Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-21
the ExpnnImpNrAI STATION.
Prof. NenIo Talks 20 the Numbers OF
the H.e1isbattlre sy,. IN. xparir

THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
Prof. NcnIo Talks 20 the Numbers OF
the Legislature on it's Work.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
ElDoyER, Feb. 13.--Professor Arthur Il.
Neale, director of ihs agricultural ex-
detrimental station OF Delaware College,
addressed the members of the Leg.
islature this evening. After describing
tue experiment station and its
equipment ard explaining that IL has
been demonstrated in other states and
other countries that the most satisfactory
results are obtained where the expert.
ments, instead OF being confined to
central station, have bsen distributed
over the greatest possible number of diff
ferent points, the speaker said: Il seems
10 me The most important work we can at
present undertake deals with forage
planta. Many Of these will grow where
clover viii net. 1t Is my plan to select,
SAY 10 piota of one acre EACH In each
county, to plant and engage tho farmers
thereof to- ako care Of Some me- N bar OF cur
station will travel from farm TO farm aud
note the results. Alfalfa liz one of the
forage plants would like ia this way to
test in 30 different localities OF the state
Ia tho same aay We shall attempt the
stndy of fruits. That will be the field
OF the station hortieulmrigt. The laud
will have TO be hired from the farmers
and their services paid for By the State.
Another part OF this work will bs the
study of plant dissases. The station
bactesioloeist will have to aot very
much as the physician acts; study.
Ing diseases while attempting 10 cure
them. Ia this Way French and American
Investigators have studied this black rot
in grapes, ascsrtained lis causs aad
found the remedy, and our bulletin will
explain the same aud its application,
and likewise give hints on the fighting OF
mildew and other diseases OF the grape.
OF course the study of peach yeliowa
will be very important part OF our work
To my mind this resembles disease
which has been creating muoh trouble in
Earope and which, Ia snme parts of
Germany, has made the cultivation of the
sugar beet almost impossible. Twelve
| years ago, In one German city, there were
70 beet sugar manufactures where now
there is not oue. il was said the trouble
lay in the surface soil. Chemists tried Ia
locate IL by many experiments, but failed
miserably. Then they tried the subsoil.
with the sGms result. About 10 years age
young chemist took samples Of
thoroughly diseased earth. divided then
into two portions and subjected one por.
ton to three or four days baking. Ihe
other portion he left untreated. In thest
samples he then planted beets. 1'hosd
in the baked earth turned out healthy
those in the unbaked were thoroughly
diseased. From this simple experiment,
he reasoned that this was a case, not fol
the chemist, but for the biologist. TIE
biologisls took up the investigation, fount
that the disease was caused by worm
studied the worm, and are now in q fair
way to master The trouble. SO with peacI
yellows our experiments will first bs at
tempts to locate the cause of the trouble
To this end we have sent out letters O
inquiry to all the peach growers who's
addresses We heve. When we hav,
located the probable field in which t,
work, our chemist, entomologist or oths
specialist will be called on to push tie in
qairy further.
In the Hatch act there Ia olausa max
ing II part of the legitimate business o
the station to introduce new plants. 70
several years have been devoting atten
ton to sorghum aud have resshad til
conclusion that plant which will pro
duca 5000 pounds OF chemically pur
sugar to the acre il worth studyiup
Four years have brought great advance
. in the machinery for extracting tn
sugar from the cane. have no don't
that we can develop here prc6tabl
! domestic sugar industry. With the latet
machinery we can extract 30 per cent q
. the saccharine matter and make rs pc
cent OF this into sogsr, leaving the II
manning 15 per cent in the form OF syrup
The seeds are as valuable as corn 10
, feeding stock and the refuse pulp make
good paper stock. The New Jerse
, experiments have shown that there
money, both for the farmer and th
|. sugar maker, In the sorghum culture.
| In answer to q question, prompted b
, Manlove Hayes, Professor Neale refesre'
, to work on the New Jersey experiments
/ farm, OF 100 acres, the property OF ltu'
gers College. Nine years ago he bega
work on that farm, but soon found tha
Z the neighboFing farmers took very littl
II I lltSAodt NhuiCAhs LhSAAB 1NhA ASl ~ 49,
|, the plan already employed in Englan
| and Germany, OF selecting small plots
| different parts of the State. Ten OF the'
, we planted in alfalfa. In nine tho Gro
failed; in the tenth 1t was splendi
, success. Had that one successful trl
been the only one, aud made on the Co
/. iege farm, we should have been misle
. and havesen out great deal Of m!slee'
' lug information, AH 1t was, we proceedt
!. to study the causes Of the failure, au
= with encouraging SUCCESS. We carrie
!. ont experiments in the same way vii
other plants and with the feeding of an
/ mails. know OF no line il this tiel
: where 1 would prefer to contine expes
!. ments to one farm and ha responsible T.
4 the results. am confident could nj
I give satisfaction iu that way, even IN
a state the aize of Delaware.
Beecham's pills cure bilious and nervo
! fills.
l- ---<-N-o--------
4 Haa % al.