station must be con.
fined 10 experimentation alone, and
cannot be used tor teaching.
1t is the intention OF the Governing
Board to make the work OF the Station
entirely practical, st as to bring its re.
suits within the reach OF every farmer
in the State. Special attention will lie
given TO asccrtaininS the best methods
for restoring fertility to exhausted
soils, to the comparative advantages of
different crop rotations, 10 improved
dairy methods, to the value of new va.
rieties OF plants for cultivation in this
climate, 10 the introduction Of new
specie. of grasses and forage plants
and to the best methods tor destroying
injurious insects and fungi. Speci.
mrns of plants or insects for identiii-
cation, samples OF agricultural prod
ucts, plants showing the effects of dis.
ease and any other objects %otsgcnerall
interest may be sent to the Station for
examination. Such articles intended
tor examination should be plainly
marked with the name and address ui
the sender, and be sent, Express char
ges prepaid, to
DIRECTOR or EXPERIMENT STATION,
Starkville, Miss.
Letters aud mail packages should be
addressed TO
DIRECTOR OF EXPERIMENT STATION,
Agricultural College, Miss.
From the fact that the C~ongressiCn
al appropriation was not received M
Ill too late in the %,,season tor COM lrl.
Ing certain lines OF work which ii j.,
desirable that the Station should un.
dertakc, the work Of the present year
will be largely preparatory for the
mere extended experiments which viii
be attempted in the future.
Bulletins or reports of work done n
the Station will be published o. least
once in three months, and ut the eli l..oi
each year a full annual report Will ..nr
issued. These bulletins and rep, rl,
will be mailed free TO I'LL residents Of
the State who apply tor them, and who
are actually engaged in farming, MS far
us the means of the Station will per.
nit.
Correspondence in regard to agri.
cultural mattcre is desired, and all let.
tiers OF inquiry will receive prompt at.
tentiOn.
-. S. NJ. TRACY, Director.