The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGE.

My visit this week was chiefly to
the Agricultural side of the College.
At the Experiment Station the Direc
tor, DIR. Armsby, with his efficient aids,
DIR. Frear, Prof Waters, Prof. Calder
and Miss Grey, the Secretary, were all
busy at their several departments but
very kindly showed us the work as it
was being done by the students at this
time. In the class rooms the theoreti.
cal side was being pushed most vigor-
ously and in the Creamery, at the
barn and on the farm the practical
work was being done in most thor
ough, plain business way. We were
shown how the grain, hay, fodder and
ensilage were grown, gathered and
prepared with the cost at each stage.
The system and plan of feeding with
the results reached in each case. The
herd of cattle here consists of sixty
COWS and two bulls--very fine speci-
mems of the Guernsey breed. The
COWS are not all pure bred, but are
selections from good stock bred with
the Guernsey males until one of the
finest and best herds in the state is
the result. A standard of excellence
is established for each season and the
COWS that fail to come up to the mark
are put on the market at once. Last
season the standard was fixed at 200
pounds Of butter and one of the finest
cows in the herd, thoroughbred
Guernsey that produced but I16 lbs.
was sold because she was not profta-
BILE to keep.
Another COW, thoroughbred Jer-
sey, weighing 100 lbs, just closed her
first season with yield of 375 lbs. of
butter, or more than half her weight,
on feed of eight pounds Of grain feed
per day, composed OF a mixture pro.
portioned, $50 lbs. Gluten meal, 100
lbs. cotton seed meal and 100 lbs.
coarse bran. This COWS pays and is
kept for future dairy use and for breed
ing, At the other barn we saw 20
fat steers of the short horn
breed. All "blocky," compact animals,
showing an average weight of about
I4oo pounds. For four years last
past the fat cattle from these stables
have been taken for export to Lon
don, England, because of the careful
method of feeding and caring for them,
and of course nice premium is paid
for them. They are under the care
of Mr.. Patterson, the Superintendent
of the farm, and one of the best, if
not the best farmer in the state. To
see the arrangement of these barns,
the method of caring for and feeding
the stock. and the economy that is
practiced throughout would well re-
pay any farmer in the state to visit
this place and spend time enough to
study every department. On Tues
day had the honor of dining at the
Ladies' Cottage with Col Gilkeson
and wife, General Hastings and
daughter, Col. Woodward, Mrs.
Spangler and Miss Holiday who were
visiting the College with view to
learning more about this institution
that is SO rapidly gaining an enviable
reputation throughout all our Com
monwealth. When the Chairman of
the Republican Committee, ssthe next
Governor of the state and representa-
tives from the leading circles of bust
ness and society, take the time and
the trouble to visit this institution
and to learn of its work, should not
our farmers feel sufficiently interested
to determine what it is doing for
them Go up to your College, take
your wives, your sons and your daugh-
tiers, see the three hundred young
men and women who are at work
there, see the work that is being done
for them and by them and be con-
vinced that the College Of yours is
grand institution and we'll deserves
your hearty support and cooperation.
Nothing will afford me more pleasure
than to furnish you any information
at my command at any time, no
trouble to me, no cost to YOU
Most sincerely,
IT " Wurrr