Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-05-04

p. 4t4tt i-1i ~ NiNL q 'his' - 4I-sN Tee y
/ organized in a uumbor OF the states
Michigan lead tie gay ia ls57, and
New York soon followed her exam
pie. After lte passage OF The iRod
5tant aet ia 1852, kapsas and Mas
sacau.ells were the first states 10
avail themselves ct the national eiii
hy establishing agricultural colleges,
and thereafter lhe formation oi these
! institutions pfoerctCi with ~ much
rapidily as could have been expected
when the country was recovering
from TIE l,rcfIl effects Of tho ciyiI
war Experimental work ia asri.
ru1TuTe was nut ertaken IL srgt-i.5sll rgt--i.,5sll tsif f
these Institutions soon after their or,
ganfzation.
The renarls OF the successful aud
beneficial work done ia the European
experiment stations excited more
and more attention on this side oi. e
Atlantic, and the more advanced
leaders in agricultural progress il this
country began to ask for the estab
| Elishment Of similar institutions 10 the
United States. la lsT2, 81 con-
yention Of representatives Of agricll
tural colleges held IN Washington in
/ response res 10 e,.llll i>-Heda Is b tire
Uniled States Commissioner OF Agri.
culture, the question OF the establish
meUt OF experiment stations Mas dis
cussed, and the report OF a committee
IN favor of such institutions was
adopted by the convention. On the
l7ih, Of December, 1873, AT the win.
ter meet NJ OF the State Board Of
Agriculture, at Meriden. Conn. Pro-
lessor johnson, Oi the Sheffield Scieu-
the School, and Professor Atwarer,
OF Wesleyan univsrsiiy, urged the
establishment of AN agricultural ex-
pertinent station in that state after
the European pattern. 4 committee
was appointed 10 consider tae cx
pedicncy OF such movement, and
reported two days later that it was
.aheir gaaAuauus opinion that the
state Of Connecticut ought 10 have
al experiment station as good as can
be found anywhere, and that the
legislature OF The state ought TO turn
isb the mr1r5-tUr its establishment
A permanent committee was then
appointed 10y the board to bring this
matter 70 tho attention OF the public
aud the legislature. This committee
held meetings in different parts ei
the state. and HE following winter
secured the i,tredaeiita q > bin for
:. ( X re. ttttt-itt statisa, WBlth. haw-
ever, Was laid over mlii thc rexr
Session ui the legislature. Another
j year ot agiialioa q the Batter en-
sued The project had many warm
aud enthusiastic friends, bot, r
might hsye beca expected, The great
iil..s-s al tic l..llsl-ss taal; l.llie= =tsttnr.
est Ia lie cntcIPriee. When II hal
BECAME atiiareIll =lLaL II could not
succeed, Mr. Orange Judd, the editor
and proprietor oi ttic American \ sri-
suliuriSt, offered on his OWN part
81 ,G00 10 begin the undertaking. atrti
GA The part ot the trustees OF Wes-
llt- n n ne
/ free use Of the chemical laboratory
IN the Orange Judd Hall OF Natural
/ Science.
These offers were made ON condt-
ton that the legislature should APP.
propriate S2.S00 per anhum tor two
1 years Tor Tho work of the station. III
was thought that if by these means
/ tie work of agricultural experiment
/ tation could actually be begun the
usefulness Of tho enterprise would be
so clearly demonstrated that il would
speedily receive more generous md
permanent support, An net making
the appropriation thus proposed was
unanimously passed, and approved
July 2, 1875. Early in October OF
! the same year chemist was on the
ground, ahd, as soOu as practicable,
/ t.ro assistants were secured Ire
Lessor Atwater was made director
and thus 4ha fiisi si.ieiii tiassl expert
ignent station in America was an &C.
eOmplished fact. Notwithstanding
the severe financial depression Of
lSI7, which caused serious reduction
in oId appropriations and utter re
iusalNof new ones hy the legislature
OF thaS year. bill prepared by the
FiircCrUV u r.Tu StIriUu and making
a permanent annual appropriation OF
$4,000 .Io promote agriculture by
scientific Investigation and expert
menf' was passed unanimously. At
the end OF the two years provided
for IN the original bill the station
was reorganiked under the direct
control ufthe state, and permanently
located in New Haven, where it has
since been in successful operation,
aniiI 1851 in The chemical iaborato.
nv OF the Sheffield Scicnttfr schp1i.
and thereafter IN hliltings and on
grounds provided by ME- state in the
suburbs Of the city.
/ The success which attended this
first attempt 10 establish al organ,
ized experiment station in tbc United
States was sufficient to attract the
attention OF advanced agrieIliarlsts
throughout the county, aud tive ex
ample sci by Connecticut was soon
iollomed in other states. In 1876.
the University of California. =, Befk-
.eley, began systematic experimental
| work in agriculture, and March H.
1877, the state Of north Carolina es-