The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-29
EXPERIMENT STATION I.ar~

The Experiment Station h..
suad its report of II page. cover.
work for the year 1891 and fin. -.
half al 1898. The volume consist
rcIort OF the Director. to4efl#~ r
Chiefs Of the different Division
Station. and is accomIani a fv
Ia the report and u the hu..a.r-
Station issued during the peril.
To.
An examination of the raf"r.
that IL regular bulletins d. t.. IS
were issued. relating To fertile.
se~. compost making. c0mra~-
orchard. garden and field crops So.
diseases. tho housing and r.
stock, birds and medicinal plants.
were also various special pres .
formation bulletins. and other
tons. amounting III all ~ fifty. O.
in- 80 pages. The Station h.-
M with ifS rather heavy CORY
cEce. its work IT Southern I'n.-
stlady Of poultry-keepinG. the ..
If the commercial fertilizers u4
The state. the study OF the a.-.--
OF the common f~ccding-stuH~.
NJ ntnpr lines of work referred f.. .
viau> reports. aud the ImuurtaE#.
which To the people ot thu So. rs
baby well known and highly aprr.. IL.
In addition. the Station has a"a.#
securing the enactment of a law r"r.e
ing for insrcction of the nursery ~#.
sold IN the STATE. and which is IIaf#.
contain the San lose scale and Other
garouS crop pests. At the time nt r.
enactment Of this Jaw. there were laws
other States. and since the enactment
this law many other States have r.a#
f1p innpFfnnra of Svtl lpaT~l.ft.#. ..
have secured it.
During 1897. the station discovered rH.
presence Of tuberculosis in its herd .t ...
tie. and in consequence. some ot TIM ami.
mails were slaughtered. TIL wide pua
city given the matter has served to gait
the attention of the people Of the Stat.
to the danger Of tuberculosis. and TN.
result will doubtless prove very heu...
cial.
The first edition of the bulletin uu
trucking in the South was SO popu+..
that it became exhausted, and it Was
necessary to reprint it.
The bulletin on the ornithology m
North Carolina and the bulletin ON ta.
medicinal plants Of the State. should
prove particularly valuable as records.
There was a considerable increase u
the number of samples Of fort lizcrs s.nt
for analysis. and attention is called t..
the fact that during the year about =
DOG tons Of commercial fertilizers Were
consumed in the State. and that ouu
brand u Of four fell below the GuaraH.
tee in some single constituent.
An Investigation has been begun a~ l..
the nature and extent OF food adultnra-
ton. The consumption of food in North
Carolina. annually. amounts to proha' IS
one hundred millions Of dollars, and II
viii he interesting to know the extent
10 which our people are imposed upon
by adultcratiCn or miShranding. or lE
some other means. Many States have a.
food control similar TO our own fcrtiizy-
control. and it may be advisable. ut some
time. for our State to cndeavor to pro
tect her citizens from fraud by the same
means.
The report and index vii he sent to any
one. free Of charge. who viii make an
plicat.on to the director Of the EXpcri
ment Station at Raleigh.
Mr.. David =. Aaaron has half an acne
devoted to the growing of lettuce and &c.
ports the greater part of il rs being i'm
fine condition. Truckers near Wiimju-
ton have found the cultivation of ls.-
tuce to be very profitable and no doubt
orr local rover will not he the last
to Try Il thing that promises satisfactory
returns.-Nount Olive Advertiser.