The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-06-07
AT SALTWATER.

saltwater, ok, June G-Cspccial) the
graduating clas Of the a. and NJ college
have completed their work ana submitted
their thesis to the faculty \ thesis Is
better suited to the locality whore native
generally regarded as the final work Of a
students ability to do original work and
Of what abs been gained by the course OF
study pursued.
The young ladies' Of the class chose work
along botanial lines and secured results
OF much interest and value. Miss Blan-
che NJ. Wise studied the native grapes Of
the territory, making collections of All
variues found growing wild. Crosses of
native grapes with established varitics are
grapes thrive than are imported variucs.
This fact lends much interest To this
branch Of study as a possible means OF I'M
proving the grapes grown In the territory.
Miss Wise also made studies Of the ger
minatlon OF the seeds Of many yariucs of
and microscopic examinations Of the same.
The influence of the color Of light on
the growth Of plants has Interested botan-
lists In all countries and much work has
done with the hope of Improving on me-
thods OF greenhouse construction so that
a more rapid growth Of plants can DE Sc
sured than when ordinary Hight is used.
Mis- Emma swope investigated this sub
iect by growing lettuce under light Of dif-
ferent colors, viz: Violet, indigo, blue.
green. yellow, oranpe, red and white hl
all cases white light produced the best re-
suits. followed i'm orde- by red, blue, ycl-
low, indigo and orange.
The young men OF the class presented
thesis along chemical lines, their special
work for the past two years having been
with that department. Il. j. Hartman
made a study Of the ccments sold in okla
homa. Numerous complaints Of cistcrn-
builders and masons concerning the qual.
Ity OF cement obtainahlc, made the sub
! iect OF cpecial intrcsL II was found that
.nemIcal composition, tnu aainli'a o'
Portland and Louisyile ccmcntseNamine,
we're up to the required STANDARD, but INA
,ney were low n tenslDle strength Ihn
.eads TO the conclusion that the lots IRON
which the samples were taken were or
nand for long time aud had ddeteriorated
| Il was also brought out that sand FRO"
| The CImarrun river when mixed with thes'
cements after the standard method o
making such tests, produced a morter hlsi
Ina tensile strength, thus showing that l
VIII not do TO blame an bad results in cc
menting on the sand used as Is the tend
| ency. Acme cement which Is used q
| some extent for plastering, was found q
set readily and 20 bo Of great strength
| when not subject 10 the action cf mois
ure
Mr.. clinton Morris took up the subjec
Of the minerals OF Payne county an'
made an exhaustive survey of the dlstric
FOR the purpose securing definite informa
zion on "A subject about which there d
much misapprehension. Eleven disunc
mineral species were found but none o
sufficient purity and in sufficient quaint
ity 10 be Of any practical value"
Mr.. A. G. Ford Investigated subiec
which Is OF gorwing Importance. that %
| the native wines. their composition anO
the faults and commendable features o
the methods used in thcir production. ]
was found that some Of the wine examln
ed had been made with a cheerful dlsre
| gard for am the principles OF wine max
ing while other samples compared favor
1 ably WIN the best Of CALIFORNIA; produc
| in respect 20 composition. While Okla
homa's climate Is not an Ideal one 10
the production of wine, "a appears from
this Investigation that there Is every rea
son why the Industry should thrive her
provided methods Of manufacturing ar
improved ana studied as the value of IN
product deserves.
Mr. ~ r. Gilbert made a study OF wat
ers for irrigation in Payne county. Th
general features Of the work were alOni
the lines pursued in the investigation o
the waters OF the territory and reporte
in Bulletin No. % Of the Experiment Sta
tion. Ie was found that an OF the stream
IN the county. with che exception Of ma
Cimarron. could be- used for irrigation
without harmful addition OF alkal 20 th
soil. The CImarron. even al high water
was UNIT 10 be used for irrigation
The A. and n. laboratories arefrequent
~ called upon 10 decide In cases Of sup
posed poisoning and the detection Of poi
sons and the study and improvement O
methods for the detection 0f the same ar
a part Of as,e regular work required q
Students taking chemistry. Mr.. J.
clark pursued this hne of Investigate
ana succeeded IN detecting AMI determir
ing very small amounts n some of "a
most evanescent poisons when adminis'