Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-01-06
EXPERIMENT FARMS.
Agricultural College Regents Discuss
the Matter of Experiment Stations.
The Next Meeting of the Board to be
in Pullman, on the 9th inst

Inc agricultural college regents nave
been in session at Tacoma during the
past week, but the most important work
was in regard to the experiment sta
tions located at Sumner aud Yakima.
In relation to the stations the Tacoma
Ledger says: ,s. tg
THE regents of the agricultural. cd
lege are preparing to improve and put
in working order tkse Two new expert
mental stations VIII. Il were located last
year, one at Sumner, 10 miles east Of
! Tacoma, the other in Yakima county,
three miles north of Toppenish station.
The site at Simmer consists OF fifty
eight acres, given to the board by the
citizens OF that town. It is part Of the
McCarty donation claim, and lies within
the town limits. About forty-nine
acres of the land lies up on the bluff
Thai oyerlooks Sumner, the other nine
acres being an old hop yard on the low
land between the town and the Stuck
river. The site comes within three
miles of the Northern Pacific station at
Sumner. Surveyors Ogden & Bost
worth have some surveyors at work, To-
eating a road to be built from the hop
field to the high land. A survey is also
being made OF the entire tract with the
object in view OF correcting descrip-
tion in the deed. The description as it
ing about two acres, through the failure
OF the final line of the boundary, as now
described, to connect with the starting
point. Regent A. H. Smith says that
after the survey a new deed will be
drawn up, containing the correct de-
scription, and then replied so as to make
the title TO the entire tract "o%astsss %astsss-,.zu,
ssWe have got to ask the Legislature
for an appropriation Of 5000 to put up
at the Sumner station and to
build the proposed road" said Regent
Smith Tuesday. "a similar amount
will be asked for the Yakima station.
At Sumner we need farm house, barn
and hot house. The purpose of the
experimenting there will be to show
what can be done with western Wash
ington soil, and how it can be done to
the best advantage. or course, the
clearing, road building and all work OF
that kind, will be done by contract We
want to clear several acres Of the upland
now, and eventually forty acres or more
OF it will be cleared. The clearing will
cost $75 to 800 an acre. Three or
four men will be employed at the sta
tion on experimental work, but we will
not make any appointments for the
present. At the Yakima station we are
now clearing off the sagebrush and
breaking the land. We have forty acres
there, with perpetual water right given
to us by the Northern Pacific, Kittitas
and Yakima Land and Irrigation com.
pany. This land will be set out to
fruits as rapidly as possible, and the
station will become self-sustaining in
two or three years, as soon as the trees
begin to bear. The money we shall ask
the legislature for will be used exclu-
sively in making improvements. Our
experimental money comes entirely from
the United States government, " hich
gives us $4,000 annually for the three
stations. That amount will maintain
them in good shape" Speaking of the
meeting Of the board at Pullman on the
9th, Regent Smith said: "The meeting
was called there on motion of Regent
Lesh, who thought that the board should
meet there when the winter term opened.
1 hope the entire board will attend and
probably they will. There is not much
use OF calling meetings unless the mem
bers attend"
One OF the subjects that will come be-
fore the board ON the 9th, will be thu
enforcement OF the resolution adopted at
the recent meeting here, directing an
investigation Of the assault made on
Regent Smith when he visited Pullman
in company with President Heston. So
far no attempt has been made to enforce
it."
ROOMS WANTED.