The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-30

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cular in form and will be fitted up with
appliances for the proper care of stock.
1t will be two stories with central silo
for furnishing silag ge of different kinds.
There can no longer be any doubt Of
the Importance of silage in that depart
ment of farming known as Stock Rails
ing or Feeding. There are many
problems connected with the subject
which need the closest attention of
scientific men. There is 4 point in the
growth of every green crop when it
presents to the husbandman its maxi
mum OF value lur the results he wants
to accomplish. The corn crop is claim
ed by some rs the prince Of plants for
this purpose TO my mind this is a
| questionable proposition. One that
will bear much examination and close
study. We all know that it will pro-
| duce more of weight per acre than any
thing we can plant. This is not the
day of quantity but of quality, and
when fill my silo | want it to contain
a nicely adjusted ration for the stock
| am feeding, with due consideration
for the ends have in view. This is
a perfectly possible condition of things
This problem will have attention and
something definite will be eventually
obtained.
During the past year we have had
rs many students rs we could well ac-
commodatc The College is growing
i'll public favor more and more each
year. We regret to find that so few
farmers sons are preparing themselves
for an intelligent practice of the pro-
fession to which they expect to devote
| their lives. In whatever community
| you may 90 you will surely find that
where intelligence and energy direct
| the work the labor is not in vain. The
farmers of Maryland have an excellent
opportunity II educate that boy who
is to take up the work he will cventu-
ally lay down, then why not educate
him with as much care as if he were
| going to take any other profession.
To successfully farm today more infor
nation is needed along many lines than
in any other of the vocations of man.
Th.s realization must come to us if
success is to crown our efforts.
The Mechanical Department of the
College is now well equipped, and
many of the students are availing
themselves ofthe opportunity it affords
to become first class Mechanical Engi-
| neers. The work is undertaken at the
| very foundation. The student famil-
| iarizcs himself with work i'm wood. thus
becoming first class model maker
He then undertakes work in iron by
the agencies OF the forge, blast furnace,
chipping, filing, planes and lathes.
After four years course he is compe-
| tent to enter and direct the work in
any large machine plant.
The Agricultural Department takes
up the subject of agriculture from both
the theoretical and practical stand
point, In the section room the sub
ject of soils, plant growth, nutrition, in
both the vegetable and animal king
dom and the various diversions of the
| Agricultural Profession. When we
realize the fact that for the most part
in our operations we are moved by the
crudest methods in plant or animal cul-
ture, plant or animal nutrition, plant
or animal saving, plant or animal mar
keting, we can get some sort Ofan idea
Of the cause for the present untoward
circumstances which Cypress us. This
can only be averted when we take ad-
vantage of every means at our COM
mand to gain that information which
will enable us to eliminate the errors
which saturate our processes. Every
tobacco planter knows that something
should be done to enable him to con-
troll to 4 greater extent the curing of
his tobacco crop after he has spent so
much of his vital energies on its pro-
duction. That such Il result is posi-
bic is manifest from the experiments
now being conducted at the college on
this very important topic. The point
has been reached where upon ,mfavor-
able soils so per cent. of the crop can
be obtained of the best quality and con-
dition. This is not enough; the work
will be continued until point betwecn
80 and 100 per cent. is obtained, or
even greater. In this day ofadvanced
intelligence, when every effort among
Us is being strained to attain every
possible fact that add to a mans power
to mere successfully direct the forces
h. is trying to control: ours is COM
pick business. Every department of
our work is filled with difficulties
which unaidcd native wit cannot cope
with. Science must be our coadjutor
if we wish to be in the vanguard of the
worlds progresss in our profession
You must give your Sons a special fit
ness for their work if they are to take
your place, and wish for any measure
Of success in their lift's work.
The Agricultural College is peculiar
ly Your institution in the line of its
Agricultural, Mechanical or Scientific
work. \ visit to the institution land