The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28

tistical agents in each commonwealth of the
Union. and ii has corps OF correspondents
charged with the duty of collecting facts for
dissemination by the department.
"If The duies of the Stat agent should re-
quire assistants they can be supplied provided
that appropriations made for thrir com
pensation. Experiment. stations have also
b en- established in the States. The object of
these stations j. the discovery of useful facts
and their PRONUNCIATION in the agriculturil In
terestS of the country. The facts are sought by
scientifically conducted Investigations and tx
peIiments OF such cemprehensiveness as o en-
brace every subject connected win tn. tling
OF the sou. These experiment stations conduct
original researches and experiments on tDe
physiology OF plants and animals they treat of
disease to which they are severally subjected,
they recommend remedies for the same, hey
tell the chemical composition or uSefnl plants
at different stages Of growth they Illustrate
the advantages of ro alton OF crops. as pursued
under varying series of crops they explain the
effects of trees on climate, they publish apaly-
SEES of soil andswater, they give the chemical
composition of maBures, natural and ARTIFICIAL.
they inform the public as 10 the adaptation OF
forage plants TO different sections OF the union,
they promulgate their finding as o the best
methods of making butter ana cheese.
!
ments which relate directly and generally TO
the agricultural industry of tn United States.
| Provision is made by appropriations Gf the
! public funds for the distribution OF intorma-
| tion thus gained through bulletins, COMES OF
! which must be sent 10 ach newspaper OF the
/ States and Territories in which the experiment
stations are respectively located, and bulletins
| are sent to each individual actually engaged IN
farming who may require them sent TO his ad-
/ dress.
! "By act of Congress of March 2 1887 agri-
cultural experiment STATIONS are now In opera
ton In every State aud Territory in The United
! States except Alaska Each State and erri-
! tory has annually from the National Govern
| ment 81 5000 for the maintenance of its sta
lion. The entire appropriation last year for
! experiment stations, as l now recall II, was
! $500
1.-The station in Washington. at Pullman, and
/ that in Oregon. al Corvallis, have only been in
| operation a short time.
These stations make specially of the soils,
injurious insects and plant diseases In their re-
/ spective localities, and are conducting field eX-
perlments with :, variety OF field crops, forages
! and fruits. Their object is the Introduction of
/ new varieties suited thOs@ particular Iocali.
ties the IMPROVEMENT of varieties already
| grown there The station In California was
established in 1876 by The University of Cali
! fornia and reoreanlzed in 1888. Under the act
of Congress in 1892 the California station re-
ceived $1,000 from the Stale Ill addition TO
! $4,000 from the United States. The director
/ of the California station, Professor K. w. HUI
| gard, is regarded as one Of the most eminent
/ ana skilled workers in agricultural science and
! the results of his Investigations are mighty es-
/ teemed on each side OF the Atlantic. He has
made a study of soils of the ctate of California
! specially, and he has collected sample. OF rep
r. sentative soils and subjected them 10 chemical
/ and physical analysis Almost inuumerabie
analyses OF The waters of the State of California
have also been made with reference 10 their
| value for irrigation and other purposes.
California areas, as large as some of the
| New England States, have been reclaimed by
/ irrigation aud tlage. You know better than
/ l can tell you the vast work which has been
accomplished by the California station, particu-
/ larry as TO The cultivation of sugar bee,S,
grasses and forage plants. Besides that, it has
annually distributed seeds throughout the
State, and furthermore it has made expert
ments in forestry, and the yearly growth of
trees, showing hat the English oak, cork OAK
camphor oak ana several species OF ucaiyptus
can be successfully there grown, aud that the
entire Coast Range of California can be covered
With forests If desired.
Your State has also accomplished much for
the better cultivation OF fruits. Recent anaiy-
SEES have shown in what respects these fruits
differ feom he same varieties grown in other
| localities, and what Is required TO make them
still more valuable. Elaborate trials of the
various methods OF m Ning wine have been
conducted by the California station and efforts
have been made to prevent adulteration and
now the manufacture OF olive oil is being tried
with an expensive plant recently provided.
Besides the central station at Berkeley, out
lying stations have been established called The
southern Coast Range station at CresIOn, the
San Joaquin Valley station at Tulare, the
Sierra foothill station at Jackson, the west
side Santa Clara Valley station at Menlo ParA,
the Fresno station at Fresno and the east side
Santa Clara station at Mission san Jose.
"The California experiment station has pub
isEed annual reports and distributed bulletins
| throughout the State and acted bureau of
Information on large scale A condensed
| summary of the work of The station may be
found in The annual reports of the Secretary OF
Agriculture for 1889 aad 1890.
'By the present act of Congress the money
for this purpose Is impartially distributed
throughout The country, and, since each section
has It's peculiarities of SOIL climate ana product
Ibis arrangement seems approximately a Just
one. The experiment stations record, pub
shed by the Department OF Agriculture, is
sent free of charge 10 applicants in any State or
Territory. Intelligent farmers from North Da-
kota to Louisiana and from Cape Cod To Alaska
have the opportunity of awaiting themselves of
tile results at the work OF all experiment sta
tons in the United States. II they ask, the re-
ports will be given them l must differ from
you rs TO the feasibility, necessity, propriety,
expedieucy and usefulness OF establishing a
branch OF the Department OF Agriculture in
California;
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