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CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Tho New Board Decide on the Experiment
al Farm-Work on the Buildings Go
ing Forward.
rSpecial to Sunday News.

COLUMBIA, January l7.-Secretary
Of State Tindal returned this evening
from his visit to Clemson College where
he spent yesterday in attendance upon
the first meeting of the new board OF
control of the College and ex: erimental
station. He was visited tonight, and
a full account of his visit and the meet
ing was obtained.
He did not get to make his trip to
Spartanburg to-day to make arrange,
nents for the sale of the experimental
station at that point as be had intended,
as there were no railroad connections,
but came directly here from Fendleton.
He will spend Monday in his office
working off some of the accumulations
of busines and in the afternoon will 20
to Darlington, there to arrange for the
sale of the experimental station. lie
expects to reach Spartanburg by the
end of the week. The following mem-
bers of the board attended the meet
ing: Secretary of State Ilndal, -. X.
Norris, J. Z. bradley, President Strobe
and Superintendent Dugger, of the
experimental station. The board was
entertained by President Strobe at the
old Calhoun mansion, in which he
lives. y The board held lengthy meet
ing, and here is summary OF results
as given by Mr.. Tindal.
They discussed at length the best
management of the farm at lemson
for the present year, and Super, nten-
dent Dugger of the farm was Instructed
as to what lands to plant during the
year. They will be planted in corn,
oats and forage. 1t was decided to
establish the station by preparing GER
tain lands exclusively for the use OF
the station. He was instructed to es-
tablish garden for the use of the Col
lege in addition to one for the use of the
convicts. The board directed the pre-
paration of land for the experimental
station proper.
LAND FOR EXPERIMENTS.
Land was ordered to be prepared
especially for the requirements OF ex-
periments on established scientific
principles. It was also decided to lay
the foundation for a College herd CT
cattle and the board will purchase
twelve head of thoroughbred cattle and
thirty head of grade cows and spring
ers." 1t was decided to devote all the
washed lands on the place to the pas
turing Of this herd. The general manage
ment of the farm will be directed
with view to the support of all the
animals used in the construction OF the
building. The draining Of soil will also
be conducted with view to develop It's
Deficiencies so as to prepare for It's
most economical improvement when
the College Is started. The whole object
of the meeting was to settle on plan OF
running the station and farm. The plan
detailed above will also include the
idea of ascertaining the value Of certain
fertilizers for top dressing as we'll as
that of cotton seed meal or cake as
food for hogs and other stock. Certain
lands were set apart for experiments IN
cotton culture to establish the relative
value of certain kinds of seed and also
the mode of culture on fertilization.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
In speaking of the progress of the
work as he saw it Secretary Tindal
gave these general observations. Two
Ol LuG pTOlSSSOIS uOOSSo c1lS uCetl III {,
completion. The slate roofs of the
house of the chief chemist and one
other are now being put on. The old
mansion has been recovered and reno
waited and is nearing completion. The
laboratory only lacks the roof. This
makes three buildings nearly complete
with the roofs on two.
Tho ColIepe now has half a million
brick ready for use; in the spring, when
the manufacture can be resumed, the
plant will turn out 10000 per day. The
wood for burning them has been cut
and is now being dried. Secretary Tin
dai said large number of applications
from students received. He said there
was an erroneous idea that board would
be furnished at So or 81 per month. The
board, he said, would not exceed S.
per month and at that price excellent
food would be furnished by the authori-
ties.