The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25
A CIRCULAR
To tue Earmers of Arkausxs. IasUesl by the Arksnsss Agricultural Experi-
 DUeut Station.

snent station.
 The 18th congress passed an act, generally known as the Hatch act, to establish agricultural experiment sta tions in each state and territory in the United States. The Arkansas lcgisla- ttre accepted the conditions Of the act, and located the Arkansas experiment station ut Fayetteville, as a depart me,lt of the Industrial University. The purposes of the experiment stations, as specified m Section Of the Hatch act. are as follows: That it shall be the object and duty of said experimental stations to conduct said original re- searches, or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject. with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of use- full plants at the di itTerent stages of growth; tho comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclmation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial. with experiments designed to test their comparatHe ef- fleets on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the compesitio and di. gestibility of different kinds Of foods for domestic animals: the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese. and such other researches or experj- ments bearing directly on the agri- cultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed auyjs- able, having due regard to the varying conditiolfs and needs of the respective states and territories" 3s From that section it is seen that the stations were created directly fu, the purpose W benehting and aiding ,he farmers, stockraisers and fruiI urow- CTS, and 1t is the privilege of the iarm- CTS of Arkansas to use their station to the extent of calling upon it for inior- nation on any agricultural question and for station bulletins if desired. It is very much desired by the station that more intimate relations exist be- tween it and the farmers, that each may be an aid to tie other. A wears time is usually required in making an experiment. aud even much longer time is required i'll some lines of work to obtain perfectly satisfactory and ac- curate results. Hence, only limited quantity of work can bc completed in one year. In view of this fact, and that the station may be of more immp- diate service to the farmers, 1t is de- sired that they call upon it for any in- formation they may wish upon qnes- tions connected with agriculture. Such information will be gladly given. bv the station as completely and promptly as possible. By this means the station will be enabled to a&.ertain the most puzzliDg problems and direct it's work accordingly. It will become more in harmony with the prevailing methods of the farmers. and be able to give them more valuable results By thus 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. 1t should be borne in mind. however, that the station, being a public institution, can not carry on investigations on any subject 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 stall IS composed of a chemist, a veteri- marian, a horticulturst and the di- rector, who is the agricnlturist The station is fully equipped, and it is hoped that it's future work will be of |value to the agricultural interests of the state. The station bulletins will he issued quarterly. and perhaps oftener. and those who desire them will receive them free by making ap- plication to the director.
 R. l.. RkNNE Director. !