The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-28
Puyallup Experimental Station to
Be Opened.
ssyAh OUTLINES THE WORK.


President r. A. Bryan. Of the state aSrs-
cultural college. experiment sfatson ard
school OF science will install the pew ex-
pertmensai station near Pug ailssp Apr! l.
For this purpoze Mr. Bryan arrived in Sc
attic yesterday frem Pullman. The lssass
sasurx appropriated EspU for the mamie
YlSsscs Of tl,s stations for the nsxs two yearx
II viii receive help from the Pullman sta
Ton. to the support Of which the govern
mGnt contributes.
A fine farm Of sixty acres. mile from
PuyAliup. WIS purchased four years ago
By fise state fer fae purpose OF establish
ing an agricultural experimental ssAl.a.
It's value 10 the state lay In the fact t,iat
the c.gs-safle conditions. sol. etc. OF West
ern Washington are very different from
those Of Eastern Washington, and ronse~
qusntiy the experiments In agriculture car
rIed on al Pullman are of comparatively
little benefit 10 the farmers or this sIsse.
The legislature OK 1881 cut out the appro-
priAtion for the station on this side Of the
mountains and work Was abandoned lie
viii Dow be renewed
David A. Brodie graduate OF the agrI-
cultural school at Pullman. has been APP
pointed By presiden; Bryan as superifs-
tendens OF the experimental station in
Pierce county. He was u member of the
class ~ 1895 and WIS for the past year
n.xtaul aKrjcuIfarist Tn charge Of the eS
pcIsmentaI farm AT Pullman. President
Bryan viii give Superintendent Brodie all
the help In his power Ia order 10 make the
station OF value to the agricultural inter-
ests on this side OF the Cascades.
Oatllne Of the Work.
Mr.. Bryan u guest at the Butler.
where he yesterday gave an outline or the
work of the Puya.Iup station for the uext
two years. THE experimental farm lies
about one mile from Puyailnp. on the road
between thai place and Tacoma said he.
There are various kinds OF coil on the
place ana 1t Is typical of the land TO be
found between Vancouver and the north
ern boundary OF the state on this side OF
tbs Cascades IL has the rich muck or
peat. the productive aIsuvlal deposits Of
the bottoms and The shot clay OF tlse higher
elevations.
-Four chief lines OF experiments viii be
conducted, First will be the experiments
with fertilizers. In some sections of this
state, the land is deficient In certain esssu-
silly deficient in lime and nitrogen. We win
have twenty-five separate plats upon which
tests will le made OF various kinds or fer
filters under varying conditions. The land
upon which the experiments viii be made
viii he soil that has been under euitlva-
ton for twenty years or more These ex-
perifnerIs should prove valuable because of
the growing use OF fertilizers and the de-
n,aud Tor exact knowledge as to their use
and character
The FAX experiments. which were drop.
IA.
shall experiment not only with the growth
OF max. but also with It's treatment The
soil ON sais side of the mountains il ad.
mtrabiy adapted 10 fax raising The flber
OF The flag grown here is of the highest
quality. but Information IL needed con-
corning Its treatment: which We shall en-
product.
Grasses and Forage PIants.
Experiments will also be made in the
growth oS grasses OF various kinds ana
ether forage plants. In this line the sta
ton will have nifty or seventy-five differ
ens varieties under cultivation.
The fourth main branch OF expert
menss will inciirie the culture of fruits.
We have both an old and q new orchard nj
the Puyailup station The old orchard
will AFFORD opportunity TO study insect
pests and fungnus Diseases The expert
from year TO year. plantation OF hops
stroyed"
Speaking generally of the agricultural
interests OF tn" state. President nryan re-
ferrea 70 the passage by the Legislature. of
tns law regulating the safe OF Fertilizers
TO have their product anaiyzod at the. state
agricultural college, he sstd ssauf 10
paste on the packages copies OF the anaiy-
sis. 80 tina, those who purchase 4; may
knuw fisl what they are fgss,ing This hili
VIII SAVE tho farmers of This state MANY
thousands of dollars annually
MI. Bryan said that all the graduates of
the enssnerrins class of ISIS aal ssieessed-
Cyl IN getting fins positions. One + II
Tannat. OF Pennington Is superintrua,.nt
OF sugar plantation on the Hawaiian,
Islands, NJ "A salary of 81 anssther
FRANK Rocker ia superintendent If the
lewiston water ana Hight plant and ETar
Gid poohttse, of coifaxs ". D. fsarknfy. az
Colton and Harry Thompson ~ Pullman
are How in the employ OF the engineering
department Of The Northern paeitir
s,asries = Harlow another member OF The
etase Of issS. IL With a sairv.yinsri nayfv in
ALASKA "
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