Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-08-31

tended cultivation OF market garden
products, peaches, and small irsAt,
aud great increase IN dairying
Esen from year 10 year the progress
Is plainly marked. That the station
contributes much 10 tits progress
there ts 20 room for doubt.
Louisiana has three stations. the
first of which was established in
October, 1855, by an association Of
sngar planters, and the last in April,
1883. Theee stations have already
accomplished much useful work,
including Investigations Of Eaanari4i
requirements OF various staple crops
OF the State analyses and ciAsssfiea
Iion OF the soils OF the Stain; anaIy-
ses IF AL the commercial fertilizers
se'd -Ss-tte State; experiments with
for;y.two varieties of cotton 10 de-
iermine the relative yield of hut,
length Of staple, aud strength Of
sber; and the introduction, with the
AID of the UBitei States Commls-
sioners Of Agriculture. Of more than
seventy varieties Of sugar ea0e, forty
eight Of which are now cultivated 10
the State. Zach station IS the head
quarters for large agricultural as-
soeiaiiea, which holds monthly meet.
ings on the station grounds. Al tbs
North Louisiana station, ~ Calhoun,
the farmers have raised By snbscrip-
non the means TO bHifi a bsii for
these meetings, which are frequently
attended by several hundred farmers.
During the season for sugar making
the sugar experiment station, which
has quite recently been moved from
Kenner 10 Audubon Park, New Or
leans, ia visited by planters from all
parts OF the word. The average
number OF visitors a, this station
during the past season was about
one hundred = Gay.
The influence Of the Wisconsin
station ~itbin the State has been
very marked. Its experiments on
pig feeding are tavOrahiy known
/ throughout the xhnie counIry The
! following extract iron letter from
Director Henry indicates some Of
The other good lh;ngs which the sta
ton has done and Is doing:
| Years ago the station. thea called The EE-
periuenisl farm. sent out The AHns1ry bar
/ les. which has been worth very consider
Z - a. mEh
Il yrsr's patient w1Tk, our frst assistant
/ es-sniss announced the compilation Of q
p,sihad hy Mhicb 81 ordinary. dAiSy naa,
i WITH ressoahble arscust of esre. can deter
nine the percentage OF fai IN milk or cram
wi,h ahaut a. much srcur4ey rs the chem
/ lsG BY The gr@vinletric method. Tbs rneihod
Of detsEasissisg fat is beszk hFunght int
ge.ler.i use ky dairymen and cthsrs- Lsss
summer eur ehief rheais;. DIR BaeeOck. an
i nonnced the discovery Il HbFine IN milk,
and stalled that This ne@ compound played
aa inpcrtsni part IN The Esisiag of cream
werk at the station vet to be nnHouneed
si.0ws that this discovery - ef eouaiaerable
irr . sstEnce 10 dAirvu1ee, snd ia il NE hsvs
an e1plaasiioa Of many sl The Ph-nsmena
Of milk aud cieasH.
i Similarly favorable reports nighi
be givcr, tram stations from Gaise 10
California. and from Alabama &C
Michigan. wherever the experiment
4 ing has been carried on long enough
. to give a fair iest OF lis value.
Americans haze the credit Of drop
ping enterprises which do not pay
: II Is a significant fact, therefore. tina
! no State which hAs once establishes
i a station has ever Ahaadoned il. Or
! the other hand. the revenues whict
& lie esat.esss derive Eruf's the States
' apart from these which they receive
!. from the NasieRal Government, bav
. steadily risen from $500, with whicl
: the FIRST stausn begun, 10 more thai
r sl25.000 10 the present year.
II Even If some OF the newer stationl
have a. vet brough, bat hitle trui
and some that il not we'll rnatured
:, we may confidently expect bcfor
T. NAVY years 20 have institutions !
!. allthe States. which will be Of Ih
l. highest service to- American agrieu
:, tHre.
!. one moSI favorable Indication
Z lac earnest dcsire Of the manager
Q Of The stationa 10 do the beet poss
,c LlS work. This has been particular
rs II manifest at the conventions Of II
IN Associations of American AgrienIti
L raj Colleges and Experiment 81
.r tions, in whseh matters Of static
in policy have formed the principI
- theme Of discussion. The underly
N ing thought has uniformly been
al do What will best serve the in,eres
as for which lhc stations arc establish
Is ed.
Il. The experimentation ep,eFpri
x | Is nos equipped for its great EorI
70 From lis small beginning, fuartst
= years ago. il has grown out to u
n. fartltrsl limits of our land. has eniis
,y ed the bret colleges and uniSersisi
J. aud the ablesl Investigators Of u
NJ eouatry and secured both State 81
a. national resources for its servie
b. IL Ass sAs=sassF 4et ehly s.f l~ntls'
m minds in scienru and csfncati0n b
nd also OF a great army OF prsetie
mt farmers, to whom il has atrsA'
be brought substantial benefits. As 8
frs, Secretary of Agriculture b
RS, justly said
70 Of eli Jis seiensiac enterprises wAiek
-. GeFesnHent has undertaken, scarcely y
i ,.ther has iFnpfl ssed its vaiua upon the p
= Elo and iheir representatives 10 the Sii
m aud s.aIiOnai legislature - sIetdsly and
an sisohgis Is thu The raFs4 gre~th OF
~. eater sise fpr eievating sgricalsuTs by
a.. aid ,ut sciwnce. its tspousal by Tho Uni
We States G0veTnmeui, iIs developsnsht y
lat pFessat Ainensishs in % shost p~Ti
tr.a Ia ennlf, ihN e Nsr Agiah whieh Il ~ fsi