, 1897-04-01
t Remained for a Foreign Journal to
Discover the Brilliancy OF One
Something in Relation to the Great
Work Of the Experiment Station,
and a Wise Suggestion.

honor, save in his own country and in
his own house." We therefore think we
shall take it upon ourselves to introduce
to u w good citizens a number of
the able workers who conduct the i'm
portant work Connected with our uni
versity.
1t, perhaps, will be remembered that
through the able efforts Of Prof. Buffum
the state was awarded two diplomas and
gold medals for the exhibition of crosses
and fax at the worlds fair. One d.
ploma reads:
THE State OF Wyoming,
uaramie)
Exhibit: Grasses.
(Award.)
For educational and scientific value
of the collection. The samples showing
the comparison between irrigated and
unirrigased specimens are interesting
and instructive, also those showing the
comparative growth at different alti--
tudes. The whole collection comprises
about 120 specimens and Is made with
great care"
Prot. Buffum's collection of grain was
especially mentioned and very highly
c~omplimented.
In the agricultural museum are cases
containing the identical grain and
grasses which were shown at the
worlds fair. Each specimen is labeled,
named and numbered and on the cases
are figures showing the yield. Some of
the heads OF grain are six and seven
inches in length.
The agricultural department OF our
college is a most important one, and
particularly worthy OF attention from
the public. Should you step inside the
Office Of nj college building, you would
find much to interest and instruct.
Photography is being used most efiec-
lively to illustrate the progress made.
Take up the large album so beautifully
arranged and here are pictures Of the
different small fruits which our state
produces, ~blackberries, and white black
berries al well. hanging on the thrifty
branches, the photograph showing them
to be over an inch in length. Currants,
~gooseberries and other Of the small va
~rieties are represented. Here is a mush-
room found not many miles from lara
mic. larger than a mans hat, enough for
a meal for a whole family. The mush-
room and hat lay side by side in the pic
ture and the hat looks small. Pictures
representing large turnips arranged
along the side Of q carpenters square
give a correct idea Of the size; also those
of a luxuriant blackberry bush where a
tapeline thrown carelessly across it,
branches, tells the exact measure. We
can grow apricots in Wyoming. Here is
a picture Of q tree loaded with fruit,
grown on the Wheatland experiment
farm.
The photographs. too, show US waving
grain, raised at the Laramie farm, with
in walking distance Of our city. This
grain Is five and six feet high, and yields
so bushels to the acre. The top Of the
hats Of several men who were in the feld
are all that can be seen above the heads
Of grain.
The photographs have become = very
important factor both a q means Of rec
ord and furnishing pictures for publica-
ton. The value Of these is shown in the
bulletin on alkali experiments in which
the plates representing each crop are
taken from photographs.
In a short time Prof. Bu1um will L.
sue a potato bulletin, which will be the
result Of three years. experiments CON
Quoted at each Of the stations Of the
state. Fifty varieties will be described
and illustrated. The photographs can At
any time be seen in the once Of the ngri-
cultural department.
Four bulletins \ year are required from
the university. but the number Issued
may far exceed this. The agrtcultueal
department alone will publish four this
year. among which will be q On fruit
and another on stock feeding. The ex-
perfme0ts In the latter are carried on at
the Lander farm. the stock bsing fed on
Wyoming produce, oats, barley. rys,
wheat and sugar bests. The emount a
each required 70 form . pound oe 1T hI
computed.
We never did hnd ballstins parttcnsw-
" interesting, but this styis u bsttsr