The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-01-16

serve the harness. also in the care of live
stock; how to give the different rations for
milk and butter or to produce muscle or fat
aud the relative values of the food stuffs in
this connection. The instruction is given
i'll a practical way after the student has
taken lectures in the class room on the sub
ject. For this purpose the department is
supplied with pair of Howe scales for
Weighing hay, stock and very heavy objects,
and two pairs of platform scales to weigh
the amount at feed ana other light things.
Fhe buildings Oh the farm consist of large
oc5sgonal barn and a smaller barn for bulls;
also dwelling house for the foreman of the
farm. The large barn is provided with stalls
for cattle on one side and for horses on the
other, All Office, in which are some forty or
ii!ty different kinds of corn raised Oh the
farm, besiles large number of other seed
packets. Small tools are also kept in this
room. The sllo is l0xl2 feet and 20 feet
deep. This is the second season it has been
used and each season with success. much to
the satisfaction of the professor who is an
enthusiast on the subject of ensilage That
part Of the farm devoted to agriculture lies
west Of the college and contains about l45
acres.
| The So acres in the old farm is devoted
mainly to horticulture and landscape gard,
ening. Partly on this account and partly
for convenience the grass plots on the latter
being duplicated on the large farm. These
sixty grass plots are each provided with Il
slat driven in the ground on which is given
both the scientific and common name of the
grass. Besides these there are about ten
acres of plot experiments in wheat, repre-
sentn5 about one hundred varieties. Tests
are made as to the effect of fertilizers. with
IL view to growth aud yield. The habits
are MOTEL as to shape of head and character
uf grain. A record of each plot is kept
showing every stage of its growth and all
circumstances connected Herewith After
experimenting on the small grass plots larg-
er ones are made for the purpose of pastur-
age. etc. Ia fact the whole farm is nothing
lat u big experiment, subdivided into ex-
periinents OF Il special character.
The results of these and other expert.
nlents of the station, are from time to time
issued in the form of bulletins, which any
one may have for the asking. By address,
ing postal card to the director of the sta
5 ton, one may have his name placed on the
. mailing list AMI thereafter receive the bull.
letins as issued. The labor and expense Of
; sending a card is so inlinitesimally small in
comparison with the benefits to be derived,
, that it is to be wondered that more of our
people, and farmers in particular, do not
, avail themselves of this method of getting
, information on topics of such general inter-
est. The station has, besides the wheat,
corn and grass already mentioned, over 400
kinds Of potatoes, together with rutabagas,
nlangal wyirzols. ctrrots, sugar beets, etc
TIE kinds of stock represented on the
farm are the Jersey, Hereford, Polled An.
q gus and Short Horn, wuich are largely dom
, atoms. 1t is the intention of the board ia
' procure pune specimens of all kinds OF stock
as far as practicable, to be used for illustra
t ton and for such experiments as testing
$ for milk and butter productions.
|. Mr.. Thompson. foreman, a graduate from
the college in 1886. is energetic, intelli-
D. gent mau well worthy of this position, and
II who SEES that all work under him is faith
= fnlly performed