, 1897-04-01

the United States. Those OF the Laramie
farm of last year covered over 100 sheets
of foolscap when $50 crops were gath
cred. This year the number was over
a thousand.
Notes are taken in the field in a day
book, the yields computed and trans
ferred to a crop record. A standard
notebook is also kept ia which all ex-
periments are noted in detail. Thus
three complete records Of all work done
are on hand for reference. The plans in
detail for the seasons work are sent by
Prot. Buffum to the superintendents OF
the experiment farms throughout the
state. The following are the outline
plans for 1897: Soil tests Of 1896, con-
tinued. Inauguration OF additional soil
tests. Sub-soil experiments Of 1896, con-
tinued. Experiments with varieties Of
wheat, oats and barley, continued.
Grasses and forage plants, additional
varieties. Potatoes. Alkali experiments
at Laramie and Sheridan. Stooling tests
at Laramie, Lander and Sheridan. Irri-
CATION. Horticulture. Planting trees on
campus. Establishing a botanic garden
on campus. Horticulture for decorating
campus. Fruit experiments at Lander.
continued. Celery on Laramie farm.
New vegetables for trial.
AT Understanding fruit work.
Stock feeding. stooling test, continu-
ed. sub-soil experiment, continued.
Forage crops Sugar beets.
At Sheridan-Stooling test. continu-
ed. Akali experiment, continued.
Small fruits. continued. Irrigation.
Sub-soil experiment, continued. Sugar
beets. Russion sunf1ower. Forage
crops.
Experiments show that alkali in the
soil may be removed by washing
through irrigation and drainage, also
by growing plants that will absorb it
from the ground. sugar-beets and some
forage plants can be raised successfully
on arkali ground.
The bacteria Of diseases peculiar to
live stock have been examined and ex-
perimented with, also large numbers Of
insects that are destructive to plants.
Medical skill has heretofore been
sought to relieve man. Diseases were
studied and remedies found. Koch
startled the world with his discovery Of
a lymph that would destroy the on
sumptive germ. but science is now turn
ing to ind q relief for the lower organ
isms and some Of this important work
Ia carried on by Prot. Buffum.
Germany. Australia, Canada and Mex
keep up q correspondence with the
head Of the agricultural department.
Letters also come from the different
stations In the United States and thus
the research and Investigations carried
on at university reaches the fore1gn
universities and science magazines. It
10 now understood that the practical
farmer IL the farmer with scientific
methods for his work and We must re-
member that our much talked Of alti-
tude makes experimental farming on
the Laramie plains Of more than ordi-
nary interest.
Let the people Of Wyoming take mo-
tice therefore. that from the height of
q position We are attracting notice.
from the four corners Of the globe and
the work done here 10 considered Il
great importance to scientific sxperi-
msnt. Let -, then, not have to learn
iron \ periodical pablished in = foreign
language ths merit ot the work In this
department..
49,
Miss Mo0dy wA not able to deliver
hsr term grafton last Friday on account
her health. The faculty readily az
ca.sd hsr from speaking. because Of the
gr0t Rnount Of practice she has had In
his direction. Although ali the orations
unusually good, those Who ettena-
recognised that they had lost l sreatl
deal IN not hearing mot y Nsw We
It susprised many vfsiforS to the Chi
ssso worlds fair to find that Of ali the
headquarters. Ayers sarsaparilla was
~ only one on exhibition. The reason
2 that Ayers Garsapsrilh ID \ Standard
'snedy. and not = patent medicine. or
'scret Fostrum.
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