The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-14

70 expend in chemical tests lint n. q.
only too glad to avail himself 81 IN.
practicai knowledge derived from the
INVESTIGATIONS of the agricultural chem.
.s'' Inc state experiment farm with
It's corps OF trained chemists, horticul.
.urists, agriculturists and veterina-
rams, with their ably conducted bullet
ms are DONG much to develop the az
ii'uiIural resources of the state. In
every country where improved and an
proved new methods in farm onerat;ons
receive the attention they merit the
productive power of the soil has been
largely increased and the farm home
maze more enjoyable, besides in
creaslng the profits of the business of
farming. Farmers should eneourape
the efforts of the faculty at the expert
niehC farm by perusing carefully the
ol-monthly bulletins sent out and also
oy adopting the new methods recon-
henoed. The farmer who rejects the
fruits OF science discards the truths re-
veaied by chemistry is behind the times
New Ideas and new methods have al
ways had to struggle for supremacy in
all lines of business and farming is no
exception to the general rule. MANY
farmers cling to primitive methods be
lieVlng IN the saying of God made the
country and man the city, consequently
the country should remain as near
IN the condition in which man found it
as possible and permit him to make a
living by tilling the soil.
Disqualification of Crops
Farmers and planters who have
raised cotton to the exclusion of almost
everything else are many of them
awake to the fact that Investigation is
a necessity. Even if cotton were a
profitable crop, there is no soil that is
proof against the constant drain by
continued cotton crops. Rotation and
investigation are therefore essential
TO the preservation of soil. The exper-
iment farm is solving the problem by
experiment and investigation of how to
diversity, what new methods should be
adopted and what new departures may
be taken with an assurance of success
Farmers are taking advantage of the
experiment station work, as it carries
with 1t the official stamp of genuiness,
besides it is the result of tests made
within state lines. Farmers who led
off in the movement, doubtful perhaps
of final results, have been followed BY
their neighbors who were anxious to
remedy existing effects and reform all
known evils, but yet skeptical, until
some sections of the state have commu-
mites who are confirmed believers in
all recommendations emanating from
the experiment station. And so the
good work progresses. Farmers who
have profited by the station work are
more eager to get the bulletins than
the weekly political newspaper. A
days experience at either the station
or one of the sub stations helps per-
son to understand how the work is done
and also confirms his faith in the art of
scientific experimenting. Thoroughness
is the leading idea. No halfway tests
are made in any department 1t is the
mission of the experiment station to
demonstrate the fact that changes for
the better, improved methods and prac-
tical development can be applied to ag-
riculture as well as manufactures and
trade. Without going into detail it is
sufficient to say the cost of experiments
is assured by the government for the
benefit of farmers. And while the ex
pertinent station has had no opposition
to contend with, except perhaps fogy
notion that old methods handed down
by the fathers ought not be set aside,
its progress has been substantial and
the benefcence of it's works has been
amply demonstrated. 1t is now re-
garded by thousands of our best friends
as an indispensable adjunct of agricul-
ture.