The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-27
SUGAR BEETGROWING
Tests at Pullman College Prove
Its Success.
MONEY FOR NEW BUILDINGS


MAI 4 s. Ingraham. of ishis city, one
OF the regents Of the State Agricultural
College ~ Pullman, has just returned
home from . meeting Of the board. he is
encouraged over the schools prospects
Tor the ensuing year, she fst term OF
which opens today. MAJ IngSahan.
spsaking Of the meeting. said:
The board spent the entire week work
Ing over the biennial report 70 the gov.
ernor. Is necessarily covered the doing OK
the Old board as well - Of the present
board. for. ~ IL well known. the senate
faiied 20 confirm the appointment Of any
OF the old board, and they dropped every
thing right where IL vas at the end OF one
OF their SjangiSng meetings. One oil the
principal topics was needed appropriations
70 be asked OF the next Legislature. The
legislature OF 1892 appropriated <ii0,ou,
$4,000 OF which was vetoed BY the gov
ernor. We snail ask for . renexal OF the
appropriations vetoed, namely. SIC. 90 for
additional instruction and S.coo tor
dairy plaat. We shall also ask for the
foiiowing appropriations:
5iFs coFuitory 1880 .-~-....-...--.s%l,1o
Furnishing new college bail ...~- Ago
Experiment station west Of Cascades. ,5o9
Experimsnt station In Y2sina valley. 2ses
Purchase OF oloosed stock ...........-...-. $50
Additional farm buildings. l.e1
Contingent expenses ..-..-.....-.-...---.- 1oseoo
I'VE receive from the general govern
ment this year so. go from what IL known
a. the Morrill, fund and $4,000 from the
Hatch fund. The whole of the former
has been received and the first quarter Of
the Hatch. that being paid quarterly. The
Morrill, fund Is to pay for instruction and
facilities for instruction along certain
lines IL cannot be paid out for instrnc-
ton in music. languages, other than En-
giish, or tor the payment OF jaaitors and
bookkeepers, hence certain approp riaiions
by the state.
Last March our station chemist, Prof.
Fusmer. insugurated' sugar beet cam
paign By sending out three kinds OF beet
seed to l,05o farmers With full instruc-
tons In regard to planting and care. He
is now receiving many packages of beets
daily for analysis. The results of analyses
so far are extremely gratifying. all rum
ming higher in sugar and purity than the
average per cents. required for successful
sugar making. The highest ger cent OBJ
tanned so far was from q beet grown on
President Bryan's farm near Pullman,
namely, Is per cent sugar and 81 per cent.
purity.
sThs board is encsediusly anxious to
establish experiments stations In faklma
valley and west of the Cascades. Two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars of the
Hatch fund has been set aside TO be ex-
pended upon station on this side when
ever land suitable for one can be obtained
As before stated, we have asked the state
to appropriate o like sum. We have no
funds with which 10 buy the land, hence
it must be donated. The former board
received offers of land near Kent. Auburn.
Sumner and in Clarke county. 1t accepted
fifty acres near Sumner, but upon careful
examination by the present board 1t was
found that ali but four acres OF this tract
was q moraine that must have been
formed by the glaciers OF Mount Rainier
before receding to their present limits.
The board 10 ready and anxious to receive
offers of land, and will make selections
and begin experiment .ations as soon as
deed has been obtained.
There was full meeting OF the board.
Gov. McSraw, who Is ex otscio an advisory
member. vas present tso days of the
session. He made a thorough examina-
ton of the farm. Improvements and work
ings of the institution, and expressed him
sell as wei satisfied.
The college will open tomorrow, with
prospects Of n large attendance. Among
have been attending colleges outside of
the state. A high grade of instruction at
o minimum cost Is proving benefaction
to students these hard times. Under the
management OF the boarding cub good
board last term was brought down to 50 40
per month and IL is expected to DO better
than that this year"
There were present at the meeting of
the board Maj. Ingraham: Col. Charles X.
Conner, OF Spokane: Gen. T. II. Tannatt.
of Pennington; Capt. J. w. Stearns, of
Tekoa; III. s. Blandford, OF Walia Walla,
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