Arizona republican., 1896-03-22
EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES.
Development of the Science of Agri-
 culture in Arizona.

 Bulletin Mo- 16, recently issued by the Arizona Agricultural Experiment station at Tucson, contains some ln- teresting notes on apricots as grown upon the station farm in the Salt River valley near Phoenix. The bulletin IS sent free to all citizens of Arizona who apply for it.
 A few plants of the new Australian Salt Rush, (AtripleX semi-baccatum) which is now attracting so much at- tention, were grown last year at the experiment station at Tucson and made a remarkable growth with but single irrigation during the season. Small packages of seed for trial will be sent to those in Arizona who apply to the director of the experiment sta tion, Tucson, Arizona, and agree to re- port the result of the trial with the seed.
 The agricultural experiment station at Tucson, Arizona, conducted an eX- pertinent with ramie last year and 1t grew exceedingly we'll. This compar- atively new fibre plant is exciting more attention throughout the United States just now than any other. It promises ito become an important crop at no distant day. The one thing now preventing its general culture and manufacture is the need of a satisfac- tory decorticating machine. The fab ric manufactured from this plant is desirable and beautiful, possessing a luster much like silk. It might be well to try growing ramie in all parts of the territory in order to be prepared to grow it in the proper places to se- cure large returns when the needed machine shall have been invented. A package of the seed will be sent to all applying to the director of the station Tucson.
 An experiment in the feeding ot dairy cows for the purpose of ascer- taining how best to improve the qual- ity of the milk where the principa food is alfalfa, has been inauguratet by the experiment. station. A herd O. fifteen cows has been selected and { number of different foods will be use( in connection with alfalfa hay an( pasture. The results will be awaited with much interest, especially by tht dairymen of Arizona.
 Those who are now engaged il ranching, fruit growing or stock rais ing and come across problems whicl they do not understand should mak, application to the experiment station for assistance The station is in ex istence for the good of the people, ant all communications addressed to tn director at Tucson will receive promp attention.
 Eleven varieties of tobacco wer grown at the experiment station las year and they showed such excellen growth that there can be little doub but that tobacco could be made a yer, profitable crop in Arizona. Seeds 0 the following varieties were grown Nfo distribution and a package of each vii be sent to all residents of Arizona ap plying to the director of the expert ment station, Tucson, Arizona, unti the supply is exhausted. The varie ties are: RanO de Sumatra, Whit Burley, Conqueror, Remedies, Con necticut, Seed Leaf, Brazilian, Par tidas, Hestor, Comstock Spanish an Little Oronoko.
 The experiment station has been i existence in Arozona for five years during which time a large collection c fruit trees has accumulated upon it Idl ns. Fl iOSCiIt puilcelA 6Ifco d lis of the fruit trees now growing upo. the station grounds.
 The experiment station, Tucson, Ar izona, is desirous of obtaining fin specimens of fruit of all kinds grow, in the territory for the purpose 0 comparing the products of the differ ent sections and illustrating the agri cultural resources of Arizona.
 The summary of the bulletin on ap ricots recently issued by the agricul tural experiment station at Tucson i as follows:
 1. Our cultivated apricots are de rived from three species, but on Prunus Armenicus) furnishes all tha are valuable for fruit in this region.
 2. The fruit takes large quantit