Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-08-24
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i. sssrted 10 { 3esJ.
THE WHAT AND WMT
or Agricultural Experiment
Stations.
oRIdiy AND BsF= ftoPNEST Or TIE
STATIONS.

Nearly forty years a.so a company
of farmers i7idcd themselves g.
ge,her in tie li.tie German village
OF Moeckeru, near toe city aat uudsg
the inaience Of the University o.
Lsipsie. eaIlei Il chemist To tilgTF sgiI j.
and, VITA later he,ri irosa Govern
mcnt, crgahized the lits;asriouit ul:,l
experiment station. Liebis ia Ger
many, Boassiagaall in Frame,
Iawes and Giib,it in England. aad
other great pjaaeers hal beca b!nz
ing The path nj progress i3r years Is
fore. A great deal 0fre- ears j b5ir
iftg. upon agriculture bad bgcn aHt.
is still being carried o' IA the seaoeis
and universities, but lhe action Gs
these Saxon agrieultuFi-ls ln 1871
marks the begiHniag a tgc dSPcri,
iacnt sta 800 pFopsr--lhe orcahiza-
ton Of scientific researca wiJb tae
aid OF the government 4as neZ2s
sary nhd permanent brunch VI a-sr;-
cultural BEEsFI.tsaS
TAe seci ,has xaWn bas hraa 5hi
iist=ti iist= III trt'sf.Y f5li. tn ts15 There T0Ia
fiye ia 1851, a,teea ia 1866, tniriy
Hnd 10 DAY thegs are more tbaa on.
hundyel exaqrlaaiif ifsii - Steers 4z55yr-te- ss-Tyii
kiadiei Institutions ia s5e ditersai
countries ~ Europe, a. eael. 81
these. iran one 10 Tea or moro is-
vostigators arc eugagej ia ItIe dis
covery OF lava that uadcrIie lhS
practice of larming, and u iindngg
how TiIey are blsE k9p1isl.
So rapid aai 50 sur, has a-a.l IL
progress a li5is enterprise in buai
hemispheres. that pavate persons
educators, societies, and governments
have learned the usefulness and IN
deed the necessity Of these iustilu
tions, not for the farmer aiape, bss
for all who are dependent upon th'
products Of tho soil Tho move
ment is extending 70 Asia and &
Soath America; everywhere, indeed
lis importance Is coming To BE- felt.
The tirst agricultural experiment
ssaiionrin America was established q
Middlotown, Conn.,, 7in the ehemiea
laboratory Of Wesleyan University
ID 1875 The example WAS spscdiil
followed e!sewhere; IL 1850 foaF ser
ia operation, and 10 1851 there wer
some seventeen Of these lpstitutlon
In fourteen States. IA that yea
Congress made the enterprise "a
tional BY al appropriation Of so,
Q00 per anuum 10 each u the Stale
and Territories wthiigth tilley0 establish
ej Rgricuitpral cnllnfsea %, iifss Is ttte''isl
tursl departments .; colleges. Thi
has lei 10 the establishment Of ne'
stations or the increased deveieE
ment OF stations previously establish
ed under State authority 50 that tiger
ara To-day toriytsix, or, caauun
branching siatiqnsl Etty.seycn mgr
cultural experiment stations IN ID
United States. Every State has :
least orc station. several haze ls'
aud one has lhres. Before prosiio
had been made by tho last Congrei
Tor ttlH nifmissi0n ol fhe new STATE
Dakota had established one With
her boundaries and several 9th,
Territories are preparing 10 do Ak'
wise.
These forty.six statFsas now en
pl6y over three hundred and seycni
trained men ia tho prosecution
experimental inquiry. The anpri
priation BY the United States Go
( ernment for the fiscal year 10
closing. FOR them aud for the office
experiment stations in this. Depar
rnent, il s595, 600 FOR the eomiI
year ii is s600,000. The sever
States appropriate about si25 coo
addition, making the sun total
about s7z0 900 given from publ
funds sihc present yesr for the ca
port Of agricultural experiment 81
tIoDs Ii tho United States, II
may seeta like large sam toexflei
aaaaally for agricultural sssiits=
msnis. but IL Is less than i0'cents
eHVh Of The 1900, 900 iaral werks
Of the country, ftss than 2 2 Ger
for eaeh OF the s0,000,000 Of Q
population directly depenaeat up
agriculture for their support, q
leAs Ihna IL eeais Gar oach el
$4,000. 600 Of our people whn q
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