The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-11
TIE PRIDE OF LOGAN
The Agricultural College and Elk.
pertinent Station.
TIE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
TIE Objects and Purposes of the institute
LIS Origin and PerpetuatiOn-Wha
Nay oe Accomplished.

Er. j. w. Sanborn, the director of the
agricultural college and experiment
s.stion. has issued a neat little bulletin, in
w4Acn he says there seems to be very
general and decisive manifestation of in
tvi.sL On the part of the citizens OF Utah in
;nc above institution, and for that reason
Ee chcerfuliy lays before the public gen
oral statement of its organization and its
irOpo-ed work.
HISTORIC SUMMARY.
TIC demand for agricultural experiment
stations IS the direct outgroWth of the de-
NelopBenJ Of the natural sciences, which
have Shown the great truth, thai agriculture
is broadly founded on the laws of nature.
No other industry or profession is so
ueeply anchored in law. ard none is so COM
pick in its ramihcations.
From the opening of this century until
1910, able men III moments spared from the
pressure of other investigations, devoted
their genius to researches in the fascinating
held OF science in its application to agri-
culture. About $40, Laws q Gilbert in
England and Boussingault in France, be-
gan systematic researches in agriculture.
Their brilliant work coupled with the
more brilliant inductions and deductions of
Ilebig led TO the organization OF the first
IL,
Germany, in 1851. 1t is said that Germany
now has l23 such stations. Connecticut in
1891 organized the first experiment station
In this country The example was irni-
tated by other states until their value was
so Tar demonstrated that the nation took
up the movement and gave it national
character by an act passed by Congress,
March 2, 1887.
This act located an experiment station
in connection with the agricultural college
OF each state or wherever such college
was located and where a state desired such
station.
These stations were organized with gift
OF $4,000 from the national treasury for
the first year, and with a presumptive gift
OF $4,000 for each year thereafter.
The Utah Experiment station was
founded by an act of the territorial legisla-
ture OF 1888. 1t was not actually organized
Tor WORK until near the opening of 1890,
when director was appointed. BY virtue
OF this fact Congress has given to it but
$4,000 for the present year. This sum has
not as yet, June 10Th, been received.
PURPOSES OF THE STATIONS.
Congress defined in detail the object of
these stations. In brief, they are for re-
search in any subject within the bread
CONAN OF agricultural art and science that
will be Of economical value to farmers. and
y.
The stations are not or should not be for
the purpose, as some seem TO belisve they
are, of compilation and dissemination of
present literature. Newspapers and Farm
organizations are ample mediums for this
purpose. BY rod, measure and scale in all
the unverified fields of agricultural thought
(Which is practically the whole field OK
act data are TO be secured in order TO
supplant conjecture by certainty,
the rule OF thumb process by
the reign Of law Countless
billions Of farmers have pursued their in
dustry previous TO the middle age of the
present generation. and left behind them
10 settled laws that any group of farmers
70 that date could have been found TO be in
accord upon, Notwithstanding the fact that
there IS not single operation on the farm
that does not involve some mathematical.
mechanical, physical or natural law-laws
capable of solution and fuller ard of more
importance to humanity than laws in any
other domain Of life
These stations, existing fer investigation
and not primarily as teaching adjunCts of
college class rooms, are TO sacredlK devote
their funds to this purpose Of research.
TIE WORK OF THE UTAH STATION.
At the opening Of the past spring, it had
elghty-iive acres of upper bench land Gov
cred with sagebrush, and the hope of an
appropriation from Congress. The ground
mas been plowed, cleared OF bushes. and is
mostly cleared Of rocks. is fenced and has
tine buildings under coutract-tive now
going up.
One is bank barn. GO feet square and
30 feet high, surrounded by silo root eel
lar, hog house, engine house and wagon
shed. All OF the work is TO be done in this
barn from a common centre. Its crops GO
IL by power and are taken out by gravity.
il has 1ine laboratory, building for
officers, for chemical research and for sta
ton work.
u viii have the use of a new and model
farm and dairy house, DISTINGUISHED. it is
believed, by its conveniences for household
and dairy work. Two new laborers' cot
tages are connected with the station.
The chemical depac tment has a very com
plete outfit, while round OF appliances for
farm and horticultural experimentation
have been collected.
This work has been aided by territorial
appropriation for buildings, farm ools and
stock. 1t is proper to say that the territory
has manifested a very liberal spirit to-
wards the station and college, a combina-
ton of which will soon place both of them.
expenditures beng equally wise, among
the best Of thencountry. The spirit of the
law has been the guide of the trustees
thereby opening fair field for the inyesti
gators and teachers associated with the
college and station.
EXPERIMENT WORK INAUGUR ATED.
Eighty five acres of the farm are noyv
covered with crops: forty acres ;le nc1y
serving the combined purpose of inacirv