Nevada County picayune., 1891-08-20
A CIRCULAR TO FARMERS.

The 18th Congress passed an act, generally konwn as the Hatch act, to establish Agricultural Experiment Stations in each state and territory in the United States. The Arkan- sas legislature accepted the condl- i tions of the act and located the 1 Arkansas Experiment Station at Fayetteville as department of the Industrial University. The purposes of the experiment stations as speci- fled in See. , of the Hatch act are as i follows: That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct said original researches or verify experiments on the phlsi- oogy of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subietc, with the remedies for the same: the chemical composition of !
 useful plants at the different stages Of growth, the comparative advant- ages of rotative cropping as pursued under varying series of crops; the capacity of new ylants or trees for acclimation the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition 1 of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds. The adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants ; the composition and digestibility of different klnds of foods for domestic animals the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective states and territories.
 From that section it is seen that the stations were created directly for the purpose of bencliting and aiding the farmers, stockraisers and fruit growers, and it is the privilege of the farmers of Arkansas to use their station to the extent of calling upon it for information on any agricul- tural question and for the station bulletins if desired. It is very much desired by the station that more intimate relations exist between it and the farmers, that each may be an aId to the other. A years time is usually required in making an experiment and even much longer time is required in some lines of work to obtain perfectly satisfactory and accurate results. Hence, only d limited quantity of work can be completed in one year. In view of | this fact and that the station may be of more immediate service to the farmers il is desired that they call upon it fot any information they may wish upon questions connected with agriculture. Such information will be gladly given by the station as completely and promptly as pos siblc. By this means the station will be enabled to ascertain the most Ipuzzling problems and direct its work accordingl y-it will become more in harmony with the prevail ing methods of the farmers and be able to give them more valuable results. By thns establishing close relations between the farmers and station much good will result to both, and it is earnestly hoped that the farmers will avail themselves of the privilege. It should be borne in mind, however, that the station being public institution cannot carry on Investigations on any sub
 feet the results of which would not be of general interest, nor in any case where it would not be at liberty to make the results public. The station staff is composed of a chem ist, veterinarian, a horticulturist and the director, who is the agricul- turist, The station is fully equipped and it is hoped that its future work will be of value to the agricultural interest ts of the state. The station bulletins will be issued quartely and perhaps oftcner, and those who desire them will receive them free by making application to the director k. l.. BENNETT, Director.
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