The Penn's Grove record., 1891-05-29
Exhibits by the Southern Agricultural
Exnertment stations.

Experiment Stations.
The management of the Southern Inter-
| State immigration Bureau, in order TO
have on exhibition at the approaching
Exposition in October and November in
the City of Raleigh, N. Ca display OF
the agencies now in operation for the i'm
provement of Southern agriculture, have
thought it advisable to have q co-opera-
tive exhibit by the Agricultural Expert
ment Stations of the South. They have
accordingly named DIR. II. B. Battle,
Director OF the North Carolina Expert
ment Station, as Manager Of the co-opera-
tive Experiment Stations exhibits. DR..
Battle enters Upon his duties and respon-
sibilities of the position with the expert
ence of many years in Experiment Station
work, and also with the experience OF
serving the State in each OF the EXPOSE
tions of Boston, Raleigh and New Or
leans.
The exhibit at Raleigh of the various
Experiment Stations Of the South will be
cooperative in its character, but owing
to- geographical position, and the fact
| that North Carolina has the Oldest Ex-
pertinent Station in the South-the Sec
ond oldest in the Union-and full COM
mand of allits laboratory, machinery and
apparatus, all of which 1t would be i'm
practicable for the representatives Of diff
herent Stations to bring with them, the
North Carolina Station will be the
nucleus around which all the others will
forEa.
Arrangements will be made in the
Exposition grounds for ample work and
intelligent illustration of all that con-
Germs the interests of agriculture. The
visitor will see in logical succession the
history of Experiment Stations in Europe
and the United States, and the causes
which makes their existence a necessity.
He will see the practical operation Of an
Experiment Station in its various diyis-
ions and will witness the chemical
analysis of soils, fertilizers, marls, feed
stuffs, water, etc., all resolved into their
elements before his eyes; he will learn
of the chemical constituents Of soil,
folders and feed stuffs; he will learn
what chemical Ingredients are extracted
from the soil by growing crops; he will
see charts giving chemical constituents
OF homemade fertilizers. Going into
the Botanical laboratory near at hand,
he will learn of the method for detecting
authorizations in grass seed, of the vital
ity of seeds. and he will see the exhibits
of various crop seeds, of weed seeds.
especially those used to adulterate grass
seeds; he will be shown the fungus
growth on plants and the methods used
to eradicate them, and the different ap.
p~liances and solution used to combat
fungus growth.
In connection with all this the visitor
will be shown an instructive chart show
ing the development of farm implements;
horticultural charts, showing the different
methods Of pruning and grating fruit
trees, and charts illustrating ento-
mology, veterinary surgery, m~eteorology
and other things with which the interests
of the farmer are deeply complicated.
He will find also a large map showing
geographical and geological features of
each state of the South; also the physical
characteristics of soil and staple crops
grown in each locality in the State, and
specimens of typical soil, with chemical
analysis of the same; he will also find a
historical sketch of the various stations,
with photographs Of the buildings, ex.
terror and interior, and will obtain a
clear idea of the general plan of the work.
The main topics of investigation either fin.
ished, in progress or contemplation will be
shown. He will find also a full list OF
publications relating to the work of all
the stations, and enough of them for
general distribution, among these being
a short resume of the important work
done by the station; also u tabulated
statement, for wall FASTING, of the bene-
fits already accruing to farmers from the
work of the station, and small sheets of
the same for general distribution. He
will also learn what spe ,itc frauds have
been perpetrated and how the farmer has
gained by their detection; what special
Investigations are being made for the
elucidation of special questions and the
extent and success of such branch sta
ton work.
The work of the experiment stations
will be shown in all their fulness IN the
Exposition. All may see, oil may learn
the thoroughness, the scientific nicely
and the completeness which make the Ex-
pertinent Stations Exhibit one of the
most interesting and valuable of all the
departments of the enterprise.