Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-23

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.a.,.tI,.h.d ry The farmers OF Chen.
w.. ~. g. saxonv From that time on
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p' =, &c g. w.,s sye /, 1894
40 g. ,s-s there we're GO
M ,oas . ,hsre are ITO in France and
carm.nv alone There had been some
.d - ao,s beyore the first experi-
80. a, Moekern. In 1884 John
o., t.vaa a,nc. kn,ybted for
,,.,,,.,,o., oarpi,.ss hogan
x;.n,s n,o, fertilization on
so.u sea,s He gradually
than, ,,t,l ,s4a when he asso
-. .t,, hi,o..,, Dr IT. Gilbert.
.ou .s,sh,atsd chemist and from that
,I,a.r.x.s d.tes the establishment Of
T., u.,t,..,.ad rxneriment station.
o.. ,ha .,.,,on a, Moekerp marked a
,.w s,ocb II occurred government aid.
"a ;,s uorr sroused the seieptific Ger
,ns,, mind when IL had been estab-
iiat,aa o,t, ,,yo vears ssmuel w. John
.or now nrofessor of agricultural chem
-, s, n. sh.e,eld scientific school
.rd ar.c,or n, the Connecticut Agrlcul
rstrxns,imsrt Station. went to Ger
,,ar,r ,o eriab bis studies AT the Uni
v.r.;,v ~ II ,ns,c. He had been reared
Il, an agricultural community. and
y.. attracted m the new station at
uoo,orn Io,.r another vouny man.
wir,rr n Atwater took a most. graduate
.o,rse ,nder Professor Johnson. and in
,seo o,t m Germany and made A study
a, m. ,heo largely increased number of
ar,,o.o, st.tions In 1s72 the subject
h,d heen disenssed nj A convention held
H. ua,h,un,oo b,t n, the 17tb of
Decemher Is73 the first direct effort to
aar;.,lt,rai axneriment station
an rb;s continent was made. DIR. Atwater
az ,hat dsv road a naper before an
as.enb,v NJ Connecticut farmers, in
,,h,ot ba s,-o,g,v advocated the estab
ii.h,oart n, s,oh n station. His remarks
vere sun,lemsnted nv Professor John.
40, and s,cb VA. the effect Of the arpu.
mania ,rase,,ed that sItbouuh the idea
..s nau N mos, n, tbose present. a
committee n, EIGHT WAS appointed to try
and secure an appropriation from the
Connecticut Legislature for the purpose
Numerous petitions were circulated
aboot the state and very generally
.,,,ed hpt sucb was the hind pre-
,ndice AGAINST shook farming that the
measure failed in a BODY composed
LARGELY Of farmers. The bill met the
came fate in the Legislature that fol-
towed Then Orange Judd came for
yard nd otared the nee of the Iabora-
torisa of Weslevsn University. on behalf
of the trustees and $1,000 on his own
mart nrovided the Legislature would
appropriste $500 a wear for two wears,
10 helm nav the necessary expenses.
This offer WAS accented. The Legisla-
ture nassed The necessary bill. and the
Ameri,.p Exner;ment Station was estab.
,,sbed oc,ober 1917 a, Middletown.
With n, w n Atwater as its frsr
a;-sc,or III. work ACCOMPLISHED in the
srst ,v. voaru xas so be,,ful tn tho
farmer. that tho augmentation WAS
,rerossad m s5Ooo and the Sheffield
so,.rtise sebo,i having offered accom-
roa,,;o,s rho sxner;ment station was
rooro,n;,ed nj New Haven with Pro.
&C.,, I,hrsor In c,a-,a Tbrso vears
Ia,.r tho o,nro,r;atior wss again in.
crssssd IN $500 YEARLY and a sneciaI
So, =. s,s ooo ,,., nod. IN .s,oh,,sb
!, rnor,,aror,l, ., ,.,a and BUILDINGS n,
=. o,.r professor persons sars. .sTbe
axnar;msnt s,stion ,hu. begun has saved
,.a,.ard. q, aol,.rs 70 C,rrsc,;c,,
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