Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-01

4 t3sfeartoa H4s Jass been hss9esi iron
the Office Of the Experiment Station BGreal
in connection with the Department Of Agri
euitare. which has the general title o
s.Farmefs' Bulletin. Il Is devosed to III,
''vhas and Why Of the Agricultural Experi
msnt Stations Of the eoanrry; what they Ar,
doing, an examination Of tneir methods o.
work. with the results which have ia sonas
cases followed their sslAbiisbmenr- fhess
last have come ffon. TIE stations in Connect
cut, Worth Carolina. New Jersey. Louisiana
and Wisconsin. shere the stations have beef
lonzsst at work OF the Ses Jersey station
the bulletin s4ys that IA the scientific ana
practical salas Of rs work This station h
e9nzlied By extremely few Of the Earopeaf
stations. The station had been steadily
growing in the favor Of the farmers af!
general pa5lie Of the State, and
il nov regarded as Al educating
agency II the hrst importance. Farmers
depead upon It's ~erk, manufacturers Of fer
tilixers are mais carefsl, dealsYs in seeds
and implements seek its approval The
progress Of agriculture in New jersey Is
marked BY larger staple crops, higher
enrichment Of the soil extended cultivation
Of market garden p.odnets. peaches and
small fruit, AMI great increase in tairyins
Even from year to year the progress is plain
ly marked.
That the exp.ri Hent station contribute
much To this progress there is 10 room for
doubt, Tire are nov total Of forty
Agricultural expeFiHe ct station IN the differ
ent States. These are differed by 500
scientific experts 10 the various lines of lab
oratory and experime ntal work undertaken
and they are supported by total approtia-
tion Of $500 TOO annually from Con-
gross. wish III. addition of SIPS. 900
from Tho diasrert States. This may
seefa large amount 10 annually
exp~nd tor agricultural experiments,
bat il IA less than 10 cents for each Of the
:, 800 900 farm workers Of the coantr, less
than 2 IL cents for each of 30 0r9.060 OF
our population directly dependent upon agri
culture Tor their support, and less than IL
pie who cpg.Hme the products Of our farms.
The farming lands, farming implements
and live stock # the country are estimated
10 be worth ST. 900 900 600. The expert
nssnt stations cost ns therefore. about SO 50
year for every million dollars invested in
agriculture. Or, reckoning the annual
value of the products of our farms at 81
200, 900 600, we are now spending about
SO Ia cents for every thousand dollars
worth Of products in an attempt TO increase
the value of those products in future years.
From this interesting bulletin we learn
that no other country ~ the World has under
taken scientific work for the benefit of its
farmers on such vast scale as the United
States that in great many cases single
line of investigation pursued at an expert
ment station has saved more money to the
farmers Of the State than its eatre cost of
maintenance; that the effect on the farmers
themselves In spite OF the short time the ex-
pertinent stations have been in existence has
been most marked, inducing them to seek to
apply the results II scientific research to
their work.
As instances of the practical value Of the
work which the stations are doing, attention
is called to the fact that in Connecticut
analyses made by the State station have so
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