Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-01
the Report of the Vermont
Agricultural Experiment Station
HISTORICAL.

Report probably fall hands of many who
Station fitting time and place in which to give al
short sketch of the past history of the Experiment Station and
statement of its present condition and work
The Experiment Station its existence to act passed by
the Legislature in the fall of 1886 which thee hereby
WITH of the University of Vermont and State
year carrying the work the Station and conducted
for little this appropriation In the spring of 1888
for establishing Experiment Stations in connection with the A
cultural Colleges already in existence The United States act
State and it was left to each Legislature where the
should be put its 1VUo State The of Vermont
the University and the State Agricultural
College to be used for the purpose of conducting Experiment
Station.
EQUIPMENT
The Station is located at Burlington in connection with the
The office and M are in charge large three ss
Station for its work This building not only we'll suited to the
probable growth The laboratory well supplied with all
the and chemicals for doing work in gcu
e eu@ of milk and its products
Besides the large library of the University to which the officers
employees the Station have free the Station has
library it's devoted particularly to it's own line of work.
and located IN the STATION n building ACTIVE with
y for two hundred and used for the of lectures
given at the Station each winter under the direction of
The farm of the Experiment Station situated South Bur
building consists of hundred and four principally
clay SOIL and contains also several of gravely clay
few of clay loam and pasture of twenty acres in
of which three rocky and the rest in good
grass with few trees and stones it. There
the place when bought, apple orchard and quite
variety fruits both large and small The barn forty by sixty
which you drive
fair sized farm house good tool house. ice house. and
pressing the present dairy
house and The farm we'll supplied with tools
and machinery OF modern pattern 1t has both the cod deep set
ting and the separator for handling milk
The stock three horses eleven three
calves The idea in mind when this dairy
collected obtain herd of that should be high grades
representing different Breeds obtained at moderate
Of milk and butter The breeds the Jersey
butter product for this first will be
not far from $50 pounds
The pigs the breeds Yorkshire and Berkshire The
Station also indebted to Mr. L. Drew of Burlington for
of Yorkshire breeding Of the finest animals
County and State fairs The gentleman has
registered Ayrshire
pason with the grade animals already at the Station farm
ORGANIZATION
Station governed by Board of Control consisting of
President of the University and the other
chosen annually by the Board of Trustees of the University
from their number This Board Of Control accordance with
charge of the work appoints the officers and aud the accounts
gst hortcultuast chemist assistant chemist superintendent of
dairyng, farmer, and stenographer
nothing the present time if not dairy State
seemed advisable make the dairy mpor
part of the work at the Station taking this subject it's
broadcast including the handling of milk its manufacture
utilization of its products the feeding of the
and the production the farm of the folders employed
Other work has been the OF horticulture ento
moog sampng and Analysing OF fertilizers required by the
State fertilizer law and large amount OF general laboratory work
At the outset the Station announced that all
agricultural horticultural topics would be fully considered and
possible promptly answered. that is the Station desired
bureau of information for the benefit of the farmers and
very glad be able that they have avaed themselves
of it's large number of questions have been asked and
great deal of time spent in answering them
The publications of the Station of two classes occasional
bulletins reports Since March st 1888 the Station
has issued the following publications. Bulletin No Meeting OF
Analysis bulletin No Smut Oats Insecticides
Fertilizer Analyses bulletin No TO- New Organizations bull
Cooperation in the Study of Insects Tent Caep
bulletin No H. Insecticides Seed Tests Miscellaneous Anay
bulletin No 49, Methods Of Cutting and Planting Potatoes
Fertilizer Analyses annual report embracing the work of the
Experiment Station from its origin to March 1st 1888 These
bulletins and reports issued large editions and sent free
charge requesting Them both within and without the
State The of those who apply put permanent
mailing list and they receive the future reports and bulletins with