The Russellville Democrat., 1891-07-30
The RUSSElLvILLE DEMOCRAT -
 PUBLISHED wEEKLyBY Democrat Printing Co.
 RUsSELLv- LLE. AK.
AGRICULTURE.
Circular Intended to Arouse Interest
 Among Farmers.
The Agricultural Experiment. Statton's
 Efforts to Aid and Benefit.

R. l.. Bennett, director of the Ag-
 ricultnral Experiment Station, has
 issued the following circular to the
 farmers of Arkansas:
 The Forty-niAth congress passed
 an act, generally known as the Hatch
 s>s, 10 establish agricultural experi-
 ment stations in each state and terri
 tory of the United States. The Ar.
 kansas legislature accepted the condi. tions of the act and located the Ar
 kansas Experiment Station at Fay ettevile as a department of the h. dustrial University. The purposes of the experiment stations, as speci.
 fed in section of the Hatch act, are ss follows: ssThat 1t shall be the object and duty of said ex-
 pertinent stations to conduct said original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of pants and anina als; the dis.
 eases to which they are severally
 subject, with the remedies for the
 same; the chemical composition of
 useful plants at the different stages
 of growth, the comparative advan-
 tages of rotative cropping as pur-
 sued under varying series of crops,
 the capacity of new plants or trees
 for acclimation, the analysis of soils
 and water, the chemical competition
 Of manures, natural or artificial,
 with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops cf different kinds. Tne adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibiity 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 experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United
 States as may in each case be deemed
 advisable, having due regard to the
 varying conditions and needs of the
 respective states aud territories"
 From that section it is seen that the stations were created directly for
 lhs purpose of benefting and aiding the farmers, stock raisers and fruit | o.,I s, hn orsxrtto.ro nf | the farmers of Arkansas to use their station to the extent of
 calling upon it for informa- ton on any agricultural qnes- ton and for the station bulletins if desired. is very much desired by l the station that more intimate rela- tions exist between it and the farm
 CTS, that each may be an aid to the other. A years time is usually re- quired in making an experiment, and even much longer time is required in some lines of work to obtain per- fectly satisfactory and accurate re- suits. Hence, only limited quanti- | ty of work can be completed in one year. In view of this fact, and that the station may be of more imme- diste service to the farmers, it is de- sired that they call upon it for any
 information they may wish upon questions connected with agricul- ture. Such information will be gladly given by the station as com pletely and promptly as possible By this means the station will be enabled to ascertain the most pnzzlng problems and direct its work ac- cordiugly--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 be- tween the farmers and station much good will result to both, and it is earnestly hoped that the farmers will
 avail themselves of the privilege. It
 should be borne in mind, however,
 that the station being public | institution cannot carry on
 investigations on any subject, the re- suits of which would not be of general interest, nor in any .ase where 1t would not be at liberty to make the results public. The sta
 tion staff is composed of chemist, a
 veterinarian, horticulturist and the
 director, who is the agriculturist
 The station is fully equipped, and it
 is hoped that its future work will be
 of value to the aer.cultural interests
 of the state. The station bulletins
 will be issned quarterly, and perhaps
 oftener, and those who desire them
 will receive them free by making ap- plication to the director.