The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-07
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
state College Report
The DEBT WIrED OuT-IMPRovEMENTs
MADE AT ORoSo.

The annual report of the Maine State
College for 1889 Is published.
record Is given Of the changes and
which are such Is were
when an appropriation for
college purposes was made at the last
session of the Legislature. The changes
made have contributed to the securing of
better conditions for the educational
work which the college Is seeking to do.
The equipment Of the physical library
with about $1,000 worth OF apparatus, is
destined to add largely to the value Of iu-
struction In physics. President Fernald,
referring to the recognizing of the
library, says it has been completed
Four new cases have been supplied, and
all the books have been classified and ar
ranged In accordance with what is known
as the Dewey system.
Within the year the unbound volumes
have been bound together with portion
Of the pamphlets. With accessloDs BY
gift, by exchanges, by purchases and by
binding the number OF volumes In the
college library Is $40. and In the part OF
the library assigned to the experiment
station 507, making the total number g.
047, The presentation by j. G. Clark,
esq, Of the Blake herbarium IL referred
to In grateful terms. The President says
1t Is q source Of no little satisfaction to
be able to state that the last dollar OF In
debtedness growing out Of the destruction
OF the herd In 1886 has been paid through
the provision made for cancellng the debt
by the Legislature. From the stock
which has been placed upon the farm
there appears to be NO good reason why
valuable and profitable herd may not be
developed; herd large enough to con-
sumo the greater part of the hay which
the farm produces. With stock restored,
more thrifty methods of farm practice
can be adopted than have been possible
during the past three years. With what
ever land may Do needed assigned for ex-
detrimental purposes, there IL no good
reason why the farm may not we'll fulfil
its function ~ an adjunct to the expert
ment station.
The extent and variety of experimental
ton and research undertaken by the sta
ton are such ~ could not have been At.
ssssIf:sHa zassos i5s55 liberal Yro7 .siiS7ss
than that made by the national govern
ment. The work Of investigation Is Of
two-fold character; First, 1t must ad-
dress itself TO problems In the agriculture
and horticulture of the State as press for
immediate solution and the answering Of
the great number Of practical questions
which farmers ask second, the station
must address itself to some Of the pro-
founder problems Of agricultural science,
which r. quire long and careful research.
In conclusion, President Fernald says
the spirit generally manifested by the
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