The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-30
5elert Misrrllany.
The Maryland Agricultural
College.
A NOTABLE HISTORY FOR TIE PAST
YEAR.

DEAR SIR:-It has occurred to me
that You would like to have for publ
cation an outline history Of the Mary
land Agricultural College for the past
year. Many your constituency have
sonal visits to the College, and by cor
respondcnce on the many topics which
affect the material success of the agri-
culturist' s life.
First, as usual we have had 4 year
in which much of advancement has
been made. The Department of Farm
ers' Institutes has reached every coun-
ty in the State with gratifying results
In each county one institute has been
held and in several ofthem two Much
favorable comment has been made upon
the work, and in many instances much
good has been done With the first
year over, and the garnered experience
resulting therefrom there can be little
doubt that the next year will be in ad-
vance of the last The need of "wcll
done" is due W. l.. Amoss, the DirCc-
tor of this department Of the College.
The Department of State Entomolo-
gy has attracted much attention under
its able chief, Prof W. G. Johnson
The past year was his first year
amongst us, and by his energy, zeal
and ability he has gained conversen-
CIV with the State and its interest along
the line Of his work which emphasizes
in marked degree his peculiar fitness
for his position. He has State now
well in hand so far as his knowledge of
its needs is concerned, and already the
farmers are beginning to reap the re-
suit Of his labor amongst us. His ser
vices are at the command of all need
ing help in warning against the many
insect depredations which ut present
are sapping the result of the best di-
rected efforts of our most progressive
farmers
The Department of Experiment Sta
ton work. under Director Robert II.
Miller. claims much attention, and the
farmers Of the State of Maryland are
fully realizing that an Experiment
Station in their midst is an instrument
of great good to them.
! Prof. Patterson in the line of his
Dairy Department, his Tobacco expert
ment, from the plant bed to the packed
product, his work in plant and animal
nutrition, his demonstration that the
waste products Oh the average farm in
Maryland can we'll account for the diff
ference between profit and loss. These
and many other lines of work, claim
the closest attention of those who feel
the pinch of necessity. for taking adj
vantage of every means at hand to tide
over these troublous times, to the be
ginning of an era of intelligent and
progressive agriculture. The dawning
of this era is upon us. Its effect is
fully felt in the West and North. The
East and South are just beginning to
realize what it means to them.
In the Department Of Chemistry
progress is evident Much apprccia-
ton is shown of that feature of the
same which is known rs the "Statr
Fertilizer Control" Eight hundred
samples are now collected, analvzcd
and published in the form of > bulle-
tins, July and February. The farmer
who buys his plant food now without
the use OF these bulletins is certainly
neglectirg an aid which he should
avail himself of. They are his for the
asking. The new Chemical Laborl-
tory will greatly facilitate the work
devolving upon this Department. Its
construction is a want long felt, and
the State is to be congratulated upon
this addition to its plant
Provision has been at last made for
construction Of Barn to suitably ac-
commodate the agricultural interests